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Banning Guns Equals Saving Lives
OpinionEditorials.com ^ | April 13, 2004 | Lauren Flynn

Posted on 04/13/2004 12:52:30 PM PDT by jdege

April 13, 2004

Banning Guns Equals Saving Lives

Lauren Flynn

Two months ago this week a senseless tragedy hit the streets of Detroit. Matthew Bowens and Jennifer Fettig, two Detroit police officers, were gunned down and killed during a routine traffic stop.

Amendment II of the Constitution states a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. There is a clear public support for enacting stronger gun control legislation to reduce the chance of accidental or deliberate gun violence. Six in ten Americans say there should be stricter gun control laws. Large majorities support mandatory trigger locks, safety courses, backround checks at gun shows and banning assault weapons. Just a third of Americans want to ban handguns entirely because people are less sure about whether these measures would actually curb violent crime.

The current gun policy is wrong for America because so many innocent lives are taken by guns. A backround check for people applying for a carrying a concealed weapon permit (CCW) does not show their mental history or crimes they were acquited of. It is not only criminals who kill. Only thirty percent of murders are commited by robbers and rapists. Handguns annually murder at least fifteen thousand Americans and accidently kill another one hundred thousand. Citizens use the excuse that they need guns to protect themselves from robbers. They should know that 90% of robberies are commited when the person is not at home. There is an estimated one hundred thousand handguns stolen annually from law abiding citizens.

These alarming statistics show how much danger our children are in from guns. Everyday, fourteen American children aged nineteen years and under are killed in gun accidents, suicides, and homicides. Many more are wounded. An estimated 1.2 million elementary aged, latchkey children have access to guns in their homes. Guns are the leading method (60%)used by teenagers to commit suicide. Everyday, sixty-five American men, women and children are killed with handguns. According to the Michigan Department of Public Health, the majority of victims of fatal firearm accidents in Michigan are children and adolescents.

What should be done to protect innocent victims from violent gun crimes? The government has many options to reduce the death rate by firearms.

One option for our administration is to only allow military and police officers to carry and own firearms. Major efforts should be put forth to collect and destroy firearms owned by Americans. The gun industry has been profiting for to long at the expense of people's lives. I understand that the gun manufacturing business has provided employment for many people in this country. To prevent an even greater unemployment rate, the people whose jobs were to make guns can now combine efforts to collect those guns and save lives. It will take many years to complete the job of confiscating firearms so umemployment would not be an issue in banning firearms. We as Americans need to look into our hearts and take control of the problem that is taking lives of our children, friends and family. We all need to come together and vote out the legislators who support the use of guns. Our government should be filled with people who would rather protect our lives than increase their bank account.

A less dramatic approach to eliminating all hand guns would be to limit how many guns individuals can own so they can't illegally distribute them. A more thorough back up check should also be done. Mental history should be looked at to decrease the risk of violent outbreaks and mass killing sprees. I think the process of getting a gun permit should be long and complicated so maybe people would not want to go through the hassle.

A third approach wold be to just eliminate handguns. A person would have to pass the required backround and mental check, have taken a gun safety course, have a hunting license and be able to prove they are using the rifle for hunting purposes only. This would be effective to reduce who is able to recieve a gun permit and rifles are far less easy to conceal.

I believe my policy proposal is better than the current policy because in a society full of hate, eliminating guns would be eliminating one more trigger for evil in the world.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 04/13/2004 12:52:32 PM PDT by jdege
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To: *bang_list
Bang!
2 posted on 04/13/2004 12:53:00 PM PDT by jdege
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To: jdege
One option for our administration is to only allow military and police officers to carry and own firearms.

You’ll need a constitutional amendment, Lauren. Get to work on that.

(Should keep you busy enough for the next few decades to keep you out of everybody else’s business. Plus, as an added bonus, you’ll NEVER succeed!)

Dingbat yenta.

3 posted on 04/13/2004 12:56:03 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: jdege
The current gun policy is wrong for America because so many innocent lives are taken by guns. A backround check for people applying for a carrying a concealed weapon permit (CCW) does not show their mental history or crimes they were acquited of.

The little fascist wants to punish people who are acquitted of a crime as if they were convicted.

4 posted on 04/13/2004 12:56:32 PM PDT by dirtboy (John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
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To: jdege
Laurel Flynn...age: 39. Mental age: 9. The silliness and fascist implication shere are off the charts. Too bad she's not intelligent enough to see them.
5 posted on 04/13/2004 12:57:22 PM PDT by TheBigB ("You know, beer and porn really DO make the shift go faster." - Tom Servo)
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To: dead
This reads like something written by a high school sophmore. Which means it was probably written by someone with a M.A. in Journalism.
6 posted on 04/13/2004 12:58:15 PM PDT by dirtboy (John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
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To: dirtboy
Well, if you've been charged with a crime, you MUST be guilty! The police would never make a mistake and charge an innocent person!

