I Dare Any one to argue this guys point !!!!

He Makes Great Sense .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl...

It's truly sad that those 26 youngsters and teachers died prematurely at Sandy Hook at the hands of a derranged, psycho-path.

The same is true for all those who were killed at Columbine High School, the Aurora CO movie theater, Virgina Tech University, and everywhere else in the nation, and around the world.

And what a senseless tragedy it is that the number of teenagers killed in Chicago (the city with toughest gun laws in the nation) is ever increasing.

It's clearly not the weapons .. it's our society and all the ills within it; ie, stress, mental illness, gangs, jealousy, rage, war, et al. These are the items that really matter and are what need to be addressed.

And yes, since Roe v Wade became law over 50,000,000 (that's right 50 MILLION)lives have been euthanized through abortions .. a majority of them African American babies.

Abortion is significantly more vicious, racist and violent than the availability of our nation's current guns. Where's the attention in the media to this national travesty?

2nd Amendment rights are not infringed by stopping the manufacture of a certain class of firearm. Wayne LaPierre is an idiot.

The author says, "They will not kill anything without a person pulling their triggers." Heroin will not kill anyone without a person injecting it into a vein or snorting it. Heroin should be made legal immediately and I look forward to attending the annual Heroin Show at the fairgrounds. However, it is about safety, so no syringes shall be loaded at the show.

40 people killed in shootings so far this year in Chicago. Where is the outrage for this carnage from our president?

Sorry fordfan--suggesting the federal government completely violate a key part of the constitution on which it is based by forcably seizing the property of it's citizens under the guise of a buy back program, is as idiotic as some of your investment decisions.......

Excellent article, Earl. It is reassuring to know that there are voices of intelligence and reason in this world, still able to be heard over the shrill shrieking and screaming of the left.

This is a study on the Australian gun buy back. It even has names attached instead of being anonymous like the right wing seems to like.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...

Watch this video, seems that Australia's gun ban is not working out well for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=fG...

TCB...did you read my entire post...let me translate for you "Although overall gun violence did not decline." Just the number of shooting from that paticular weapon. If you had read the report you would have seen that.

PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE!
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And they will do it by any means that THEY seem fit!
Whether it is with a fertilizer and diesel fuel mixture, an assault weapon, a jet liner, or anthrax!
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PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE!!
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GET IT???

Did Timothy McVeigh use an assault weapon in the Oklahoma incident? The incident that claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6, and injured more than 680 people??
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Do we need to outlaw fertilizer and diesel fuel!!!
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Give me a break!!

303..................THREE HUNDRED AND THREE .
914 IN A DAY.......

Yaa it was the kool aids fault at the Jim Jones camp in Guyana Ban Kool Aid.....Ohhhhh Yeahhh !!!!

ohh wait it was cyanide in the cool aid , are there laws against cyanide ? .....ohhh yeahh there are !?

914 inhabitants of Jonestown Died 303 Children .
Dont hear much about that no mo tho .

Makes about as much sense .

1day,

DId you read the report or are you quoting Diane Finestein? Fom the 2004 report The authors concluded "we cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation's recent drop in gun violence. And, indeed, there has been no discernible reduction in the lethality and injuriousness of gun violence."

Let me translate for you. The law did nothing to reduce gun violence-period.

So it is your opinion that guns that LOOK like guns used by the military should be banned? Is this good legislation? Or does it simply make you feel good?

I would think that the you would prefer legislation banning the use of other guns-then criminals who choose to murder-like gang members will finally register their rifles....since criminals who use guns only use rifles 2.6% of the time....finally criminals will register rifles that look like military guns will be held accountable......(but they will not register their hand guns)....

It's the person's fault that he pulled the trigger.

It's the assault rifle's fault that so many children were killed instead of few or none.

does anyone remember mongo from Blazing Saddles? I think they might be one and the same

I can mongo. Unlike most people here I'm not hiding behind a made up 'user i.d.'. I'm not hard to find. Stop by some day and introduce yourself. I'd be happy to spend a few min sharing the path I've walked and even you would acknowledge I've never done anything but kick personal responsibilitys keester, in a good way;)

I'm guessin I hit the nail on the head. Rise above your peers Mongo. Rise above. Take some personal responsibility and you won't have such a negative outlook on America, and probably life in general.

'It's sad that this country used to be populated by artisans and professionals. Now it's just a bunch of "what can the government do for me?" crowd. Personal responsibility.'

I literally know no one who is living off of the gov't by choice. No one. Yet all my friends and co-workers are professionals and if you include musicians(and you should) then I know more than a few artists.

Maybe you are just hanging out with the wrong crowd mongo?? Personal responsibility...

If a chainsaw would have been used the furor and his henchmen would be out after all of our chainsaws.

