Another View: There's only one way to stop gun crime: ban handguns

New Hampshire Union Leader ^ | December 28, 2005 | JENNY PRICE

[Final Authority]

I posted this because it certainly is a good topic for discussion.

Are the facts correct is one thing I would ask? Is gun confiscation strictly a liberal plan or mindset? Who else would want to confiscate guns? How would gun confiscation be administered?

I think banning guns means more than restrictions on sales of guns and more than gun registration, it must mean going door to door and confiscating the weapons.

[peyton randolph]

How would gun confiscation be administered?

Registered Democrats would own them. All others would not.

[mlc9852]

Would it have been any consolation if her sister was killed with a baseball bat? If someone wants to kill another human being, there are many ways to accomplish it.

[RockinRight]

Using the same logic:

There's only one way to stop teen pregnancy:

Ban Penises.

[Red Badger]

Poor Jenny, She has lost both her brother and her mind.......

[Final Authority]

Have any comments on our liberal leaning statewide newspaper of late?

Why would the editors of the Union Leader place this in such a prominent position? Do you intend to write a response to the editors?

[Rummyfan]

Some crazy woman kills her brother and I have to give up my guns? I don't think so!

[MarkeyD]

I'm wondering what the relationship was between the woman and her mother that would cause her to girl her own daughter?

[Rakkasan1]

any theory that relies on criminals obeying whatever the proposed law is is inherently idiotic.

[Pete]

There's only one way to stop teen pregnancy: Ban Penises.

Don't give them any ideas. (Although NOW has been pushing this idea for years.)

[MarkeyD]

FYI, this is a reprint from the NYT. It was posted here a few days ago.

[bannedfromdu]

Guns don't kill people, Crazy Canadians in Toronto do

[A Jovial Cad]

Is gun confiscation strictly a liberal plan or mindset?

Yes.

Who else would want to confiscate guns?

The Nazis and the Communists were fond of it, too.

[YouPosting2Me]

"Using the same logic:"

and it's the spoon's fault that Rosie ODonnell is fat!

[mylife]

Of the 12,000 guns used to kill people every year, 160 are used in legitimate self-defense. Guns in the home are used seven times more often for murder than for self-defense.

IM gonna call Bulls**t!

[saganite]

Already discussed here but it's always worth a review since not everyone checks in on a regular basis.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546966/posts?page=35#35

[hiredhand]

Banning any sort of weapons won't offset the evil in a human heart. They could ban guns, knives, baseball bats, screwdrivers, hammers...etc..etc...in ad nauseum.

People would beat each other to death with their fists and tear each other apart with their teeth. The strong would still prey on the weak.

Molon Labe.

[Plutarch]

She cleared the background check, passed the safety test and practiced on targets at the local shooting range. Then she shot and killed her daughter and her daughter's fiance - my brother David.

This story should be checked to see if it is bogus.

[FLcitizen]

Just ask the Britons how well a handgun ban has worked for them.

[moasicwolf]

"She cleared the background check, passed the safety test and practiced on targets at the local shooting range. Then she shot and killed her daughter and her daughter's fiance - my brother David."

The story doesn't say why she shot and killed these people. Maybe it had something to do with threat of bodily harm. (Read: Self Defense)