Comments on: Va. Panel Rejects Closing Gun Law Loophole

Despite Pleas From Families Of Virginia Tech Victims, State Committee Votes To Kill New Bill

[skyk-2009]

In answer to your question: Poorly. With all due respect though, other nations aren''''t America, and we shouldn''''t try to compare them.


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Posted by bhxob at 05:49 AM : Jan 19, 2008
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Why not? Aren''t they HUMAN? Aren''t they direct kin of ours. What makes them different than us. The FACT is that THEY have gun control laws and THEY have no where NEAR the number of people killed every year... not even NEAR. Unless you can show some reason why, I''d say we most certainly should look into why they have so few and we have so many people killed EVERY year.

[skyk-2009]

Nervous Nancy: That was a quote, not a question. It''''s called reading comprehension. It''''s good to see someone admit that the UK is crazy though.


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Posted by bhxob at 06:20 AM : Jan 19, 2008
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Where did she "admit the UK is crazy"? Now you pretend to be superior to this poster slinging insults at the point she raised but you didn''t properly represent what was ACTUALLY said. Isn''t that how we got the WORST PRESIDENT in US History?

[bhxob]

Nervous Nancy: That was a quote, not a question. It''s called reading comprehension. It''s good to see someone admit that the UK is crazy though.

[bhxob]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2656875.stm

"You are now six times more likely to be mugged in London than New York. Why? Because as common law appreciated, not only does an armed individual have the ability to protect himself or herself but criminals are less likely to attack them. They help keep the peace. A study found American burglars fear armed home-owners more than the police. As a result burglaries are much rarer and only 13% occur when people are at home, in contrast to 53% in England."

[bhxob]

@Keithle1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1440764.stm

In answer to your question: Poorly. With all due respect though, other nations aren''t America, and we shouldn''t try to compare them.

[keithle1]

likeitis5050:

"He could have done just as much damage with knives, rolling pins, or spiked heels."

I know you regret typing that.

Can you imagine if EVERY person in the USA was carrying a gun? Is that really what you want?

[keithle1]

Pretty easy to tell who runs that committee. Don''t want to upset the people running the gun shows. Wouldn''t want to slow down the purchase of guns. We need a lot more guns. We only have 9 guns for every 10 people in the USA.

"Public Safety Committee". Uh huh. Funny. Run by the NRA & the people who bring you gun shows. Why was there less than 24 hours notice of the meeting?

How does the rest of the world survive without all the guns that we have here in the good ole USA? Anyone know?

[bhxob]

CBS doesn''t seem to understand that there is no gun show loophole, and that "unlicensed" gun sellers don''t have booths and aren''t allowed to sell inside any gun show.

you can, however, buy a gun, leave the show, and sell it ''person-to-person'' outside of the show, and the bill wouldn''t even stop that.

"The US Department of Justice conducted a study that found that only .7 of 1 percent of guns used in crimes were purchased at gun shows. With the visible and covert police presence at gun shows, criminals tend to get their guns elsewhere - stealing them or purchasing them on the black market."

I''d also like to comment on the "Guns in America" flash add they''re running. Tsk Tsk. By their numbers it would appear that gun homicides are slightly higher in shall issue states (1-3 people per 100,000 which is not statistically significant). However, they willfully neglect the fact that VIOLENT CRIME rates (not just homicides) are often significantly lower in states with a shall-issue policy.

[my2centss]

The N.O. Superdome was another gun free zone. We all remember the reports from inside there. Somehow guns still managed to get in. Maybe they needed a law against bringing guns into a gun free zone.

[Krazcarl]

Get honest the only gunfree zone is when you have to walk through a metal detector there just sighns and in reality invite crime not run it off.