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Connecticut gun bill wouldn't have prevented Sandy Hook shooting
In light of the tragic event in Newtown, Connecticut legislators felt the need to react and I can understand that. The problem is their reaction and legislation would not have prevented Adam Lanza from doing what he did.
Much of the blame, if not all of the blame, should go to his mother. She was the enabler who made the illegal straw purchases for the guns owned and used that sad day. Living with a mentally disturbed son, she gave him access to guns, the gun safe in his room and providing a cash gift to purchase a new gun. All of these events were already illegal in the state of Connecticut.
Connecticut already had an “assault weapon” ban now, Connecticut had a background check system for retail and the gun show purchases. All this conversation about magazine capacity makes no sense. The legislators say 10 rounds is OK, but over that it is not. What they are saying is a crazed maniac can have 10 rounds to kill 10 children but not more then 10. Ten is OK. This makes no sense.
The rush to put new laws in effect before all the Newtown investigation results are in is a crime.
Get the guns away from the gangs and drug criminals, and the inner city killing will stop. These guns were not purchased legally, no background checks made and none of the shootings were made with an “assault weapon,” and I think you will find less than 10 rounds were ever fired in any of these street shootings. Stop the foolish panic and take a sensible view of the problem and what needs to be done.
Ed Karber
Cheshire
Much of the blame, if not all of the blame, should go to his mother. She was the enabler who made the illegal straw purchases for the guns owned and used that sad day. Living with a mentally disturbed son, she gave him access to guns, the gun safe in his room and providing a cash gift to purchase a new gun. All of these events were already illegal in the state of Connecticut.
Connecticut already had an “assault weapon” ban now, Connecticut had a background check system for retail and the gun show purchases. All this conversation about magazine capacity makes no sense. The legislators say 10 rounds is OK, but over that it is not. What they are saying is a crazed maniac can have 10 rounds to kill 10 children but not more then 10. Ten is OK. This makes no sense.
The rush to put new laws in effect before all the Newtown investigation results are in is a crime.
Get the guns away from the gangs and drug criminals, and the inner city killing will stop. These guns were not purchased legally, no background checks made and none of the shootings were made with an “assault weapon,” and I think you will find less than 10 rounds were ever fired in any of these street shootings. Stop the foolish panic and take a sensible view of the problem and what needs to be done.
Ed Karber
Cheshire
posted by Matt DeRienzo at
8:41 PM
1 Comments:
Mr. Karber you are soo right. What I don't understand is why more people
don't hold these politicians accountable for their actions on this subject. Lets face it, how many times have you heard Mr. Obama say that we need to pass these measures to cut the rate of gun violence and if you ask him or any other politician to guarantee that their bill will cut the gun violence they just grin at you and say we can't guarantee that the laws will do that, but yet they go out on the limb and say it will because we can't hold them accountable for it and they just keep blaming the gun and not the criminal.
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