Comments on: The Gag Rule On Guns

By: Gary Godfrey

Gary Godfrey — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:17:00 +0000

Seek help while you still have time!

By: Carl Oscar Isaacson

Carl Oscar Isaacson — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:23:00 +0000

middleclasstaxpayer, I’m dubious of your statistics. Do you have a source for them? It’s more of the same NRA bullying we’ve seen for years.

I have three proposals to float that seem reasonable to me and that I think might slow down someone like the Aurora shooter and perhaps lessen the likelihood of a repetition.

First, you can only buy one gun a year. You can have as many as you want, but you can only get them one at a time and only one a year. Special licenses could be granted for, for example, someone who wants to buy two guns as matching presents for his teenaged kids – but he’d have to show that he was going to do what he said. We could also license a class of gun collectors, who would be able to do more purchasing for their collections. But that would have to be carefully examined, and the collectors would have to agree to an onsight examination of their arsenal.

Second we ban private ownership of clips that hold more than ten rounds. They would be available for use at your local shooting range, but you couldn’t own one privately.

Third, we shut down internet ammo purchase.

This seems to me to be a way to lessen the likelihood of a repeat of Aurora. We can’t stop crazy people, but we can lessen their opportunities and perhaps slow them down so that their rage does not boil over.

By: Tom Meehan

Tom Meehan — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:04:00 +0000

I’ve always wondered that since gun nuts always say there should be no limitation on the types of weapons one can own, then why is a person not allowed to possess a nuclear weapon? And if one is not allowed to own a nuclear bomb, then what is the logic for the restriction? If one can own a semiautomatic rifle, a weapon of mass destruction, then why not any other type of wmd?

By: mjw1952

mjw1952 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:54:00 +0000

Urban legends. Google this. Australia never had the absolute right to own guns like the US does, it was strictly controlled. In 1997 they had a gun buy-back program and from 1995 to 2000 the proportion of robberies involving firearms went from 27.8% to 14%.

By: LazarusStewart

LazarusStewart — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:14:00 +0000

And if that is what the shooter had, there would only be 1 or 2 victims. hilandar1000 has it right on this one. I am a liberal and own 3 guns. I hunt and hold 2 safety certificates. there is no need for assault weapons that are meant only to kill people. If you want a revolution…vote! fix the damn laws! these people’s deaths, while tragic are the predicable and direct result of the Bush administration and the congress of 2004 when they failed to continue the assault weapons ban. hey after 100,000 Iraqis, tens of thousands of US troops killed or wounded in an optional war whats a few more? It’s on you people..deal with it.

By: ObozoMustGo

ObozoMustGo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Metro… sounds like a plan!

Talk tomorrow. Gotta run. Little guy has hockey practice.

Say hi to Mrs. Metro for me!

By: metrognome3830

metrognome3830 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:58:00 +0000

OK, I’m counting on you. I can holler threats from my hiding place and when the gunman turns to shoot me, you blow him away.

Have a great night yourself!

By: ObozoMustGo

ObozoMustGo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Metro, I’ve never had to pull a weapon in 25+ years and, God willing, will never have a need to. But should it come to be that I must, I train frequently and will do so quickly and with precision. No guarantee, but I’ve got much better than even odds in my favor against 99% of the perps. Like I said, you can hide, I’ve got your back, brutha!

Have a great night!

By: metrognome3830

metrognome3830 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:46:00 +0000

No way, OMG, I don’t want to see you gunned down. Have you never heard that “Discretion is the better part of valor?” And, also, how much combat or law enforcement have you had? I want to be sure you get the guy.

By: john h

john h — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:10:00 +0000

I would go further than the comments in your article . Not only are the NRA and its fellow travelers intellectually dishonest they are cowards . We had an assault weapon ban in this country under President Clinton which frightened the NRA to such an extent that they poured tons of money and time into nixing the extension of the ban under Bush . Naturally , President Bush being the stand up guy that he was sided with the cowards and let the ban expire .
What does any private person in our society need with an assault weapon if not for a nefarious purpose ? But the cowards that comprise the NRA are rattled by even a hint of gun regulation . Can you imagine a group of more insecure if not psychologically skewed that we let control a major policy issue ?
And this is at a time when the national murder rate is at an all time historic low as well as general drop in crime . But these cowards “cling to their guns… ” as President Obama said . jh