[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:19:25 EST DocCec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>DocCec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>In a message dated 98-04-01 09:56:53 EST, you write:
>
><< Banning the guns is ineffective we already know that look at DC
>where
> your not allowed to own a gun, but look at their murder rate. When
>are
> people going to stop placing the blame on a object instead of facing
>the
> real problem the people who do these murders? That Bill is the
>problem I
> see, it's not the guns it's the people who get the guns and what they
>do
> with them. >>
>
>One of the reasons the ban on guns here is ineffective is simply that
>the ban
>is not enforced. Walk around SE and the close in portions of NE any
>evening
>and you'll see people carrying guns openly with no fear of arrest.
>Don't
>misunderstand -- not all those guns are used to kill, or are even ever
>fired.
>But they are there, and the fact that they can be there without
>consequences
>despite the law against them makes it easier for an angry impulse to
>become a
>killing. It would be interesting to see what would happen should a
>ban such
>as ours really be enforced.
>Doc
Hi Doc,
Good point. As I said, most gun control laws, including the Brady Law
are so watered down due to NRA lobby money that they are ineffective.
Then the NRA cites the ineffective nature of the gun laws as evidence
that we should not have them.
Bill
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