Comments on: Why gun control could not have stopped yesterday’s shooting http://www.bloggernews.net/16083 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bill Collins http://www.bloggernews.net/16083#comment-15255 Bill Collins Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:46:35 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16083#comment-15255 Tom, I own several guns and wouldn't mind if had to "jump through a few hoops" to buy them. I disagree though that any law will prevent someone intent on buying ANYTHING from obtaining it. Look at illegal drugs. There are millions of illegal transactions a day and maybe a few people getting killed. We've spent billions and you can still buy them in any city. The additional gun control might reduce some impulse buying and raise the price of illegal guns, but supply and demand regulates availability of any product. Reduce the number of violent people by having mandatory life in prison for any violent crime involving a gun. Tom,

I own several guns and wouldn’t mind if had to “jump through a few hoops” to buy them. I disagree though that any law will prevent someone intent on buying ANYTHING from obtaining it. Look at illegal drugs. There are millions of illegal transactions a day and maybe a few people getting killed. We’ve spent billions and you can still buy them in any city. The additional gun control might reduce some impulse buying and raise the price of illegal guns, but supply and demand regulates availability of any product. Reduce the number of violent people by having mandatory life in prison for any violent crime involving a gun.

]]> By: tom luptowski http://www.bloggernews.net/16083#comment-15145 tom luptowski Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:01:37 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16083#comment-15145 Your statements are BS, a few simple regulations could have prevented this tragedy. You gun freaks need to pull your heads out of your asses. A gun is a weapon. Despite what the avid enthusiast say they are designed for one thing, to kill people. I don't advocate banning guns but I don't understand the resistance to regulations. The regulations to the seller should at least be as strict as they are for selling alcohol. Only licensed gun brokers should be allowed to trade guns. Meaning if you have a gun to sell you can only sell it back to a licensed broker. To the buyer it should be as strict as obtaining a drivers license involving a written exam, an actual physical usage test demonstrating a knowledge of how to safely load, shoot, and store the gun, and most important all people wishing to purchase a gun should submit to a certified psychological profile test. If people are that gung ho to own a weapon then they should have to jump through a few hoops to get one to weed out the extreme crazies. This guy would have never gotten a gun legally if we had some controls in place. Illegally? Maybe but more than likely he would have gotten killed in the process. Your statements are BS, a few simple regulations could have prevented this tragedy. You gun freaks need to pull your heads out of your asses. A gun is a weapon. Despite what the avid enthusiast say they are designed for one thing, to kill people. I don’t advocate banning guns but I don’t understand the resistance to regulations. The regulations to the seller should at least be as strict as they are for selling alcohol. Only licensed gun brokers should be allowed to trade guns. Meaning if you have a gun to sell you can only sell it back to a licensed broker. To the buyer it should be as strict as obtaining a drivers license involving a written exam, an actual physical usage test demonstrating a knowledge of how to safely load, shoot, and store the gun, and most important all people wishing to purchase a gun should submit to a certified psychological profile test. If people are that gung ho to own a weapon then they should have to jump through a few hoops to get one to weed out the extreme crazies. This guy would have never gotten a gun legally if we had some controls in place. Illegally? Maybe but more than likely he would have gotten killed in the process.

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