The calls for more gun control are already starting
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1911Alaska
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The call for more restrictions on our 2nd Amendment rights never stopped. Every year a dozen or two draconian gun control bills are introduced in the US congress: They never go anywhere.
Scurrilious anti-gun political hacks and their supporters will take advantage of any shooting incident to drum up support for gun control.
Scurrilious anti-gun political hacks and their supporters will take advantage of any shooting incident to drum up support for gun control.
Do we know for a fact that there weren't any there? A "No guns" sign at the theater entrance in Colorado has no force of law. It may well be that there were multiple legally armed people there but they had no clear shot at the gunman (if they even knew where he was located) in the confusion and jostling of people trying to escape.
RaySendero
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Well, NO... because the media seems to refuse to go there! That's was the point I got from BGutzman post. Good observation BG!
Guess a "NO guns" sign at the front entrance would not have been a deterrence anyway.
They would have had to post that "No Guns" sign at the emergency exit the shooter used to leave and then return to be for it to really be effective!
A valid observation; but that does not take away from their influence on the public and legislators.
Brian Pfleuger
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Just a reminder....
This is a discussion of the potential civil rights and legal ramifications of this horrible event. It is NOT a discussion of tactics.
In other words, it is NOT a discussion of the incident itself.
This is a discussion of the potential civil rights and legal ramifications of this horrible event. It is NOT a discussion of tactics.
In other words, it is NOT a discussion of the incident itself.
Wrong!! i'm a 50 year+ NRA member who has fought gun control since before 1968. The GCA 1968 happened because of the murders of president Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy and ML King as well as numerous other factors.
"They never go anywhere" was a reference to recent congressional history.
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Ebert: Gun-Free Theater Proves Concealed Carry Doesn’t Work
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http://exchangegoldforcash.com/mone...e-theater-proves-concealed-carry-doesnt-work/
Most likely no one incident will spur a swift and sudden roll back of Second Amendment rights. However, this does provide an opportunity for the anti-gin crowd to chip away at public opinion which seems to currently support the 2A.
I am not sure if there is an organized effort, but I have noticed a lot of focus on the magazine capacities, internet sales and the volume of ammo purchased. My concern is that even people who support the 2A may not see restrictions in these areas as a problem.
Also, recently we have seen the white House utilizing Executive Orders to implement policies that the Congress would not. So, could we see Executive Orders restricting magazine capacity, on-line sales or the quantity of ammo you could purchase? They could implement these restrictions while simultaneously arguing that they support the Second Amendment.
I am not sure if there is an organized effort, but I have noticed a lot of focus on the magazine capacities, internet sales and the volume of ammo purchased. My concern is that even people who support the 2A may not see restrictions in these areas as a problem.
Also, recently we have seen the white House utilizing Executive Orders to implement policies that the Congress would not. So, could we see Executive Orders restricting magazine capacity, on-line sales or the quantity of ammo you could purchase? They could implement these restrictions while simultaneously arguing that they support the Second Amendment.
The newsies are saying Holmes bought 6,000 rounds of ammo on the internet in the past 60 days. Four guns, a few thousand rounds of ammo, some magazines and some unrelated junk makes an "arsenal" in the eyes of the newsies.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/police-press-motive-denver-area-movie-massacre-232932177.html
Incidents like this one may gradually erode support for our Second Amendment rights.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/police-press-motive-denver-area-movie-massacre-232932177.html
Incidents like this one may gradually erode support for our Second Amendment rights.
ScottRiqui
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"Arsenal", much like "assault rifle" has a very fluid definition in the media. And it's not just the media, either - to someone who either doesn't own guns, or at most has a loaded revolver in the nightstand, four firearms and six thousand rounds of ammunition might seem like an unrealistic quantity for anything other than a murderous rampage or a paranoid's apocalypse preparation.
Of course, those of us who shoot recreationally know better - six thousand rounds could mean anything from "I bought a year's worth to save on shipping charges" to "it was a slow month".
Of course, those of us who shoot recreationally know better - six thousand rounds could mean anything from "I bought a year's worth to save on shipping charges" to "it was a slow month".
Even worse, the media morons don't even know that an "arsenal" is where military guns (including artillery) are manufactured.
Armories/arms rooms are where they are stored during service, and ammo is kept in seperate supply "dumps". Bigger guns are stored in "parks".
The correct information is out there, they just choose not to use it.
Expect to see at least one more mass shooting incident before the next election. I won't claim any kind of conspiracy theory, but it just seems to happen that way, ALL the time. Maybe its some kind of lunar cycle, or something, I don't know.
What I do know is that the only period of time without some kind of sensational shooting incident being fairly fresh in the news was the same period of time that spawned Fast & Furious.....or so it seems. I could be (and probably am wrong) but it seems like if there isn't a recent incident they can use to beat the drum for gun control, they will try to create one.
We are living in very, very stressful times. The instance of people cracking and doing violent things is high. Reasons range from mental breakdowns to just simply because they want to do evil,knowing they will become famous by doing so.
If he had blocked the exits and burned down the theater, I doubt the usual suspects would be calling for stopping or restricting the sale of gasoline, or matches.
Armories/arms rooms are where they are stored during service, and ammo is kept in seperate supply "dumps". Bigger guns are stored in "parks".
The correct information is out there, they just choose not to use it.
Expect to see at least one more mass shooting incident before the next election. I won't claim any kind of conspiracy theory, but it just seems to happen that way, ALL the time. Maybe its some kind of lunar cycle, or something, I don't know.
What I do know is that the only period of time without some kind of sensational shooting incident being fairly fresh in the news was the same period of time that spawned Fast & Furious.....or so it seems. I could be (and probably am wrong) but it seems like if there isn't a recent incident they can use to beat the drum for gun control, they will try to create one.
We are living in very, very stressful times. The instance of people cracking and doing violent things is high. Reasons range from mental breakdowns to just simply because they want to do evil,knowing they will become famous by doing so.
If he had blocked the exits and burned down the theater, I doubt the usual suspects would be calling for stopping or restricting the sale of gasoline, or matches.
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