I forgot to mention that as of this morning, approx 300 million(give or take) guns just laid around and did nothing. Odd eh?
So let's pass meaningful car bans.
They say they are against “gun violence” and then promote laws that only apply to legal, peaceful gun owners.
If you take guns out of the hands of the good guys, that bad guys know this.
Worse, the government, other governments, and illegal invaders know this.
Gun control laws make orphans and childless parents because less guns in the hands of good people doesn't take guns away from the lawless.
We were expecting rationality from the people who view Obama as right-wing?
What about the other 2 that were stabbed to death? Were is the ‘I lost my son to knife violence’ legislation? Didn’t he also run over someone as well? Where is that car legislation?
“preventable gun violence”
There is no such thing. Guns, knives, baseball bats, frying pans, ropes, cars and trucks etc... are inanimate objects lacking any propensity to do anything.
Human beings have the ability to be violent, commit violent acts, have a propensity towards violence etc...
“Gun violence” is a made up construct that “sounds good” as well as subliminally connects a thing with an act in order for the reader, viewer or listener to automatically link an object with a behavior and then make the reflexive judgement that the propagandist strives for.
Nah, the guy lost his son to a criminal using a gun, not “gun violence”.
Sorry but the tragic loss of someone’s child does not trump my right to own and carry a gun.
Did I have a tragic boating accident with my guns? Hell no. I was wearing a gun when I went to the hospital to meet the ambulance, I had to go back at the door when I realized where I was. (We both have CPLs). As per usual, every time I left home to visit him, I wore my gun. I would secure it for times at the hospital and police station.
Bottom line: I am soooo sorry for this bereaved father. I understand his need to make something good come from his loss.
I also choose to make something good come out of my loss. After I sell my house and clean up the mess, I will begin designing a “Suicide Victim's Advocate” program. In our state, every county has a Victim's Rights Advocate-that person is the liaison between the victim and the prosecutor's office.
In my case, there is no one person that I can call and ask about evidence or the investigation. I have to bother the police when they are doing things way more important than answering my questions. I propose that suicides’ families are victims, and therefore should be provided with the same assistance as a crime victim. This person would liaise between the police and the survivors.
No one has dared asked me how I can still put on my gun every time I head out the door, and keep it close when at home. Well, sillies! The gun didn't do it, the owner did. If he hadn't a gun, he would have used another method. I choose to help myself by helping others, not taking away their freedoms. So, there it is. Again, guns do not kill people, people kill people. Oh, and a little off-topic, but pertinent. If you haven't already, please talk with your loved ones about the Gift of Life donation. My husband was able to help 2 people live, just with his organs. I haven't heard yet from the Eye bank, but I really hope his sparkling green eyes are showing the world to some sweet little kid!
waiting for hard evidence the shooting would not have occurred solely b/c this ‘loophole’ didn’t exist.......
why don’t they wish their loved ones would have been armed so they could have had a fighting chance against a criminal?
With they’d quit confusing those who choose to harm others, with those who choose not to save to stop the former from doing so. Some people truly cannot tell the difference.
Your pain and anguish do not trump the Bill of Rights.
“Yet another out of stater pleading with the citizens of WA to further infringe on their rights.”
I am so sick of these carpetbaggers coming into my state and telling us what’s best for us. Washington State has perfectly reasonable gun laws (well, you need to get a permit to carry concealed but its ‘shall issue’) and we don’t need any east coast liberal buttinskis messing things up. Nor do we need our own resident billionaires - Gates, Allen, and their ilk - who live in iron-gated estates with armed guards making our decisions for us.
I have “Yes on 591” and “No on 594” signs all over my fence. The gnarly old democrat who lives next door to me is probably hiding under her bed. For those of you who don’t live in WA, Initiative 591 keeps our old laws in tact and actually improves upon them.
I want a firearm for one simple reason.ONE REASON! And that’s because leftists like this clown,as well as the leftists running the Rat Party,don’t want me to have one.
I chose not to read this article, but if it contains anything than an expansion of gun-carrying privileges to protect citizens, then it is nothing but garbage.
Sorry for the loss of your son, BUT your loss doesn't give you the right to demand that my rights be trampled to distract you from your sorrow. In fact it's fools like you who made the 2nd amendment necessary in 1791, and equally necessary today.
I'm sorry you've decided to be a cowardly whiner, who rather than blaming the CRIMINAL, blames an inanimate object. Suppose I hit you over the head with a rock. Is it the rock's fault? Suppose I stabbed you. would it be the knife's fault? No obviously not, but morons like you blame the gun. Oh, and by sticking your nose into the arena of gun control, you don't get a free pass simply because you son was killed. You are a fool and anyone who agrees with you is also a fool.
where is the guest editorial with “I used my gun to save my family, vote NO.”
This publisher must be smoking too much weed.
I remember this guy. Immediately after the shooting, he hit the stump spewing his anti-Second Amendment BS. He started his 15 minutes almost immediately. Barry’s state run “media” loved him.