Bfgrn
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Because you made no comment, are we to take that your signature line is your comment?
jtpr312: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
I responded to the lie above, ("You can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle without a background check and, most likely, without having to show an identification card) with;
This is a lie. This person has evidently never been to a gun show. If you buy a fully automatic weapon ANYWHERE in this nation without the proper FEDERL Licenses you are breaking the law, period and at a gun show, ALL dealers must run the same back ground checks at the show, as are required by the law of the state the show is in.
See what happens when you don't have an opinion of your own and must use other's opinions? You don't know what it is that you posted.
Actually you didn't respond. And you avoided my question. So right off the bat we have identified that you have no problem lying.
You may be correct about fully automatic weapons, but that is not the real problem.
Gun Laws Work, So Why Dont We Have More Of Them?
An average of 83 Americans die every day from firearms in the United States. And the U.S. has the highest firearm homicide rates in the developed world.
In 33 states, criminals and terrorists can buy military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips from private dealers on the Internet or at gun shows without showing ID or completing a background check. No ID, no background check, no restrictions, no detection. It is perfectly legal for private gun dealers and individuals to sell an unlimited number of firearms to anyone, including domestic criminals and international terrorists, cash and carry.
Most citizens, members of law enforcement, gun owners and even a majority of NRA members agree that we need more restrictive laws governing the buying and selling of firearms.
Consider these figures from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence:
- 94 percent of police chiefs favor requiring a criminal background check for all handgun sales
- 87 percent of Americans support background checks on private sales of guns, including sales at gun shows
- 83 percent of gun owners support background checks on private sales of guns, including sales at gun shows
- 69 percent of gun owners who belong to the NRA support requiring all gun sellers at gun shows to conduct criminal background checks of the people buying guns
Between 1994 and 2004, under a federal assault weapons ban, there was a 66 percent reduction in assault weapons linked to crimes. (Assault weapons are the common denominator in every mass shooting because they can fire up to 100 rounds before reloading.) Since the ban expired, we have seen these military-style assault weapons come back into circulation. Previously banned guns like the AR-15, used in the Aurora massacre, are readily available to criminals and terrorists in the 33 states with lax gun control laws and at thousands of gun shows.
In Massachusetts, where we have some of the most effective gun laws, firearms kill three people per 100,000 each year, compared to the national average of 10 per 100,000. Despite being an urban industrial state, Massachusetts boasts the lowest firearm fatality rate in the nation.
Massachusetts is one of the few states to require gun training, licensing and registration, and consumer protection standards for firearm manufacturers, and is one of only 17 states that require criminal background checks for all gun sales. These tough gun laws strengthen the conclusion reached by the Violence Policy Center, which found that states with the lowest firearm fatality rates have more restrictive gun laws and lower gun ownership rates.