[TheForge] The most effort for the least results

[wmullett at bright.net]

I think some people are missing the point here.  Where do you draw the line with the right to own guns according to the constitution?  - No limits?

What is the difference between handguns, rifles and shotguns vs RPG's, shoulder fired missiles, machine guns and other automatic weapons?  Obviously there is a big difference and we already recognize that. The latter are all weapons of war and all of them need to be restricted.

Australia didn't put armed guards in every school.  Instead they severely limited the ability to own weapons.  Their results are: “In the 18 years prior to the 1996 Australian laws, there were 13 gun massacres (four or more fatalities) in Australia, resulting in 102 deaths,”  “There have been none in that category since the Port Arthur laws.”

We need to put and end to this foolishness.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:38:18 -0800
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net (on behalf of Andy Gladish <anjgladish at gmail.com>)
>Subject: [TheForge] The most effort for the least results  
>To: "theforge at mailman.qth.net" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>
>This is making me feel old: I remember when "Ban All Handguns" was a very
>common headline. When was that, early 70's?
>The current dogma (Banning "Assault Rifles" will make the country peaceful)
>is so silly- I get that they creep people out, and I get that if it were to
>prevent one mass murder it would be a good thing.
>What kind of sense does it make to ban the gun that is LEAST LIKELY to be
>used in homicide and suicide on any given day (That's according to the FBI,
>but hey, what do they know, right?)
>
>Can we at least be honest with each other that banning them would barely
>affect murder and suicide rates?
>I'm not making this stuff up, look at the FBI Uniform Crime Report.
>
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