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Originally Posted by parsonsj
I wasn't proposing any laws; I was suggesting we give our main agency charged with investigating criminal gun behavior more tools to do their job.
Isn't the main argument many make that making new laws won't affect criminal behavior? Why wouldn't we welcome better crime-fighting efforts targeted at criminals with illegal guns?
As far as Lanza goes, his killing spree brought a spotlight on gun law enforcement, and our country has been found wanting: there are millions of guns obtained from illegal activity and in criminal hands. Let's enforce our existing laws, and give the ATF what it needs.
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What more is the ATF supposed to do? How could they have stopped Lanza? After reading reports of Fast and Furious, it sounds like they have plenty of 'tools'.
All I'm hearing from central planners and their proponents are unrelated, reactionary solutions in search of a problem, that have no effect whatsoever on criminals, but law abiding citizens. And certainly have little to nothing to do with the Newton tragedy.