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Stossel: Gun Control Isn't Crime Control
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| 04/26/07
| John Stossel
Posted on 04/27/2007 5:56:48 AM PDT by jonyyeh
This past Tuesday the governor of Virginia announced he would close the loophole that allowed Seung-Hui Cho to buy the guns he used to kill 32 people — and himself — on the Virginia Tech campus. OK, it's a good idea to keep guns out of the hands of people who are mentally unstable. But be careful about how far the calls for gun control go, because the idea that gun control laws lower gun crime is a myth.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; gunrights; johnstossel; virginiatech
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To: jonyyeh
For the last time:
Gunds don’t kill people; Evil kills people.
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04/27/2007 12:46:09 PM PDT
by
PDR
To: jonyyeh
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posted on
04/27/2007 3:17:25 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
(The commonwealth is theirs who hold the arms.... - Aristotle.)
To: jonyyeh
CCW IS crime control. And 42 states who have adopted it have seen crime rates go down. Can't argue that an armed society is a safer society.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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04/27/2007 4:11:31 PM PDT
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goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: jonyyeh
Stossel: Gun Control Isn’t Crime Control
Gee John, do ya think so? Isn’t there a forty year late ping list?
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04/27/2007 4:15:26 PM PDT
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samm1148
(Pennsylvania-They haven't taxed air--yet)
To: Jake The Goose
gun control : crime control :: tub control : drown control
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
That’s great - I like it - very clever analogy.
To: Deaf Smith
I don’t think it ever did. As far as I recall, certain aliens have always been able to purchase firearms from FFL dealers, and the federal laws did not regulate posession by the same. I think it was in the original 1968 GCA. Else, it may have been changed in 1986 with the Volkner Act, but I think it was not.
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04/27/2007 6:44:10 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Where did my tag line go?)
To: jonyyeh
Might stricter gun laws result in more gun crime? It seems counterintuitive but makes sense if we consider one simple fact: Criminals don't obey the law. Strict gun laws, like the ban in Britain, probably only affect the actions of people who wouldn't commit crimes in the first place. Ding, ding, ding -- we have a winnah.
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04/27/2007 8:21:24 PM PDT
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GOPJ
(The only people liberals refuse to apply zero tolerance to are actual felons -- freeper goldstategop)
To: jonyyeh
Libs hate Stossel for telling the truth. Trouble is, the conservative media doesn’t have the guts to support him.
To: RexBeach
Many people ,in certain neighborhoods huddle in their homes and apartments after dark afraid to venture out because thugs armed with illegal weapons roam the street. The residents suffer because of the gun ban. Gun grabbers have never lived in these locations.
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04/27/2007 11:33:51 PM PDT
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oyez
To: Jake The Goose
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04/28/2007 8:19:18 PM PDT
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GOPJ
(Stossel: Gun Control Isn't Crime Control)
To: Jake The Goose
Thanks! I think so, too. :)
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