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rnichols@bnr.ca (Robin Nichols) writes:
>I agree, but they should be able to implement some sort of system to
>weed out at least some of the bad seeds; I mean how many normal, average
>American citizens go out one day, buy a gun, and then just for the hell
>of it, blow someone away? 

    Very few, that's why it's such big news.

>If someone that has a criminal record goes
>into buy a gun, they should not be allowed to buy a gun. 

    This is the (alleged) reason for the Brady Law. Yet when Harley Staggers
    presented an amendment to it requiring a background check, Brady
    supporters screamed that it was an NRA plot to kill the bill.

    So now we're stuck with a 5 day time out period with a purely optional
    background check with no description of what can disallow the purchase.
    For example, earlier this year a Dallas police officer was denied
    because of an unpaid parking ticket. 

    Bad laws like this one DECREASE respect for the law, not only by those
    it is (allegedly) designed to affect, but by honest gun owners who see
    the brunt of it.

>Why?  Because 
>they have already deemed themselves incapable of handling the responsibility
>of owning a firearm.  They should be immediately denied.  "OH, but they
>have rights too!"  Bull, they gave up that right when they decided
>to break the law.  

    Gun rights advocates have suggested numerous plans to prohibit felons
    from being able to legally buy guns for many years. The fact that none
    have been accepted by gun control advocates should make it rather
    obvious that gun control isn't about controlling guns, it's about
    beating the NRA. Look at Gargulak's initial article, he kept blaming the
    NRA for all the data he opposed. Next time you see/hear a debate on
    gun control, listen for any example of successful gun control. What you
    will mostly hear is "the gun lobby does..", "NRA believes..", "my poor
    baby boy..", etc. 

    Until we get past this irrational paranoia of inanimate objects with
    magical powers, there will be no progress made on major crime in this
    nation. 
    
    As long as Congress continue to blame the wrong people, the
    perpetrators will continue to roam at will.

-- 
    Kevin Langston   
    langston@frontier.lonestar.org