Ari Berman, in an op-ed, is shocked that common-sense legislation is being shot down by the NRA. What common sense legislation? The right of people to engage in lawful commerce or the private party transfer provision of the Brady Bill or, as you probably hear it in the media, the gun show loophole. And he advocates banning guns that look like military weapons. And bans on 50 calibers. Absolutely none of these laws would have prevented any single crime he listed.

Publicola points out others are doing the same thing. Nicki does too.

Some random Russian news agency:

Perhaps the reason for the killings by a mentally unstable teenager is less important than his ability to be able to get hold of so many firearms to carry out such an attack?

He got the gun from his police officer grandfather, who would not be subject to these hard gun laws you like.

Citizens for a Safer Minnesota dance in the blood of dead children:

“Every time a child uses a gun in a violent act, we must ask, where did the child get the gun? Eighty percent of the time, the answer is from his own home, or the home of another family member or friend,” Dr. Thoman said. “Our national experience, tragically, shows that not only do guns fail to keep us safe, but accessibility to firearms is the single factor that transforms a routine conflict into a tragedy,” Dr. Thoman added.

Actually, in the two high profile shootings (this one and Columbine) they got them illegally. And guns keep us safe between 700,000 and 2.5M times per year, depending on who you ask.

The Brady Bunch thinks it can mention this shooting and the expiration of the ban on guns that look like assault weapons at the same time and that they’re somehow related.

Michael Bane has more on the Brady’s. So does Denise.

Joe Huffman notes the school’s security guard was unarmed.

Posted in uncategorized on March 23rd, 2005 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |