Post by Sailor on Jul 24, 2012 9:14:43 GMT -8
(Originally published 5/18/2000, even more timely today than back then ... Sailor)
For safety, repeal all gun laws
This past weekend, 100,000 or so women visited Washington, D.C., to
push for new gun-control laws, as part of the “Million Mom March.”
I understand their desire to make the world safer for their children.
But, unfortunately, their proposals would make their children — and
themselves — less safe.
There already are 20,000 federal gun laws and regulations on the
books. If those laws haven’t made America safe by now, why should we
think 20,001 laws will suffice?
We shouldn’t. Instead, we need to recognize that those 20,000 laws
are a principal cause of the current violence in society. They have made
our children and all innocent adults much less safe — by disarming
innocent citizens and encouraging armed criminals to take advantage of
us.
So it’s time to face reality and repeal these laws — all of them.
By definition, law-breakers don’t obey laws. Hardened criminals do
whatever is necessary to evade identification and arrest. So they don’t
buy guns that can be traced; they buy them in the underworld or simply
steal them.
Much more here:
www.wnd.com/2000/05/506/
For safety, repeal all gun laws
This past weekend, 100,000 or so women visited Washington, D.C., to
push for new gun-control laws, as part of the “Million Mom March.”
I understand their desire to make the world safer for their children.
But, unfortunately, their proposals would make their children — and
themselves — less safe.
There already are 20,000 federal gun laws and regulations on the
books. If those laws haven’t made America safe by now, why should we
think 20,001 laws will suffice?
We shouldn’t. Instead, we need to recognize that those 20,000 laws
are a principal cause of the current violence in society. They have made
our children and all innocent adults much less safe — by disarming
innocent citizens and encouraging armed criminals to take advantage of
us.
So it’s time to face reality and repeal these laws — all of them.
By definition, law-breakers don’t obey laws. Hardened criminals do
whatever is necessary to evade identification and arrest. So they don’t
buy guns that can be traced; they buy them in the underworld or simply
steal them.
Much more here:
www.wnd.com/2000/05/506/