Re: We Need to Talk About Guns

No gun law will stop all gang members from finding weapons to kill
each other, passersby and the police. But at least the authorities
should be able to stop unscrupulous gun dealers from selling weapons
to people who turn around and peddle them to criminals.
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they can and do

The problem is obvious – the National Rifle Association, which simply
could not exist if Americans came together to agree on reasonable gun
regulation. Its fundraising would dry up. The solution is also
obvious. Members of Congress, from both parties, need to stop their
reflexive obeisance to the N.R.A.
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Andy obviously pinched this one off and pulled it out of the toilet.

On Apr 5, 3:12 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We Need to Talk About Guns
> By ANDREW ROSENTHAL
> How many students have to be shot to death in their schools before
> this country has a serious discussion about guns? Are the 10 who have
> been gunned down just since Feb. 27 enough?
>
> The question of the constitutional right to own guns is irrelevant
> here—even if you believe that the Constitution gives every last
> American the right to own a firearm (which The Times editorial board
> does not, but many other reasonable people do).
>
> There is simply no defending the many states that allow people not
> just to keep guns in their homes, but to buy an unlimited number of
> weapons each month, and to carry guns, concealed or visible, into
> public areas, including schools and churches and libraries. The
> culture of permissiveness is now so out of control that the city
> attorney in Tampa has said he cannot stop people from carrying guns
> into the security perimeter that will be established around the site
> of the Republican convention in August.
>
> There is no defending the federal Tiahrt Amendments, which prohibit
> law enforcement from using gun trace data in a civil proceeding to
> revoke the license of a gun dealer who was caught breaking the law.
> The Tiahrt Amendments also require the Justice Department to destroy
> approved background checks within 24 hours, making it harder to catch
> dealers who falsify their records, and harder to track straw
> purchasers.
>
> Just on Monday, a 43-year-old former student at Oikos University near
> the Oakland International Airport sprayed gunfire into a classroom,
> killing seven people.
>
> Would tougher gun laws have prevented the incident? It's difficult to
> prove, but we do know that such massacres are more common than they
> used to be. The San Francisco Chronicle compiled a list showing that
> there have been six school shootings in the last 12 years, compared to
> 10 in the entire 20th century. The United States has more spree
> killings than the rest of the developed world, combined.
>
> And there is little doubt that Trayvon Martin would be alive today if
> Florida weren't so lenient when it comes to gun regulation—if it
> didn't allow civilians to carry around firearms, basically at will,
> shoot people and then make a claim self-defense, freezing criminal
> investigations.
>
> There can be a middle ground on guns. Most reasonable Americans, for
> instance, understand that it's necessary for gun owners to pass
> through a registration process, and think that it's proper for the
> government to ban assault weapons.
>
> No gun law will stop all gang members from finding weapons to kill
> each other, passersby and the police. But at least the authorities
> should be able to stop unscrupulous gun dealers from selling weapons
> to people who turn around and peddle them to criminals.
>
> The problem is obvious – the National Rifle Association, which simply
> could not exist if Americans came together to agree on reasonable gun
> regulation. Its fundraising would dry up. The solution is also
> obvious. Members of Congress, from both parties, need to stop their
> reflexive obeisance to the N.R.A.
>
> More:http://loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/we-need-to-talk-a...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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