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Posted by 4/27/2007 11:53:20 AM
"Gun control" does not have to mean "ban"; there are things we can do to increase the likelihood that the wrong people don't obtain guns. We can close that gap between federal and state law that allowed Cho to buy his handguns (i.e., he had been adjudicated a danger to himself and fed law said he therefore should have been in the database, but state law said differently, so he never went into the database). We can do more thorough background checks. We can require more thorough licensing procedures. None of these things would deter the most determined killers, but they would throw up more roadblocks in front of unstable or evil-minded people--slow them down a bit and thus create more opportunities for someone to step in and intervene.
Cletus is right that statistically speaking cars and tobacco and alcohol lead to a lot of deaths too, but that's no reason why we should just roll over on guns and hand them out like candy (i.e., the current state of our "controls" on guns). We DO have laws in place to limit/control the damage that alcohol/cars/tobacco can do to people--seat belt laws, age limits, etc. The gun-control argument is simply that more limits on guns are appropriate.
Posted by 4/27/2007 12:58:41 PM
Let's ban guns. And have the county police continue to sugar coat crime reports so as to make it appear there were no serious injuries to the victims or any need to fear the criminals. We should be real safe then. Our having no knowledge that violent criminals are roaming the streets, and we have no guns to protect ourselves when we do encounter them.
Watching the police Lt squirm on TV when asked why the public wasn't told the injuries were so severe in the recent wood Grill robbery was priceless. I saved it to video!!! And then the county police asking the press not to release the actual facts of the victim's death until they make an arrest. And then no arrest is made as promised. In other words, these violemt murderers are still on the street. We don't need any guns to protect ourselves.
Posted by 4/27/2007 7:05:39 PM
Wow John! You and Cletus need to get a chat room somewhere and discuss the chaps maybe!
Posted by 5/3/2007 10:55:05 AM
As an aside comment/question...I wonder if the Charlottesville/Albemarle airport will want to change its FAA disignation from GOCHO to something else. Get it? GO-CHO
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Discuss " COVER Too soon: Lawmakers pause on gun policy " Below
Cletus is right that statistically speaking cars and tobacco and alcohol lead to a lot of deaths too, but that's no reason why we should just roll over on guns and hand them out like candy (i.e., the current state of our "controls" on guns). We DO have laws in place to limit/control the damage that alcohol/cars/tobacco can do to people--seat belt laws, age limits, etc. The gun-control argument is simply that more limits on guns are appropriate.
Watching the police Lt squirm on TV when asked why the public wasn't told the injuries were so severe in the recent wood Grill robbery was priceless. I saved it to video!!! And then the county police asking the press not to release the actual facts of the victim's death until they make an arrest. And then no arrest is made as promised. In other words, these violemt murderers are still on the street. We don't need any guns to protect ourselves.