http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_re_us/santa_shooting
That is exactly how it could be spun. Here is a apparently upstanding guy, no history of anything ba, employed, active in his church, etc. If HE can't be trusted with such powerful weapons can anyone be????
Bah. You and you're rationally illogical (is there such a thing?) spin.
I think you hit right on something that the good folks on this board preach about consantly. That it is the BG's that shouldn't be armed and the trusted citizens of this country should and can be because only the BG's do terrible things with a gun. Whether or not this fellow had a permit it sure sounds like he wold have benn eligible for one. Sometimes even the GG's turn bad. All your sarcastic posts actually do go against the idea that anyone should be trusted with any gun until theyshootsomeone. I don't know of any reasonable laws that would have prevented this but even good people do bad things sometimes so this BS about just because someone has passed a backgorund check means they are OK is just BS.
If you are saying that gun control laws (i.e. background checks) are inherently flawed, you'll find no argument here.
As this is an issue that is on the front pages here, and will have a political effect here of some sort, discussing it here is legit.
Well, seeing as this made newspapers all over, I nominate you to make a dupe of this thread in every subforum. After all, discussing it anywhere would be "legit".
Yes, background checks and gun control laws are flawed as are all laws. Inherently they cannot cover 100% of all cases and by that they are flawed but they are the best we have right now. My point is that just because someone has passed a background check or even a psychological exam by a professional it does not mean they can be trusted 100% and that is the point of LEO. When they walk up to a car that they have stopped for any reason they do not know you or what you are thinking. If you are walking down the street they don't know unless they ask. My wife was recently on jury duty and the person on trial didn't show up. When she was brought in she said she knew she wasn't guilty so she shouldn't have to stand trial, all of it was made up by the police. I see this same attitude on here about guns a lot. "I wasn't doing anything wrong so why should I be stopped"? It didn't say whether or not this fellow was OC or CC but if he had been OC the police would have had no reason to stop him but would catch flack if they hadn't but had seen him.
1. This sounds like you are pro gun control? They (gun control laws) will always be flawed, and they will never be effective. Compliance (by criminals) is not going to just "get better" someday.
I wonder which of my handguns are considered "high-powered"? Maybe, since they are so much more ominous, I could get more money for them at the next "buyback"?
Yeah, I'll go "dupe" it forthwith, but using only spoken colloquialisms.