*sticks fingers in ears and hums*
7 posted on 04/13/2004 12:59:18 PM PDT by Quick1
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To: dead
Near as I can tell, she's either an idealistic 12 year old that has been brainwashed by a public school teacher,

or,

just another FASCIST leftist trying to impose her idea of moral behavior on the rest of us.


Notice how, in her editorial, those handguns just got up all by themselves and murdered people?
8 posted on 04/13/2004 1:00:14 PM PDT by MrB
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To: jdege
There is so much wrong with this, I don't even know where to begin. Amoge the most glaring lie is this: "Handguns annually ... accidently kill another one hundred thousand."

Well, if you are going to lie, lie big.

9 posted on 04/13/2004 1:01:10 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To me, it reads like the spontaneous answer a Miss America candidate might babble during the question phase of the pageant.

“Miss Rhode Island, how would you make the world more nicerer for children?”

The logical inconsistencies are so abundant, its really kinda sad that an adult (chronologically, at least) wrote it.

10 posted on 04/13/2004 1:01:58 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: jdege
I have one simple and well documented response to left wing crazies who want to sieze our guns:

MORE GUNS, LESS CRIME by Dr John R. Lott, Jr.

The documented data in Dr Lott's book overturns any left wing lunatic"s mantras about guns.

11 posted on 04/13/2004 1:02:08 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (America can't afford a 9/10 John F'onda al Querry after 9/11.)
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To: jdege
What a pantload!!

I lost count of the lies, smears and distortions somewhere about the third paragraph.
12 posted on 04/13/2004 1:02:15 PM PDT by RebelBanker (Deo Vindice)
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To: jdege
And what do we do with the millions of guns already in circulation? Ask people to turn them in? So only the criminals will be left with guns? sounds fair.
13 posted on 04/13/2004 1:02:39 PM PDT by KJacob
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To prevent an even greater unemployment rate, the people whose jobs were to make guns can now combine efforts to collect those guns and save lives. It will take many years to complete the job of confiscating firearms so umemployment would not be an issue in banning firearms.

"Dyin aint much of a livin."

14 posted on 04/13/2004 1:02:58 PM PDT by freeeee ("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord)
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To: jdege
These alarming FABRICATED statistics show how much danger our children REPUBLIC IS in from guns SOCIALIST BUSYBODIES LIKE ME. Everyday, fourteen I THOUGHT IT WAS 13? American children aged nineteen years and under 18-19 IS CLASSIFIED AS ADULTS, YOU LYING SACK OF FECES are killed in gun accidents, GANG VIOLENCE suicides, and homicides. Many more LESS THAN A HANDFUL are wounded. An estimated 1.2 million elementary aged, latchkey children have access to guns in their homes. BULL - ALMOST ALL GUNOWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE AND SAFELY STORE THEIR FIREARMS AWAY FROM CHILDREN Guns DRUGS AND MEDICATION are the leading method (60%)used by teenagers to commit suicide. Everyday, sixty-five American men, women and children are killed with handguns LOL ANOTHER STAT PULLED FROM THE AUTHOR'S BUTTOCKS According to the Michigan Department of Public Health, the majority of victims of fatal firearm accidents in Michigan are children and adolescents BUT IF 65 MEN AND WOMEN ARE KILLED DAILY, SHOULDN'T THE MAJORITY OF VICTIMS BE ADULTS???
15 posted on 04/13/2004 1:05:03 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: jdege
"A backround check for people applying for a carrying a concealed weapon permit (CCW) does not show their mental history or crimes they were acquited of"

BS about the mental part. And wtf on the aquited? Guilty no matter what in her mind? These are the kind of anti-gun articles that actually help our cause.
16 posted on 04/13/2004 1:05:35 PM PDT by Monty22
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To: jdege
"One option for our administration is to only allow military and police officers to carry and own firearms."

Oh, the Police State option.

No thanks.

17 posted on 04/13/2004 1:06:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: jdege
Banning guns = saving lives? Only saves the lives of criminals who would use them for evil regardless of a ban or gun-control laws. Criminals are outlaws -- i.e., acting outside the law. Why pass laws against the law-abiding when laws are for the lawless? All you do is expand the criminal class by those who would prefer to be regarded as a criminal rather than give up their right to self defense. What do you want? A nation of sheep or a nation of criminals? For myself, I would claim equality with the criminals -- rather superior, in fact, depending on my budget.
18 posted on 04/13/2004 1:06:33 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: jdege
I am sure Lauren Flynn would be willing to go door to door collecting guns.

I doubt it, elitist gun grabbers all want to use tax dollars to hire mercinarys to collect our guns, while they sit safely in their ivory tower.

19 posted on 04/13/2004 1:07:04 PM PDT by c-b 1
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To: jdege
I'll make sure to have all my permits to exercise the Bill Of Rights updated right away.
20 posted on 04/13/2004 1:07:20 PM PDT by onedoug
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