[neverdem]

This clown is a glutton for punishment.

[Texas Eagle]

Good gravy. They still don't get it. First it was moral issues. Then it was gay marriage. Now it's guns.

The '06 and '08 elections are shaping up just fine.

[Reagan Man]

What a Lock and Load

[JessieHelmsJr]

They will never get it!LOL

[neverdem]

BANG

[Dalite]

Wouldn't it be much easier to make word processors "media proof"?

[tet68]

Guess Nick never heard of "Treat EVERY gun as loaded.".

[ozzymandus]

The NYT shows its ignorance (again) by printing a bunch of stupid suggestions that were old 20 years ago.

[Darkwolf377]

Actually he DOES get it--it's his solution that's all wrong. Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating his position at all. But he is doing for guns what would be the equivalent of Pro-Lifers throwing in the towel. He's saying the Dems are perceived as having all the wrong answers and can't just SAY things differently or shoot a couple of geese. They have to start changing.

I completely disagree with his position and his answers, but this is the one Dem I've read recently who is saying "We have to change or our party will die." Fortunately, no one will listen, and those who listen will, as he does, come up with the wrong answers.

[Dan from Michigan]

This is the same f'head who lied about guns in Michigan.

but to use a public health approach to try to make them much safer.
This shows his true colors right there. "Guns are a disease" according to the public health fascists(and that's exactly what the public health lobby is).

"You can tell whether a camera is loaded by looking at it, and you should be able to tell whether a gun is loaded by looking at it,"
Guns are always loaded, dummy. They must let anyone into Harvard nowadays.

Require magazine safeties so a gun cannot be fired when the clip is removed (people can forget that a bullet may still be in the chamber and pull the trigger). Many guns already have magazine safeties, but not all.
One of the first training rules is remembering that in semiautos, there's one in the chamber.

This innovation would protect children - and thwart criminals.
Will the cops use smart guns?

This guy needs to get bitchslapped again in 2006

[Restorer]

So what's wrong with these ideas?

Guns could and should be made safer.

Although attempts to ban older "unsafe" guns should be resisted, I see no reason why we should knee-jerk reject the very idea of making guns safer.

[Larry Lucido]

you should be able to tell whether a gun is loaded by looking at it," said David Hemenway

How about this, Dave? If you see a gun, it's LOADED!! The rest of us seem to be able to comprehend that, even if you can't.

[ol painless]

Lock and load.

[najida]

Lost in the political wilderness without a map, compass or flashlight.

They are toast.

[paul51]

I like the idea of gun safety classes in every school a lot more. I hope the nee AG gets very aggressive in restoring 2nd amendment rights for every person in the union. I noticed he is from TX. I hope that is a good sign.

[muir_redwoods]

So now leftist girlymen are advising firearms manufacturers. Cool. Maybe colorblind nudists should start advising the fashion industry

[mental]

Create a national database for gun deaths.

how about one for hiv infections while they're at it...

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[lancer]

A magazine is not a clip, and vice versa.

[Uncledave]

Create a national database for gun deaths

There it is! Took a little bit to get to but I knew it'd show up.

[Smokin' Joe]

The model is automobiles, for a high rate of traffic deaths was once thought to be inevitable. But then we figured out ways to mitigate the harm with seat belts, air bags and collapsible steering columns, and since the 1950's the death rate per mile driven has dropped 80 percent.

And we have fewer traffic accidents? Substantially fewer deaths?

Reliance on simply making equipment more complicated to save lives does not work. Operator training is the key.

Driver's Ed (now removed from many school systems in favor of putting condoms on cucumbers) did help people be more competent drivers.

Firearms safety education eliminates accidents. More complicated firearms are of questionable value.

If all firearms are considered loaded all the time (rule no. 1), no one gets shot unintentionally.

If you depend on gee-gaws to make you safe, you are dead and you don't even know it.