"All guns, in the hands of the mentally ill or evil, are tools for destruction and can be considered attack weapons."
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Guns are designed and built to kill. Period. It does not matter if they are in the hands of "the mentally ill or evil" or law abiding citizens. Eliminating large capacity clips and private sales of guns does not "infringe" on anyone's right to "bear arms". Neither does requiring the licensing of all guns. Ban concealed-carry laws - guns carried by individuals should be seen, not hidden.

TCB "Look how well the previous assault ban was on stoping murders!" Actually it did reduce the murders by that type of weapon by 17%. Although overall gun violence did not decline. That may not seem like a significant drop to you but if your child was one of the 17% saved you wouldn't think it insignificant. http://publicintelligence.net/nij-assaul...

Mooshoo,

I blame mass killings on the murderer. The person responsible-what a novel concept. Mooshoo you blame a private organization that has 4.4 Million voluntary members? To whom do you assign more blame the NRA or Adam Lanza's brother?

It's the cars fault that people get into drunk driving accidents

It's the plane(s) fault for Sept. 11th

It's the fertilizer manufacturers fault for the Oklahoma City Bombings

It's McDonalds fault for diabetes in youth

'There are no limits, none...'

Other than the current ones of course.

Look how well the previous assault ban was on stoping murders! Surely more laws for law abiding citizens to follow will make the noncriminals "feel" better....

But will more laws result in less crime? Look how well strict gun laws work in Chicago and Washington DC. A better economy and a willingness to LOCK up the criminally insane will lead to fewer gun crimes....

Ezoner...from the Jefferson Memorial in D.C. Quoting Thomas Jefferson
Panel Four
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."

Bible & Oneday -- The constitution does not say -- there is a 2200 limit to the type of guns you can have, nor that the guns are only to be used to hunt, nor are there any references to common sense use or allowance. The reality is , that the right to bear arms is a fundamental right -- its the 2nd ammendment not the 100th.. the 2nd and thereby -- its importance and meaning are absolute. There are no limits, none....

As the article title indicates, its not the gun, its not the bullet, its not the clip, its not the trigger --- its the person behind them that needs to be taken care of.

Representative Fienstien's bill specifically excludes 2200 different models of guns and you can own as many of those 2200 you would like. I don't see this as giving any validity to the statement "The radical left wants total disarmament plain and simple." If a hunter needs more than a 10 round clip because they can't hit their target with that many rounds...maybe they shouldn't be out there with a gun! I could be consider a liberal but I am not for complete gun control but the "radical right" needs to accept it is time for a common sense approach to this problem. Addressing mental health issues and the ease of access to guns by such people both need to be studied.

Earl- I'm a conservative evangelical, I have never voted for a Democrat in a national election so you can't put the liberal label on me. The "guns to kill people" line isn't getting it done anymore. Why do you need to own an assault rifle? I stand with President Ronald Reagan we need to ban them. we need restrictions that will make it harder for these unstable people to own guns. NO ONE IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO OWN A GUN. There are common sense proposals coming out of Washington, the majority of the American people support new gun control legislation. You and your ilk are on the wrong side of history. Republicans out there don't be blind sheep and succumb to the pressure of a lobby like NRA. I could care less what the NRA thinks, they don't speak for me or the republican party and this should not be a partizan issue. Use your common sense Mr. Arrowood and get your head out of the sand.

Guns don't kill people.
People kill people.
With guns.

Mass killers wouldn't be mass killers if they used only knives or bats.

"So does the 2nd amendment give you the right to own a nuclear warhead?"

I agree that's silly. Almost as silly as when I see the 'conservatives' say that if we let two men/women who are in love get married, the next step may be people wanting to marry their dogs.

Ignorance doesn't know party lines...

Agreed 100% but be warned the typical liberal response will be "But knives and bats aren't designed for the sole purpose of killing people" or my favorite one so far which is "So does the 2nd amendment give you the right to own a nuclear warhead?" You can't reason with people who have an ulterior motive beyond what they claim. The radical left wants total disarmament plain and simple. The proof is in Fenistein's new bill which is 10x stronger than the last one which shows what her true intent is and yet the media keeps saying she wants to "reinstate the 1994 ban". If she only wanted to "reinstate" the old ban she would have introduced the same bill as the one in 1994 not craft a new one which is far more severe and one which shows why gun owners are unwilling to compromise. We know her intent is to take a little at a time until there is nothing left to take.

Amen.

Well stated, Mr. Arrowood! The people wanting to ban these weapons are clearly ignorant of them. People who fear things think others should not be allowed to own them. On the news the other night a politician made a statement similar to "If these guns aren't in stores, people can't get them." I laughed out loud at her ignorance. Heroin isn't sold in stores but how many people die from that? I guess it's not that big a deal if the harm inflicted is on oneself.

I understand the frustration with these killings, but attempting to restrict the rights of law abiding citizens is not the way to deal with it or to prevent it from happening again. Deal with the source of the problem...mental illness. When Rev Jones lured several people to their deaths, did the public scream to end religion? No, it is not the tool or tactic used, it is the PERSON that needs to be stopped. Leave our rights alone!