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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:08 AM Jul 2012

I just won’t accept that America won’t do anything.


What I Learned in Law School: Update
Posted on July 23, 2012

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I just won’t accept that we’re doomed to allow incident after incident where, year after year, innocent moviegoers, students, workers, etc. are killed and wounded. Wikipedia notes that the Virginia Tech massacre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre

prompted the state of Virginia to close legal loopholes that had previously allowed Cho, an individual adjudicated as mentally unsound, to purchase handguns without detection by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). It also led to passage of the first major federal gun control measure in more than 13 years. The law strengthening the NICS was signed by President George W. Bush on January 5, 2008.


That’s the largely rural state of Virginia and that’s Republican President George W. Bush.

So I just won’t accept that America won’t do anything.

And, I don’t agree that we’d have to ban every single gun in America. I think target shooting enthusiasts and hunters can own guns that don’t shoot 50 or 60 rounds per minute. I think we can have reasonable background checks for the people who purchase guns, ammunition, and protective gear. You can call me cynical, but if the Aurora killer had brown skin and was named Mohammed, people would be in an uproar wanting to know how he was able to arm up without being detected by Homeland Security. But the people in Aurora are just as dead and just as wounded, even though the killer has white skin and is named James Holmes.

way more:
http://hecatedemeter.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/what-i-learned-in-law-school-update/
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I just won’t accept that America won’t do anything. (Original Post) kpete Jul 2012 OP
Reality check. This is Amurka. Don't expect any changes. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #1
Gun Sales UP in Colorado otohara Jul 2012 #2
we need to think out of the box riverwalker Jul 2012 #3
Since 99.99 percent of all guns will never kill a person hack89 Jul 2012 #4
Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #5
 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
2. Gun Sales UP in Colorado
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:45 AM
Jul 2012

that's the solution - everyone will be packing heat, thinking they can shoot the next nutbag dressed like a cop, err...Joker.

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
3. we need to think out of the box
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:00 PM
Jul 2012

since politicians won't touch this, couldn't it be approached through the courts? Some kind of massive class action lawsuit that hits the manufacturers where it hurts. How can they sell something created to kill people and be immune from liability? Maybe a creative lawyer could find some nuance in consumer law or something, I don't know.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
4. Since 99.99 percent of all guns will never kill a person
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:05 PM
Jul 2012

it will not be too hard to prove that there are other purposes for guns besides killing people.

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