Ray From Cleveland
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Another conservative suffering from paranoid delusions! By the same logic, we should not have any laws!That we are intelligent enough to realize legislation won't stop anybody from getting a gun if they really want one????
Does the fact that murder, arson, rape and robbery happen despite that fact that we have laws against them mean that we should not have those laws?
The fact is that like those other crimes, having laws that prevent psychologically ill people from owning guns will severly reduce the instances of guns crimes being committed by those people.
Like those other laws, it would not make a perfect world, but using the perfect to undermine the good is no answer.
Wrong. Those other crimes you speak of do have laws that deter many people from breaking those laws. But if you are a suicidal nut case, are you prepared to obey new gun laws in this country?
Or perhaps you have plans on knocking over a convenience store. Armed robbery with the possibility you may need to shoot and/or kill someone. Do you think the criminal will reconsider because we have a new law that says he's supposed to have a background check?
Very few guns are purchased by the criminal from a gun shop. Fewer (less than 1% ) are purchased from a gun show. But these are your targets for solving this problem?
A very large percent of the mass murders that have been committed in the last few years are by people who have a documented history of psychological illness. Laws requiring a registry of these people and background checks for both commercial and private gun sales would severely reduce the incidence of both mass murders and single murders.
It's already been proven in numerous countries that gun laws do work!
No, it hasn't. You get half-stories at best.
The killer in Oregon had guns that were purchased by his mother. She sounds like just as much of a flake as he was. In the church killing, that gun was purchased by his father. Sandy Hook, again, not his guns.
So kooks do get their hands on guns, and in many cases, are not labeled a kook in the first place. Perfectly legal to purchase firearms.
So, if a law would only reduce the number of mass murders rather than absolutely eliminating all mass murders you are against it? By the same logic we should do away with all laws!
Not at all, just provide me with some proof that any of these suggested measures would do that. I can provide plenty of proof that they won't. Just look at the cities and states across this country that have the most stringent gun laws in the nation.