[Myrddin]

ATF regulations already mandate the level of security for a gun shop. The legislation isn't needed. Recognizing a "straw" purchaser isn't as easy as it looks. Trying to legislate something that nebulous is just stupid. There is already a law that punishes a straw purchaser for committing that act. It isn't the place of the gun dealer to divine.

[SJSAMPLE]

The death penalty for cop killers is not enough. We must think of the children and other members of the community, as well.

There it is, folks. Took the better part of the article, but it made it in.

[xenophiles]

This bill could save troopers’ lives. Last summer, the notorious cop killer Ralph “Bucky” Phillips smashed the windows of a gun shop near Buffalo and grabbed a mass of guns... All the law would require is a locked closet or storage box to contain the weapons at night. Nothing fancy.

That certainly seems like an easy way to save lives. After all, Phillips would never have broken down a closet door... But wait! I have an even better idea! Let them pass a law requiring that all guns be moved six inches to the left. If such a law had been in place, Phillips would have smashed the windows and reached in only to clutch at empty air!

[ozzymandus]

I wish these gun control Nazis would stop illustrating their stupidity in public. I already know they’re stupid.

[Condor51]

Robyn Ringler, a nurse, lawyer and writer in Ballston Lake, is on the board of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. She was assigned to care for President Ronald Reagan for 10 days in George Washington University Hospital following the 1981 attempt on his life.

So 'Robyn' is a nurse, a lawyer, AND a 'writer' - how special. But su-prise, su-prise - she's also on the board of a Gun Grabber group.

And what her attending to RR has to do with this is beyond me. Maybe they should ask the guy who mopped RR's hospital room floor what he thinks too. Maybe he likes guns?

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[Still Thinking]

Senator respresents gun dealers, but what about cops?

Gun dealers are more important than cops. Cops are a necessary part of the government, which (the government) properly exists to protect and serve those outside government.

Without the public, government would be pointless, not to mention impossible, since it is out labor that pays their salaries. Without government, the lives of members of the public would be less convenient (sometimes), more dangerous (sometimes), etc. but far from pointless. Government exists because of those of us outside, not vice versa.