I Pose This Question To You!

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Originally Posted by MakoMike

Odd, I have a bunch of guns that never killed anybody, I guess I'm just lucky or bought the good ones? Who the hell are you to tell the people of any other state what their gun laws should be? Did I miss you're being appointed pope?

IMHO the problem with movie violence is that its too sanitized. If they showed what really happens when someone get shot it would bring a lot more reality to the table. How can people get shot and not bleed? It happens in movies all the time.

If it wasn't a gun it would be some dynamite, or C4, or maybe some fertilizer and diesel fuel, does that ring a bell? Blame the person, not the tool. Remember trhe guy in NYC that got pissed off and killed 100+ people with a quart of gasoline, maybe he should have had a gun, then we could have forgiven him?

Hey Mike, can you read? Did I say law abiding citizens should not own them? And states like Florida where all you need is a drivers license to buy a gun does indeed need to change the system.

If you read it with a smidge of intelligence you would see I said the same thing, just not as explecit as you. Creeton (spelling?)

You probably voted for Bush didn't ya? Come on admit it, it's easy to see why!

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Oh yeah Mike, you really need to update your movie collection, too much John Wayne and Ronald Reagan movies I fear.

Oh the horror of living in a shell.

[BigFish]

Flap....when you wear your Papal head dress.....how tall are you???? About 8 1/2......9 feet??

[fishpoopoo]

Flap,

A driver's license is NOT sufficient to get a handgun ANYWHERE in the U.S.

The Brady Law (a federal law) now requires a background check on all gun buyers. A person who walks into a store has to fill out a federal form, and then submit to an instant check through NICS (FBI database). When a background check brings up a red flag (a criminal conviction or sharing a similar name with a convicted felon are common glitches), the purchaser gets DENIED or DELAYED. So there are your federal point-of-sale safeguards. You have to be 18 to buy a rifle or shotgun and you have to be 21 to get a handgun.

And as you know, many states like the Nannywealth of Massachusetts impose additional and much tougher restrictions like additional state permits and background checks.

So your view on the easy availability of handguns, at least through retail establishments, is incorrect.