Posted by BeardedLady on October 28, 2002, at 5:56:53
In reply to Re: gun control » BeardedLady, posted by jay on October 28, 2002, at 0:20:19
I agree with you on all counts. And it will take terribly long, should any of that fingerprinting occur. But you also have to remember that Canada and Great Britain have had their laws forever. England, though, has a serious crime problem with the weapons that are legal!
I'm a little unclear about the fear thing you discussed. I didn't ever mention wanting to own a gun for protection, and I wouldn't ever own one with a child in my home. I know that an unloaded gun in the house is almost completely useless, as criminals have the element of surprise in their favor.
But you are right; if someone hurt my daughter physically, I would probably get a gun and hunt him down!
Let's pray not simply that they caught the two who did this sniper spree (and I'm pretty sure these are the two, as serial killers don't usually like others to get credit for their actions and would probably have struck again), but that we get some kind of resolution with guns in America.
Surely there has to be a better way.
By the way, have you ever read Erik Larson's "Lethal Passage"? It's a decent read, though the proposal at the end is a little simplistic (and a lot impossible).
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