Posted on 03/24/2012 6:35:49 AM PDT by marktwain
(Reuters) - As France asks itself whether it could have done more to prevent Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah shooting dead seven people in a killing spree that shook the nation, there is one question that refuses to go away: how did he obtain so many guns.
The size and nature of the arsenal amassed by Merah - who stockpiled at least eight guns including a Kalashnikov assault rifle and an Uzi machine pistol - has focused attention on the easy availability of illegal weapons in France and their growing use in ultra-violent crimes.
As an angry online reader of the daily Le Figaro newspaper put it: "How was he able to buy all these guns, like one buys yoghurts, when he was under the surveillance of the DCRI (the French intelligence agency)?"
Just weeks after France tightened gun laws which were already among the strictest in the world, the issue has blown into the political debate ahead of an April-May presidential election.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Gun control in the United States is not about making guns less available to criminals. It is about making gun owners into criminals.
Lord almighty... it’s too early for Reuters, Twain! I’ve yet to wrap my head around the Friday night dump of Trayvon Martin stuff, and now this.
I need to go to the range and put some lead down the line.
“French gunman”?
"...of Algerian descent," is how they described him on the local NPR station.
That's just as true in France and everywhere else.
Life would be much better in Mexico if it had a 2nd Amendment.
I personally know hundreds of people that have much larger stockpiles, and have had them for decades. Not one single weapon has ever gone out on a rampage.
Perhaps they need to examine the easy availability of radical terrorists they've welcomed into their community, right under the nose of the the intelligence service?
Naturally, we must ignore the elephant and what is behind curtain no 2 which is any possibility that he "may" have had some "help" from fellow practitioners of the "Religion of Pieces."
Nutting to see here, just move along!!!
France has done a wonderful job disarming it’s law-abiding citizens and empowering criminals to prey on those who would obey French law.
And I bet an international treaty would solve ALL of those pesky gun problems...
Can you bleive the hysterical language this “news” article uses.
You can just hear the reporters thong bunching up in his or her crotch.
I don’t get it — why don’t they pass a law against the illegal gun trade? Won’t that solve everything?
What is a gun’s attitude before it’s picked up and pointed at someone?
What is a gun’s attitude before it’s picked up and pointed at someone?
Who would have thought?
A Frenchman who didn’t surrender!
Imagine what is being stockpiled in mosque basements and safe houses.
8 guns = AMASSED, STOCKPILED, ARSENAL
Oh, I’m sure it’s nothing more than used bhurkas, korans, sandals, prayer rugs, etc.
As a Senator, Obama authored the World Poverty Act which wanted the US to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration. This is from the UNMD
To take concerted action to end illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons, especially by making arms transfers more transparent and supporting regional disarmament measures, taking account of all the recommendations of the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons."
"...police say the use of illegal arms in violent crime is on the rise. In 2010, police confiscated 2,710 guns, 79 percent more than in 2009."
Is this the tip of another 0bama Iceberg?
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