You are a great guy, smart, caring, but god do I hate your politics :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:58 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: questions from the gun control thread > > >It was well established in the gun control thread that the major > >gun/crime issue is illegal handguns/illegal assault weapons > (IMO). What > >are people's thoughts on stopping the trade in illegal firearms. I'm > >not sure I buy the argument to "just arm everyone else", while the > >Constitution is interpreted to guarantee the right to legally own a > >firearm, doesn't it also guarantee the right not to? > > > > have chemical taggants in all ammunition. That way tracing > becomes much easier. The last time this was proposed, the NRA > was against it. > > Make ammunition much much more expensive. > > Make firearms much more difficult to transport. If the user > does not have a transportation certificate its a 3 month jail > term and $5000 fine if they cannot produce the certificate > within 24 hours at their nearest police station. > > Reduce the penalties for drugs. > > Another problem and one I cannot see how to to deal with is > that most firearm related crimes and suicides are impulsive. > its very easy to pick up a pistol and blaze away, essentially > an impulse. Its much more involved and deliberative to take a > baseball bat and beat the crap out of someone else. It also > gives that person a much better opportunity to beat the crap > out of you. If you could really reduce the impulsive nature > of firearms then that would go a long way to reduce firearm > related incidents. > >
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