DC Sniper Anniversary Brings Call for More Gun Control

CNS New Service ^ | 10-02-03

[Euro-American Scum]

Make no mistake, These people aren't misguided. They aren't "concerned about the children." They don't think that the 2nd A pertains to duck hunting. They know full well that the right to keep and bear arms is the final constitutional protection against tyranny, and they willingly and knowingly wish to destry it. They will not rest until we are dead, they are dead, or we are totally enslaved.

And the country is one Democratic president away from exactly what you describe.

[freeeee]

the country is one Democratic president away from exactly what you describe.

Or 5 RINO's.

[from occupied ga]

And the country is one Democratic president away from exactly what you describe.

Since Bush has pledged to sign the expanded Swineslime ban, I don't think that the Republicans are exactly stand up guys on this either.

[ArrogantBustard]

They went to an area with the most stringint gun controls in the country - where private ownership of firearms is virtually prohibited-

!@#@#%^%%^$!!!!!!

I AM SICK OF WELL MEANING BUT IGNORANT PRO-GUN ACTIVISTS USING THIS FALSE ARGUEMENT. PLEASE STOP.

Mohammed and Malvo committed precisely one murder in the District of Columbia. That murder was committed very close to the Maryland border; they may well have thought they were in Maryland. They may also have not cared. In either case, the Washington DC gun ban was completely irrelevant.

They committed approximately 60% of their murders in Maryland, a state with obnoxious gun laws. However, New York, New Jersey, Massachussetts, Illinois, and California (for a start) have far worse laws. Firearms are not virtually prohibited in Maryland.

Virginia, the site of the rest of Mohammad and Malvo's murders, has: No list of "banned" guns, shall issue concealed carry, and a regularly executed death penalty.

If Mohammad and Malvo were seeking an area with severe gun control laws, they would have committed their murders in Washington DC, or New York, or Boston, or Chicago, or Los Angeles; someplace other than Virginia or even Maryland.

I live in Fairfax County, VA. I frequently travel to Montgomery County, MD. I am very familiar with the gun laws in this area; I have to try to comply with them.

Please, try to keep your facts straight.

Thank you.

-Bustard

[freeeee]

Bush has pledged to sign the expanded Swineslime ban

I thought he had only pledged to renew the current ban. Have you heard different?

[spunkets]

Sen Frank points to an evil assault weapon and says: "Look it's got a handle. We can't have any of that. It's too dangerous!"

moron...

[Mini-14]

My Republican congressman, Mark Kirk of Illinois recently sent me a letter stating that he supports the so-called "Assault" weapons ban. He compared "Assault" weapons to nuclear bombs.

My Republican senator, Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois recently sent me a letter stating that he supports the so-called "Assault" weapons ban.

[mbynack]

I AM SICK OF WELL MEANING BUT IGNORANT PRO-GUN ACTIVISTS USING THIS FALSE ARGUEMENT. PLEASE STOP.

A tad touchy today aren't we?

The fact that they were called the "Washington DC" snipers led to my comments about the gun laws. I'm sure that the local gun laws had nothing to do with the choice of the area to commit the crimes as these two had no regard for any laws.

[AK2KX]

I choose Door #2 as well.

[Oztrich Boy]

"I will say to people that want to own guns: You're still going to be able to go duck shooting, you're still going to be able to go turkey shooting in November," McCarthy said. "Let's be reasonable about this. These guns don't belong on the streets of America and, if you're going to have these guns on the streets of America, not only for the criminals to get them, but you're going to allow terrorists to get them, too."

Oh? The "Washinton sniper" killings could have been committed in exactly the same manner if the shooter had chosen a single-shot muzzle-loading black-powder rifle.

[ArrogantBustard]

The fact that they were called the "Washington DC" snipers

Is further evidence that the national news media is composed of idiots. But we already knew that...

"Touchy"??? This time last year, I was looking over my shoulder everywhere I went, wondering where (that|those) rat bastard[s]¹ were going to strike next, and watching that arsehole Moose gibber on my local TV news. It was more than a little disconcerting to know that I was in the middle of a situation where my concealed weapon wasn't going to do much good.

I'm sure that the local gun laws had nothing to do with the choice of the area to commit the crimes as these two had no regard for any laws.

I agree. Unfortunately, too many pro-gun activists who don't know the laws in the area try to draw some sort of connection between the misdeeds of those two oh-so-clever psychopaths and the WashDC gun ban. It's a non sequitur and it makes us look silly. I'm completely opposed to any gun control laws. That pair certainly broke their share of laws, but it's not like they went looking for "gun control heaven"; they had other motivations.

1) Back then we didn't know how many of "them" there were; I suspected two or three.

[ArrogantBustard]

I was more than a little surprised to learn that they were using a Stoner/AR pattern rifle. A scoped bolt action would have seemed more appropriate.

[Kenton]

Oh? The "Washinton sniper" killings could have been committed in exactly the same manner if the shooter had chosen a single-shot muzzle-loading black-powder rifle.

Yeah, but that huge cloud of white smoke would have probably been a tip-off to where the shot came from.

And these guys were Muslims, not Amish... ;)

[mbynack]

I was trying to make the point that these guys had a total disregard for the laws but I didn't communicate my thoughts very well. Sometimes I forget that the rest you can't hear the little voices in my head.

While we're on the subject of the press - I wish they would quit referring to these two murderers as "snipers" and just call them homicidal Islamic terrorists.

[Badray]

You have some work to do, Mini. Go get their minds right on this.

[ArrogantBustard]

little voices in my head.

Tinfoil, my friend. Tinfoil. Shiny side out. Works every time.

Homicidal Islamic terrorists is indeed the correct term for Mohammad and Malvo. Defendants is also a correct term for them ... and if they are indeed convicted in Virginia, they will almost certainly be sentenced to die by lethal injection. Trial should start in a month or three.

[Mini-14]

You have some work to do, Mini. Go get their minds right on this.

I have bombarded them with letters. These people are hopeless, and need to be voted out of office. Unfortunately, I am in the Peoples Democratic Socialist Republik of Illinois where "Republicans" are to the left of Southern Democrats.

[white trash redneck]

These gun control toads will use any occasion to call for more gun control.

[Euro-American Scum]

Since Bush has pledged to sign the expanded Swineslime ban, I don't think that the Republicans are exactly stand up guys on this either.

Got to agree with you there. GWB is too busy sucking up to the Mexican government, offshoring every job in this country worth having, and trying to out-compassion the Dems.

Think I'll buy another gun today.

[Travis McGee]

Think I'll buy another gun today.

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