Jonesy
Regular Member
Today's WP gun grabbing editorial includes the following assertions: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/09/AR2011010904133.html
"But metaphors don't kill people - guns kill people....Saturday's rampage does illustrate the need for tighter control of semiautomatic weapons and ammunition.... It is a sad irony that last year Arizona joined Alaska and Vermont in permitting anyone over 21 to carry a concealed weapon without a background check."
Guns kill people? What does the gun do, magically jump up on its own and start shooting? No, the gun does not kill anyone, the person pulling the trigger does the killing.
While it is technically true that one could carry w/out a background check by purchasing in a private sale (not from an ffl), the shooter of the Congresswoman and the others did purchase his weapon from an ffl and passed the background check. It is not just Arizona, Alaska and Vermont that allow purchase through private sale w/out a background check, but 33 states allow such. Apparently the WP thinks we should all lose our 2nd amendment rights because of a seriously disturbed individual. I am glad that they are not the ones who get to decide this issue.
"But metaphors don't kill people - guns kill people....Saturday's rampage does illustrate the need for tighter control of semiautomatic weapons and ammunition.... It is a sad irony that last year Arizona joined Alaska and Vermont in permitting anyone over 21 to carry a concealed weapon without a background check."
Guns kill people? What does the gun do, magically jump up on its own and start shooting? No, the gun does not kill anyone, the person pulling the trigger does the killing.
While it is technically true that one could carry w/out a background check by purchasing in a private sale (not from an ffl), the shooter of the Congresswoman and the others did purchase his weapon from an ffl and passed the background check. It is not just Arizona, Alaska and Vermont that allow purchase through private sale w/out a background check, but 33 states allow such. Apparently the WP thinks we should all lose our 2nd amendment rights because of a seriously disturbed individual. I am glad that they are not the ones who get to decide this issue.