[mountn man]

Lets enact more laws to stop criminal activity.

Yeah yeah, thats the ticket.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

But, I thought bad guns ONLY came from Georgia and the Carolinas!

[alloysteel]

But-but-but I thought the whole political climate of Vermont was shifted to the New-World-Citizen viewpoint, and traffic in all kinds of sidearms and weapons had been outlawed, with the few that were grandfathered in so strictly monitored it was IMPOSSIBLE to even take one out of the gun safe without a signed authorization good only for 24 hours.

What is this "free trade in sidearms" business, anyway? Ben and Jerry's running a little trade on the side, maybe?

[Mr. Mojo]

While Vermont is ranked among the safest states in the country, anti-gun groups often give Vermont low ratings because it does not conform to their idea of stricter gun laws,

Which illustrates yet again that anti-gun groups couldn't care less about reducing crime, and that their hoplophobia combined with their socialist/authoritarian tendencies rule the day.

[Past Your Eyes]

"Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, a Progressive"

How charming. Following in the footsteps of Bernie Sanders, I suppose.

[Past Your Eyes]

We (NH) should sue the state of Massive2shitts for exporting the maggot snot slimebag types that shoot cops like Michael Briggs. They are the ones with the problem, not us. That is until they start sending it up the sewer that is I-93. Then it becomes our problem. Unless and until they get their own laundry cleaned, they can just STFU.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

When is the Northeast bunch going to figure out that they are up to their butts in barbarians, and start seriously civilizing them?

[NonValueAdded]

If I was a Vermont pol the first thing I'd ask complaining officials was whether or not their state had a 10-20-life sentencing program equivalent. Next, I'd ask them about their prosecution statistics for gun crimes. Gee, dear gun-grabber, spot a trend? That's right, set laws and practices punishing the criminal, not the law-abiding citizen.

Laws requiring things like mandatory child safety locks as part of a gun sale are really only feel good measures. If the buyer isn't smart enough to realize the need to purchase one, giving them a free one isn't likely enough to make them think to use it. If the argument is that poor buyers would not be able to afford a lock otherwise, I'd laugh in the speaker's face. No, the cost of the lock wouldn't be incorporated into the purchase price, would it be? But, I guess if it eliminates a reason a liberal judge would let off a negligent owner then I suppose it has some value although I don't like the slippery slope nature of such "benign" measures.

[wku man]

The storm clouds are gathering, folks. Prepare for AWB part 2 and more, coming to a Congress near you. Every incident where so much as a .22 LR round falls out of a pocket is going to be hysteria-whipped to build the public outcry, and Nancy Pelousy will be licking her chops to get more legislation passed. Get ready.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[RJL]

The debate centers on this basic premise: Do Vermont’s lax gun laws contribute to crimes in other cities by encouraging illegal gun trafficking?

Vermont, where all these supposed crime causing guns are coming from, has a crime rate among the lowest in the nation.

Pretty much ruins their theory right there.

Why are these other New England cities being allowed to create criminals without consequences?

[Hazcat]

overturning federal laws enacted in the past six years that make it impossible for federal, state, and local law enforcement officials to share “trace data” about guns.

What laws are they talking about?