Asinine gun statement
The recent killing of Indianapolis police officer Jake Laird has pushed to the forefront the dangers created by the manufacturing and dissemination of assault weapons to civilians.
Kenneth Anderson killed Laird with an assault rifle after purchasing the military-style semiautomatic a year ago in what was defined as a legal transaction.
Anderson first killed his mother, then shot four officers who responded to the shooting spree.
The incident caused law enforcement personnel to push for training on similar weapons. Fighting fire with fire is an understandable response. Most metropolitan police forces already are trained on assault weapons.
But the ultimate solution should be to extinguish the fire.
A federal law in 1994 banned the sale of specific assault weapons, but it didn’t take gun manufacturers long to circumvent a law that features as many loopholes as our disgusting tax code.
The federal ban is set to expire Sept. 13.
Huh? If the purchase was defined as a legal transaction, then it was not an assault weapon as those are currently banned. It is not defined as a legal transaction, it is a legal transaction.
September 6th, 2004 at 11:12 am
I like how manufacturers complying with the law becomes “circumventing the law”, like I circumvent the law when I drive 64 mph on the interstate instead of 66.
September 6th, 2004 at 11:33 am
Heh. Good one.
September 6th, 2004 at 1:06 pm
Anderson’s “assault weapon” wasn’t an SKS by any chance, was it?
At least they get the part about “our disgusting tax code” right.
September 6th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
The firearm used in Indy was a legally transacted firearm. The people that believe in it are using incidents like this to illustrate, that it didn’t go far enough and are pressing for even more restriction.
September 6th, 2004 at 2:29 pm
Greg, you’re depriving the state of a very important source of revenue, you heartless individualist!