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Background Checks Are Not the Answer to Gun Violence
The New York Times ^ | February 12, 2018 | John R. Lott, Jr.

Posted on 02/15/2018 7:09:16 PM PST by rogerantone1

With each mass shooting, calls rise from gun control advocates for tighter rules on firearms. The go-to policy prescription involves background checks. But a measure passed by the House and being considered in the Senate to expand the National Instant Criminal Background Check System would not only fail to fix major flaws in the system but would also probably introduce new ones.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: backgroundchecks; banglist; cprc; downssyndrome; drugs; guncontrol; marijuana; meth
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1 posted on 02/15/2018 7:09:16 PM PST by rogerantone1
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To: PROCON

ping


2 posted on 02/15/2018 7:17:36 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: rogerantone1

Whoa! Was this really written by the New York Times ?!


3 posted on 02/15/2018 7:23:09 PM PST by Celerity
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I’m surprised the NYT published Lott.


4 posted on 02/15/2018 7:23:29 PM PST by umgud
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To: Celerity

It was published by the NYT. Written by John Lott,who is pro-2nd amendment.


5 posted on 02/15/2018 7:34:53 PM PST by Signalman
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To: rogerantone1
The answer to gun violence is so obvious a child could see it. Raise kids in intact families with both parents, who care enough about their kids to love them and make sure they don’t fall into the wrong milieu. The family with loving parents and a strong faith will not produce alienated mass killers. It just won’t happen.
6 posted on 02/15/2018 7:41:41 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Celerity
Was this really written by the New York Times ?!

The NYT didn't write this. The NYT published it. The article was written by John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and the author, most recently, of “The War on Guns.”

7 posted on 02/15/2018 7:42:22 PM PST by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: rogerantone1

The common thread to all of these school shootings was exposure to liberalism.

Look at a chart of mass shootings over the years and then mark the point at which God was removed from the schools and liberalism was substituted. And then you will have your answer.


8 posted on 02/15/2018 7:48:12 PM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: rogerantone1

Did you know that Cruz and Lanza were on psychoactive drugs according to family members and acquaintances? Holmes was on a psychoactive medication.

Some people shouldn’t possess firearms, at least for defined periods of treatment or drug addiction. Others shouldn’t possess firearms at all (obvious mental retardation, etc.).


9 posted on 02/15/2018 8:03:52 PM PST by familyop (President Trump said that we're all important, so let's do something!)
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To: hinckley buzzard
And what hinckley buzzard said. Well said!


10 posted on 02/15/2018 8:07:32 PM PST by familyop (President Trump said that we're all important, so let's do something!)
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To: rogerantone1

background checks are important.

The problem to be solved is what to do with the mental cases on the streets - identify them and institutionalize???


11 posted on 02/15/2018 8:15:12 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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Some people shouldn’t possess firearms, at least for defined periods of treatment or drug addiction. Others shouldn’t possess firearms at all (obvious mental retardation, etc.).

Yes, the Founding Fathers were talking about sane people. Still, I worry that a Mrs. Bill Clinton might declare any and all conservatives as insane. One congresscritter already said that veterans should be prevented from buying guns because all veterans are "obviously" insane.

12 posted on 02/15/2018 8:16:38 PM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: rogerantone1; All

When are we going to demand the real reason = the the real criminals = are fingered?

Every one of us that don’t shout the truth from the rooftops is complicit.. The truth ad been out there for over two decades.

I sent links to all my reps - from my neighborhood all the way up to the WH.

Itg’e MONEY,POWER and

Will YOU take the time? We attack the truth now - or it will spread -

MONEY - POWER - POLITICAL AGENDA - with absolutely NO sense of guilt for the thousand of lives destroyed. EVIL - pure EVIL walks this land. WTFU.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhli0-kI3nU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo0iWh53Pjs


13 posted on 02/15/2018 8:53:17 PM PST by maine-iac7 ( Christian is as Christian does mt-h)
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To: rogerantone1

Gun violence? Do guns have little legs and run around firing themselves? Geez.


14 posted on 02/15/2018 8:57:16 PM PST by Pirate Ragnar
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To: Celerity

An opinion piece NYT can parade as a distraction from its perennial Leftism.


15 posted on 02/15/2018 9:10:56 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: rogerantone1

The judiciary wiping away the unconstitutional infringements of the second amendment is the answer.


16 posted on 02/15/2018 11:40:16 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: hinckley buzzard
Raise kids in intact families with both parents, who care enough about their kids to love them and make sure they don’t fall into the wrong milieu. The family with loving parents and a strong faith will not produce alienated mass killers. It just won’t happen.

Racist, bigoted, homophobic, knuckle dragging anti-Progressive! How can we make societal progress with primitive thinking like that?

/bitter sarc, because you're absolutely right, and this wouldn't have to even be said 40 years ago.

17 posted on 02/16/2018 3:24:25 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt; rogerantone1; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; ...

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This Ping List is for all things pertaining to the 2nd Amendment.

FReepmail me if you want to be added to or deleted from the list.

More 2nd Amendment related articles on FR's Bang List.

18 posted on 02/16/2018 3:45:22 AM PST by PROCON (Happy Trump Year!)
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The FBI dropped the ball, again, so let's ban guns.


19 posted on 02/16/2018 3:51:14 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Signalman; upchuck

That’s what I meant, sorry.

The fact that they let this reach their readers is astounding.


20 posted on 02/16/2018 5:51:05 AM PST by Celerity
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