"First reaction is to get all the guns off the streets. " Since that would be a violation of the 2nd amendment, no.
In this specific case, gun control wouldn't have meant anything. If what I read is true, the man wanted to kill his former boss. A knife, pipe bomb, or bare hands would have worked just as well. The progressives and gun control fanatics have a plan in place to disarm the public. Since most new gun control suggestions are blatantly against the 2nd amendment and political suicide for the proponent, they have come up with schemes to regulate ammunition. Democrats propose limits on online ammo sales<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30/democrats-propose-limits-on-online-ammo-sales/?iref=allsearch> If Guns Do Not Kill, Tax the Bullets<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/nyregion/taxing-bullets-as-de-facto-gun-control.html> What is irritating about the whole gun control issue is the attempt to rewrite why the 2nd amendment exists. The right to bear arms is because thats the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. Its to protect yourself from the police. - Ice T Ice T gets it. At this point, I am not sure an armed public can guard against tyranny though. The government has such an advantage in technology, that an insurrection by the people would be a rout (unless some part of the military intervened on the behalf of the people). One last thing on ammo: DHS is purchasing 450 million rounds of ammo over the next five years. After that, purchase have been classified. The Social Security Administration is purchasing 174,000 rounds of ammo. The National Weather Service is purchasing 46,000 rounds of hollow point ammo. The NWS? J - Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. - Mohandas Gandhi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354053 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
