"Back off!"
Posted on 02/19/2008 8:48:23 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
The front page news of young college students being shot and murdered on campuses across the nation has become sickeningly familiar. The latest mass murder at Northern Illinois University took five students, plus the shooter, most of whom were under the age of 21. We all agree that the senseless slaughter of young people at school needs to stop. On the other hand, the question of how to stop it and why it happens in the first place has seen less collectivity. Nevertheless, it's clear this nation needs to make changes in firearm regulation to try and curb these events that, for the most part, are particular to the United States.
California recently passed legislation that requires all guns manufactured after 2010 to contain a code or imprint that would trace bullets fired back to the gun, the owner and the dealer. This smart gun legislation could gain bipartisan support if taken to the federal level. Although this sort of legislation is what we need in order to hold gun owners and dealers accountable, states and the federal government need to continue critically examining American's right to carry concealed weapons.
Gun lobbyists have used these sorts of tragedies before to push for a loosening of concealed weapons regulation. They assert that an armed citizen is a protected citizen. These events take place in a matter of seconds, and it would be extremely unlikely that an ordinary citizen not sufficiently trained to handle these situations would be able to effectively take down an enraged attacker.
The prevalence of guns in our society has generated a "fight fire with fire" mentality. The need to carry a concealed weapon is because others too can carry a weapon, if another person might have a gun, you'd better be prepared to protect yourself with yours.
In order to reduce firearm circulation, our country needs to reexamine the protection of concealed weapons, like D.C has done, and hopefully find that personal handguns only exacerbate the problem of gun violence.
Tragedies like the one at Northern Illinois University can serve to shake up and put pressure on lawmakers to make changes in the system. Smart firearm legislation, founded in fact not on old traditions, is needed to curb gun violence and death that is all too common.
Yeah, that's gonna put the kibosh on all those school shootings, I'm sure....IDIOTS!!! In this recent shooting, they have the bullets, the weapons and the body of the murderer, and they STILL have dead students!
Author is wishing to direct the outcome of research. As a guess he probably finds that Global Warming is scientific.
“In order to reduce firearm circulation, our country needs to reexamine the protection of concealed weapons, like D.C has done, and hopefully find that personal handguns only exacerbate the problem of gun violence.”
Please, can someone, somewhere, tell me (using logic and reason) how the city of Washington DC can be held as a good example of what the rest of the country should do regarding concealed weapons? They have a ridiculously high rate of violence and murder by those using guns and yet “personal handguns” are BANNED! As in “Ban (verb): To prohibit, forbid or bar”.
It’s like we’re living in Bizarro world or something...
you beat me by 46 seconds. We better be careful what we wish for though. If liberals have their way we may end up with no guns no alcohol and no automobiles. Liberal utopia!
What was it they used to say...."but even if it saves one life it's worth it, isn't it?" I think the same mindset should be applied to concealed carry.
But, maybe we just need more laws!
If they can’t be stopped by twenty thousand Un-Constitutional laws, maybe twenty thousand and one will do it.
It’s for the children!
In almost every school shooting the killer dies at the scene.
Why would we need to trace the bullets back to the gun and how is that going to prevent crime?
In almost every school shooting the killer dies at the scene.
Why would we need to trace the bullets back to the gun and how is that going to prevent crime?
It’s pictures just like that, that cause all the crime.
“our country needs to reexamine the protection of concealed weapons, like D.C has done, and hopefully find that personal handguns only exacerbate the problem of gun violence.
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—Gee, what if we find otherwise? Will this guy change his tune?
Wonderful line. LOL
A peculiar statement from someone that doesn't offer up one fact to support their opinion.
While we’re at it, let’s call for legislation that places better control on editorials. These idiots always forget that no right exists if the 2nd is removed.
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
Victim disarmament zones are not the answer.
“California recently passed legislation that requires all guns manufactured after 2010 to contain a code or imprint that would trace bullets fired back to the gun, the owner and the dealer.”
How the he-l is that going to protect these kids? We know who owned the gun; the kid that shot his professor, classmates and himself.
Anyone who uses the term "collective", and is not talking about helicopters, is my mortal enemy.
-ccm
"Back off!"
Fewer liberals,
MORE LIBERTY.
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