Quote Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife View Post
With all due respect, I am going to disagree with you.....Out of respect to the innocent schoolchildren in Connecticut, I disagree with you. These 20 children that recently lost their lives are ample reason - to me, anyway - that something needs to be done. We could discuss all day long what that something is, and I don't myself know what that will eventually look like, but to let 20 children die like that with nothing being done - is that an America that you wish to continue living in? For what purpose/reason if so? And what does that say about the US as a country if the majority disagrees with this? Food for thought. Rob
I agree with you that something needs to be done. What happened to those children, Giffords, the people in Colorado, and many others is horrible.

Respectfully, however, I disagree with many that the something is an assault weapson ban, a semi-auto ban, registration, ammo purchase restrictions etc.

The truth is, there are so many weapons in this country that bans are ineffective. There have been numerous shootings in New York, Connecticut, Chicago, California and Dc. All of which have bans and draconian gun laws for the common person. The truth is, bans don't work and criminals don't obey them anyway.

Registration (as proven by recent events in New York), poses another set of problems.

Since I'm posting about what won't work, let me suggest something that might at least start things down the right direction. I don't support registration in any way shape or form. I wouldn't, however, be opposed to a system that allows me (via some anonomous mechanism) to do a background check on a private party sale and prove that has happened to prevent guns getting in the hands of the wrong people. That would close the "gun show loophole" without many of the negatives I see to requiring registration.