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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] Switzerland is also the size of my parking lot. Hardly a microcozm of the United States in general- they also lack the culture wherein sodiers brought live firearms home from two back-to-back world wars followed by two smaller wars. Thus were tens of thousands of firearms first introduced to mainstream America....and the criminal element here as well. [QUOTE]Third, the Constitution should be changed to allow gun control (along with a number of other updates). Obviously there is no possible need for a private individual to own an automatic rifle. Background checks should be necessary before buying a weapon. Safety training should be mandatory. Some of these things may already be laws. Some may be laws and not be enforced. I don't know, but that's a bare minimum of sane safety.[/QUOTE]I completely agree- however, the NRA (heavy RNC contributors who [i]somehow[/i] weild more influence than a congressman) will [i]never[/i] allow a bill requiring mandatory training- why, that would take away your right to own afirearm with no fucking clue what it can do to a person- hell, they've tried everything they can to undrmine the Brady Bill as it is- a 30 day "cooling off" period?!? But I want a killing machine [i]now[/i]! They strongly feel that every American has the right to defend themselves- with as many firearms as they like- in thousands of cases, this means owning [i]dozens[/i] of firearms- assualt rifles, sniper rifles capable of killing from a mile away, guns made to penetrate kevlar vests- whatever that person wants. <small>bragging rights to the Boys and all that, ya know</small> After all, they're his toys...er...[i]guns[/i], and he has a constutional right to bear them. They call these psychos "gun enthuisasts" or "gun collectors" (as though they were as harmless as comic books or baseball cards). A gun is a tool with no other purpose than to end another's life. How can that be [i]good[/i]? Hundreds of kids still die each year from gun-related accidents, thousands of guns go missing each year and only a fraction are reported to police. <small>yet, the NRA lobby has defeated bills requiring mandatory, childproof electronic safetys and is against holding a gun owner criminally responsible for an unreported lost gun</small> I'm not saying "outlaw guns", as it's really too late for that, but any attempt to even limit the availability of new firearms (to everyone) is met generally and in WAshington with disdain and hostility. We've all been taught how cool guns are and how fun it is to make something blow up from a distance- is it any wonder that the mentally ill take it further? After all, if they rave attention, what better way to gain it than to become notorious? Sure working for this Cho fucktard. Having ten guns seems to make some folks feel more protected somehow- one for each of their ten hands, I guess. As to the old "they'd find another way of kiling if they really wanted to" line of thought- yeah, this nut would have kiled 31 people with a club or a machette? Riiight. I personally think that the only solution is both in prevention (catching potential nuts early and preventing them from buying firearms/weapons) and limiting the number of guns produced/sold each year. Each year thousands of firearms are destroyed by police but they never see a reduction of guns on the street- this might at least curb the ease of buying an illegal gun...and give the police a chance to balance the scales a little. But where dos the NRA get so much money to lobby Washington and to support politicians that will block gun reform laws? Surely it's not from their dues-paying membership alone, is it? Surely it'd be outrageous to learn that the people blocking gun control laws are the gun manufacturers that sell the guns that kill people? Surely the gun manufacturers dont contribute [i]millions[/i] to the NRA for such loving support and protection? <small>The following information is based on NRA's audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. The numbers have risen since then, but you get the point. Source of Funds Members' dues 80,014,193 Contributions [b]71,459,995[/b] Program fees 34,189,413 Royalties and other 11,176,815 Investment income 8,251,673 Unrealized gain on derivative instrument 310,402 Total Income [b]$205,402,491[/b] </small> That buys a lot of influence down on Capitol Hill, boyos....what's a few dead people compared with that kind of scratch? But hey, it's our [i]right[/i] to bear arms- the founding fathers being all kowing and inhumanly perfect wrote the constution that way, knowing full well that guns would become capable of killing dozens in minutes (or seconds!) waay back when it took a seriously fast, well-trained soldier over a minute to reload a weapon. Habeas Corpus is dead but [i]this[/i] horse-shit is alive and killing. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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