At the GUN SHOW today...

Markle wrote:

alecto wrote:

Markle wrote:Which of the spree shootings, going back to Columbine or before, would have been stopped by a more through mental health check of the individual purchasing the guns?

The common link seems to be that all of the shooters had serious mental problems but no one was willing to do anything or, in some cases, were told there was noting "they" could do until the person broke the law.

We also have to be willing to accept the fact that there are evil people in the world who will do evil things and we cannot stop them all and still live in a free society.

The Virginia Tech massacre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-Hui_Cho

Vierginia Tech, as you know, is and was a "Gun Free SAFE" zone.


Virginia Tech's Gun-Free Zone Left Cho Seung-Hui's Victims Defenseless

Last year Virginia legislators considered a bill that would have overridden policies at public universities that prohibit students and faculty members with concealed handgun permits from bringing their weapons onto campus. After the bill died in committee, The Roanoke Times reported, Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker welcomed its defeat, saying, "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

Maybe Hincker was right. But as Monday's horrifying mass murder at Virginia Tech vividly demonstrated, there is a difference between feeling safe and being safe. The university's gun ban not only did nothing to protect people at the school; it left them defenseless as a cold-blooded gunman methodically killed 32 of them over the course of two and a half hours.

Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/jacobsullum/2007/04/18/virginia_techs_gun-free_zone_left_cho_seung-huis_victims_defenseless

alecto wrote:

Markle wrote:Which of the spree shootings, going back to Columbine or before, would have been stopped by a more through mental health check of the individual purchasing the guns?

The common link seems to be that all of the shooters had serious mental problems but no one was willing to do anything or, in some cases, were told there was noting "they" could do until the person broke the law.

We also have to be willing to accept the fact that there are evil people in the world who will do evil things and we cannot stop them all and still live in a free society.

The Virginia Tech massacre

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-Hui_Cho

W_T_M wrote:

PkrBum wrote:I think it's odd too that leftists don't think an ID should be required to vote... but think we should have background checks.

What does infringed mean to you folks?

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I think it's odd too that you think that me as a Liberal believes that an ID should not be required to vote. What BS.

What does projection mean to you...?

PkrBum wrote:

Sal wrote:

PkrBum wrote:I think it's odd too that leftists don't think an ID should be required to vote... but think we should have background checks.

What does infringed mean to you folks?

See the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

See the bill of rights and get back to me on "infringed"... Leftist.

Sal wrote:

PkrBum wrote:

Sal wrote:

PkrBum wrote:I think it's odd too that leftists don't think an ID should be required to vote... but think we should have background checks.

What does infringed mean to you folks?

See the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

See the bill of rights and get back to me on "infringed"... Leftist.

Must I spell out the difference?

C'mon libertarian man, you like to pretend to be smart.

lol