Posted on 08/07/2012 5:23:04 AM PDT by DTogo
Wisconsin shooter Wade Michael Page used a Springfield 9mm semiautomatic handgun to carry out the attack at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, officials said. As in several other recent mass shootings, the gun had been purchased legally, at a Milwaukee-area gun store called the Shooter Shop.
"There is no valid reason for civilians to have assault rifles, semiautomatic handguns and high-capacity magazines," he said. "We have to start ratcheting down the firepower in civilian hands in the United States."
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I love my Springfield XD9...”ONE” of my favorites
Beat me to it. But if it had been an "Evil Glock" it would never have taken so long to publish the gun manufacture.
There is no valid reason for journalists to have direct access to the internet, television, radio and the printing press before their stories can be thoroughly checked by a gov’t authority first.
Those “Gun Buy Back” operations hosted by various police agencies have been reported (not by the media or govt. ) to have failed. There was a Dept of Justice report on it. Those programs don’t work. Just like gun control doesn’t work.
There are trying to take a tool used away to prevent the crime - instead of looking at the root of where the criminal took the path that ultimately brought him to the decision to commit to it. Of course that take a time and effort, it’s far easier to confiscate guns from everyone to make it seem that everyone is safer.
Then again, I used to be in law , a trooper - and there were physical fitness standards to be maintained - just like the military - now a days - about every officer I see is overweight except for a few. They are suppose to protect us when we are left unarmed???
Wisconsin Sikh Temple handgun identified — discussion
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin inteest ping list.
Governments, primarily socialist/Communist governments, murdered 200,000,000 of their own citizens in the past hundred years, and gun control was always the first step.
Yep, XDM’s are very nice handguns.
Lawmakers in Hartford CT proposed making mere posession of "high capacity" magazines a felony and hundreds testified against it for over 12 hours. The bill died as it should in committee.
Even with a quick response by police in this case and in Aurora, when seconds counted police were only minutes away. Though from what I understand about Sikhs, they would not be likely to be carrying weapons.
Get a "Journalism Permit" and have a background check on each story before it's printed, after filling out state and federal forms.
Depending on which state you reside in, your article may require a 2 week "cooling down" period, may require a supplemental permit to take it home, or limit you to one printed article per month (no "high capacity" assault journalism).
Even King George III thought so, but it didn't work out so well for his soldiers at Lexington & Concord.
Fixating on the semi-automatic firing mechanism makes about as much sense as saying that most drunk drivers prefer automatic transmissions. I imagine the popularity of semi-auto handguns versus revolvers is pretty similar to the ratio of automatic to manual transmissions on the road. It’s just what most buyers prefer now.
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Glocks ARE evil, because the damned trigger guard won't accommodate my fingertip very well.
Indeed, if civilians are not to have repeating weaopons, why would the police require them?
"This allows the shooter to fire the maximum number of bullets in a short period of time, said Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center, a nonprofit group that advocates to reduce gun violence."
I completely understand your anger, but which “officials” would those be? The quote wasn’t stated by a Wisconsin official, but an anti-gun nut - and they didn’t even attribute the quote correctly... Just Sayin’...
[Not that it isn’t bad enough that there are actually people living among us that don’t understand WHY lawful citizens NEED guns for protection... Wisconsin has better gun laws than many other places, and a well-armed citizenry to boot - even if a great many are only armed with hunting rifles and the like...]
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