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In Wake of Va. Tech Tragedy, Smart Gun Control - Not The Phony Kind!
April 18th 2007
There will be renewed calls for gun control in the aftermath of the slaughter at Virginia Tech. It is good thing to talk about, but the national debate always ignores a shocking reality. That is simply the fact that single-shot handguns are not as deadly as automatic weapons, and the fact that the killer at Va. Tech would have never killed as many people with a single-shot weapon. He would have been subdued.
Another fact: The Constitution allows the right to bear arms, but it doesn’t specify that people should be allowed to purchase automatic or semi-automatic weapons that can allow one person to murder so many people.
So it is time for the President and the Congress and the people to stand up for a different form of gun control - a total ban on the individual purchase of automatic weapons — a total ban. Exceptions of course would include those in law enforcement and the military.
Such a ban would satisfy the need for gun control, while at the same time allowing qualified people to buy regular hand guns, guns that protect.
If the President wants to comfort the victim’s families, and fight crime, he should make sure that people cannot buy automatic weapons of any kind.
This will cut down our disgusting murder rate and at the same time allow citizens to purchase the firearms they think they need for protection.
This is gun control with wisdom.
These recent acts of violence, capped by the mass murder at Va. Tech, require political courage and a deep respect for life.
This is a pro-life program to keep our people safe.
No automatic weapons in the hands of individuals will make this a safer country.
In Wake of Va. Tech Tragedy, Smart Gun Control - Not The Phony Kind!
April 18th 2007
There will be renewed calls for gun control in the aftermath of the slaughter at Virginia Tech. It is good thing to talk about, but the national debate always ignores a shocking reality. That is simply the fact that single-shot handguns are not as deadly as automatic weapons, and the fact that the killer at Va. Tech would have never killed as many people with a single-shot weapon. He would have been subdued.
Another fact: The Constitution allows the right to bear arms, but it doesn’t specify that people should be allowed to purchase automatic or semi-automatic weapons that can allow one person to murder so many people.
So it is time for the President and the Congress and the people to stand up for a different form of gun control - a total ban on the individual purchase of automatic weapons — a total ban. Exceptions of course would include those in law enforcement and the military.
Such a ban would satisfy the need for gun control, while at the same time allowing qualified people to buy regular hand guns, guns that protect.
If the President wants to comfort the victim’s families, and fight crime, he should make sure that people cannot buy automatic weapons of any kind.
This will cut down our disgusting murder rate and at the same time allow citizens to purchase the firearms they think they need for protection.
This is gun control with wisdom.
These recent acts of violence, capped by the mass murder at Va. Tech, require political courage and a deep respect for life.
This is a pro-life program to keep our people safe.
No automatic weapons in the hands of individuals will make this a safer country.