[Dilbert San Diego]

but will the youth gangs and other criminal element be deterred by more gun restrictions?

[rellimpank]

---gee whillikers---Barrett and C of P admit there may be a connection between criminals and crime--

--this is a bit different than the usual J-S stuff--

[Old North State]

Flynn and Barrett said the linkage between firearms-related deadly violence and criminals was clear-cut...

Well I'll be, who would have thought.

[hal ogen]

...and the criminals (being the good citizens there are) will follow those laws??? Idiocy!

[Travis McGee]

[2banana]

Hmmm - I think I see the problem. And gun control won't solve it.

He added that the majority of shooters and their victims were people with long criminal histories.

[Wurlitzer]

Make every violent criminal act committed with a gun a crime punishable by life without parole and leave the honest law abiding gun owners alone. Any violent crime committed with a gun is attempted murder.

Governments at all levels have let every crisis be an opportunity to remove, or restrict our Creator Given Rights, supposedly guaranteed by the Constitution. Nice, criminals commit a crime and the honest public pay twice. Once for the original crime and secondly for the loss of freedom.

Time is long passed where we need to treat all levels of government as criminal enterprises subject to RICO prosecution.

[VeniVidiVici]

Both called on legislators to enact a law that calls for a three-year minimum mandatory sentence for illegally possessing a firearms

Zero tolerance laws are needed because of crappy judges.

[headstamp 2]

Gee Whiz. Why don’t they just raise taxes. That should solve the problem.

[barefoot_hiker]

So if I’m willing to murder someone, why would I give a whit about a 3 year sentence for firearm possession?

[Gay State Conservative]

That’ll do the trick.With about the toughest gun laws in the nation Chicago's murder rate has plummeted 2% to only 75 per weekend.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Longer sentences and tougher judges for armed criminals makes sense. So does imposing the death penalty for murder, as long as it is carried out expeditiously.

[calex59]

Leave it to the liberal press. This isn’t a gun control law, it is a punish the criminals for the crime of carrying a firearm and using it illegally. The NRA has pushed these type of laws for decades. Pass laws that have mandatory sentencing for committing crimes with firearms and for felons who carry firearms. Real common sense laws, unlike the liberals BS of banning guns for everyone.

[Uncle Miltie]

Because tougher gun laws worked so well for Chicago, D.C., Detroit, L.A. .......