Shooting in Connecticut

[Bryan O]

Greg,

I'm with you up to your idea of random searches by the "authorities" of my home. That would be a gross violation of the 4th Amendment. Keeping and bearing arms is a right. A God given right. It is not a privilege.

It makes me livid the way some gun owners allow others access to their guns. This is probably what happened in the Newtown case.

As you must know, there are strict requirements for gun safes in Cal but no real follow up on where or not the gun owner actually has a safe.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by The Patch

Greg,

I'm with you up to your idea of random searches by the "authorities" of my home. That would be a gross violation of the 4th Amendment. Keeping and bearing arms is a right. A God given right. It is not a privilege.

It makes me livid the way some gun owners allow others access to their guns. This is probably what happened in the Newtown case.

As you must know, there are strict requirements for gun safes in Cal but no real follow up on where or not the gun owner actually has a safe.

Okay -- Maybe we just make this - or something similar - a condition of ownership of certain kinds of guns - such as the AR15 styles and the AK47's etc - capable of semi auto firing and using anything over a 9 round magazine. In other words - I'm okay with some onerous link to ownership.... that would "make" people think about their responsibility to society at large?

[Shmoov69]

Tinfoil hat anyone?!?

[nicks67ca]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

The gun debate could go on forever....


I'm still mourning for the children - staff - parents - town... of Newtown, CT. regardless of how they were killed or why.

That about sums it up for me.

[GregWeld]

^^^^^^^ Yeah Nick --- I can't emphasize that enough.

The rest of the discussion is just a way for people to try to vent some frustration... and get their heads around such senseless acts.

I sometimes refer to a sign I used to have on my desk:

Try not to let what's urgent get in the way of what's important.

[Stuart Adams]

It's all about access to whatever venue a bad person want to committ. Access is the key. Until access is adressed people will find ways to hurt others. Gun control is pointless unless you stop the ability of bad or sick people gaining access to be able to hurt innocent people. Could be bombs, fire, guns, chemical agents, knifes shanks, etc. etc.

Kinda hard to get a gun on an airplane now isn't it.