[Beetle01]

Adam Lanza was turned away from purchasing guns under the current laws, and under this bill that was voted down, he still would have carried out the crime.

What constitutes mental illness? Who is going to determine the guidelines?

This bill would have had very little effect on the overall gun crime and gun related homicides in this country.

There is no law to prevent crazy.

There is also no need to go passing more laws that will do nothing, just so people can feel good about themselves.


TRV, you are aware there have been many family members of those killed in tragedies like Columbine, Newtown, VT, etc.. have spoken publicly, including to Congress and the Supreme Court, against any type of new gun control legislation.

Law enforcement in this country kills more innocent people every year than the so called "assault rifles"

The reason conservatives and other supporters of the 2nd Amendment oppose everything is because we know it will not stop there. I clearly remember when liberals were pushing hard to ban handguns nationwide, their reasoning being that you don't hunt with handguns.

Of course, you always preach compromise TRV, so if the dems allow for a bill requiring for voter ID and registration, I will support more extensive background checks on guns. I'm sure you consider the right to vote the most important right we have as citizens, we have that right, because we also have the right to own weapons. Fully automatic weapons, shoulder fired weapons, etc.. are all legal. As long as we have an armed populace, we will continue to have the right to vote.... until we reach the point that this country is so full of idiots and cowards that it votes away all of its rights. We are getting close to that point now.