Make it so they aren't illegal, make the actions committed with them illegal.
That is, in my opinion, the only way to constitutionally deal with it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:27 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: questions from the gun control thread > > Back to the original question, how do we solve the problem of > illegal firearms... > > Loathe wrote: > > Assault weapons are used less than any other class of > firearms in crimes. > > > > I don't think it was well established in that thread at al > that they > > are part of the major gun crime issue at all. They are > scary looking > > and people have banned them for that reason alone. > > > > > >> -----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. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280089 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
