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Originally Posted by Guest
For those who are stepping up on the gun band wagon again where were you yesterday?
And those who continue to advocate stricter gun laws keep the following in mind:
New York City/State
Los Angeles
Chicago
Washington, DC
ALL have the strictest gun laws in the country.
Using Chicago as the example, proof positive, strict gun legislation is a partisan, arm waving exercise proving it is not the laws or the guns that are the problem.
Until and unless something is done without prejudice about the kinds and types of the people who are abusing the currently in existence laws and who statistically prove day in and day out they are the killers.
That has not happened and will not happen in our current permissive, violent society until the politics and special interest and minorities are made accountable.
That will require calling a spade a spade and that is the impediment in our society today.
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Since "laws" in certain areas of the country have not been as effective as thought when they were proposed and passed, perhaps it is necessary to look at laws that will be effective throughout the country as a possible response.
If you take Chicago, as politicians and other ranters have identified, as an area with strict gun laws that don't seem to work because of the gun violence, there are actually some very significant situations that contribute to that situation. First, in the neighboring State of Indiana, there are very lenient gun laws that, because of its close proximity to Chicago, happen to supply the majority of guns that have been identified by police as used in crime. No, not just murder and assault, but bank robbery, car jacking, and other crimes. One of the major problems with the Indiana gun laws are the ability to have a potential gun purchaser buy multiple firearms at gun shows without having ANY background or identification checks.
This is a multi-faceted problem and as such there are multiple problems that need to be addressed, but, getting back to the car safety example, which has taken YEARS to implement and have significant reduction in death/injury, there needs to be a starting point.
If you feel that there is no problem here, you will continue to make excuses in order to maintain the current situation, until, of course, you, or someone you love, is at a concert, or a nightclub, or a school and is gunned down. Or perhaps your toddler, or grandchild finds your gun under the seat of your car and shoots you, or your spouse, or their brother or sister.....