I'm sorry, but I don't see how recent events couldn't be more of a call for stronger gun laws in this country. The argument that "well, if we all had guns, we'd be safer" doesn't wash. Violence begets violence. Having a gun is an invitation to danger. I wouldn't want a gun; I know how cranky I can get! All it takes is one irrational moment - or a crazed person who has slipped through the cracks - and mayhem can erupt.
Why are military assault style weapons on the streets? Why are armor piercing rounds? Why are high volume ammo rounds allowed? Why not stronger checks? Why are we viewed with such derision by the rest of the world for our gun laws?
The NRA buys off elected officials, that's why. Why should the rest of us be held hostage? For the NRA and others in their pay to say "we shouldn't make the recent tragedy a political issue" is both sophistical and false. They have already long since made it a political issue with their "pay to play" policies.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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I'm naturally inclined to agree with you, however in the small village of Dunblane, where I went to school in Scotland, was the scene of such carnage when a guy called Hamilton shot ran amok with a gun in an infants school.
If someone wants to do it.....
However, Beetle in New York gets shot by nutter. Beetle in UK gets knifed by nutter. George Harrison survived John Lennon didn't.
Yup. I mean, obviously there are going to be people who will do violence no matter what. But why should guns be so widely available? Knives are bad, but you've got to be up close to do it - much more so than with a gun!
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