Repuke lead Brady Campaign dancing in blood, again...

http://www.bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=1145



Ahh, Which DC Gun control law, STOPPED the shooter???? Right, none did...

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No doubt the Brady folks (and it is correct to call the Violence Policy Center both Republican-founded, Republican-lead), never miss an opportunity. But they just couldn't remind themselves that Eleanor Roosevelt packed, esp. when the Klan was posting bounty.

it merely let people own handguns in their homes.

it's irrelevant. the guy walked up and started shooting, and was almost immediately taken down by a security guard.

even if there were 10 people with CCW's standing around, it's unlikely they would have made much of a difference.

otoh, what is ironic is that heller (the person) WAS A DC SECURITY GUARD.

fwiw, i fully support RKBA.

I suppose from your POV this means you should let the guns flow, cause bad guys are gonna get them anyway....

From my POV, I'm wondering how a racist with a record got his hands on the rifle he used.

it has to do with the fact that people, under the 2nd, have rights to possess firearms.

imo (not yet supported by federal law/constitutional analysis), that includes the right to carry.

i think in a nation with over 200 million guns, yes the bad guys WILL get them, even if we immediately banned sale of all guns in this coutnry.

lots of drugs are banned. people have little problem getting drugs.

i also know, based on statistics, that CCW'ers are amongst the most law abiding of demographics.

this matches my 20 + yrs experience as a cop (and former firefighter)

but of course it is true that CCW's won't always make a difference.

seatbelts don't always make a difference either. in rare cases, they make the situation worse.

it doesn't therefore follow that wearing seatbelt is a bad idea.

Keep it up and villager ("somewhere, a village is missing its idiot" comes to mind) will put you on ignore.

Doubtful that DC would permit people to walk around with a rifle let alone show up a museum with one.

another said shotgun. i have no idea which is correct

the sirhan sirhan round

Those things are infamously non-lethal unless you hit somebody in the brain or a vital organ. I once saw somebody pump 7 .22 rounds into a wild chicken before it finally kicked over.

Should 22s now be included with assault weapons?

You CAN have a rifle in DC
You CANNOT carrry it around outside (broken law)
You CANNT have one if you are a felon (broken law)
And, of course, you can't use it.

Paul, name ONE NEW LAW that would have prevented this. If you cant, you are just exploiting the tragedy.

Ambulance chasers.

It's the lunatics, not the laws that are fucked up.

n/t

Why should we *close* the loopholes that you and your NRA drones want opened even wider!?

Because more and more guns can only equal less and less gun violence!

Somehow!

some way!

I said lunatics will still have weapons, even if my legal weapons are tightly regulated or outlawed. Why is this so difficult for some people to undertsand?

Let me state it another way. Taking legal weapons will not stop lunatics from going berserk with them.

since -- words out of your own mouth -- you were against "stricter laws..."

Banning weapons would also make you less safe, not just the "gun nuts".

I hope that you would be for closing such loopholes.

Rather than telling various shooting victims that it's all just "too bad..."

he became a felon? Anything is possible and we shouldn't speculate but wait for the facts to come out.

Otherwise, he could have gotten it through several channels, like on the street, private illegal sale, etc. You don't even know it if WAS a loophole.

I never said anything in regard to shooting victims. I have a right to protect myself and family from becoming victims of just the type of freak who killed Mr. Johns today. Wanting to keep that right makes me in NO way responsible for that poor man's death.

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Typecasting: He’ll imply that you’re too snobbish, bigoted, uninformed, or proud to accept his proposal. He hopes you’ll become anxious to prove him wrong by swallowing his lure.

I dressed mine up with glitter and tinsel, so there! nyah nyah nyah!