Originally Posted by Guest

I wonder what solutions you would suggest.

Let's look at the shooting in Las Vegas.

1. A "silencer" was not used. Why did you feel the need to bring up the issue of suppressors? (They muffle sound, but they do not silence it.)

2. There is no allegation that the firearms used were illegally purchased. Why do you bring up illegal purchases?

3. It is early in the investigation, but it appears likely that the shooter illegally possessed firearms capable of automatic fire. It is conjectured that he personally, illegally converted the firearms from semi-automatic to full automatic capability. There were "gun control laws" in place to deter what the shooter did, but he broke the laws.

4. He committed mass murder. What gun control laws do you think a mass murderer would feel constrained to obey?

Regarding some of your other statements and "statistics,"

1. Where did you get your figure of "407 people have had their lives ended as a result of gun violence this year alone?" I wonder if it includes Justifiable Homicides and the shooting of criminals by police officers.

More to the point, it is much too low, since it does not appear to include the 527 homicides in Chicago alone this year. That's Chicago, where handguns are pretty much totally outlawed by Chicago law. That demonstrates the ineffectiveness of such laws.

2. The purchase and possession of firearms is one of the most heavily regulated activities of our citizens, with federal, state, and local laws in force. Where do you get the idea "nothing been done to address this issue?"

3. And, of course, you surely know that all businesses that sell firearms are required to have potential firearms purchasers fill out a federal questionnaire and be subject to a National Criminal Background Check prior to the sale of a firearm.

And, purchase and possession of certain firearms, such as fully automatic firearms, are severely restricted. You make a much overblown statement when you speak of "unfettered access to any kind of firearm." That is nonsense.

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Things to consider:

1. The Second Amendment prohibits gun confiscation. Recent Supreme Court decisions have re-affirmed that the amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to "keep and bear arms."

2. It is estimated that there are over 300 Million guns in the United States. Any attempt to outlaw or seize all guns would result in millions of them being tucked away and exchanged on the black market.

3. Experts who are concerned about defense against assassins and mass murders agree that there can never be an absolute defense against occurrences like Las Vegas in a free society.

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So I ask you again. What would you suggest?


Carl in Tampa

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