Will Theater Massacre Hasten Total Gun Control?

Liberal activists will howl, but It's a dead issue.

The public is overwhelmingly against the weakening of the the 2ND Amendment.

 

Agree with TCassidy.

The evil Fast & Furious set up by the corrupt DOJ was to further a gun control agenda.

The tragedy of Aurora will ignite the liberal press to scream even more for gun control louder than they have in the past and they will try to stage this to push Romney into a corner on it. Watch and see. They already (ABC) tried to blame this on the Tea Party earlier today.

Since a lot of the shooter's ammo was bought over the Internet, expect the socialists (progressives) in Congress to bring a bill to the floor to curtail Internet sales on ammo. They probably started drafting it today. It will be interesting to see how many GOP fold.

 

Nope. More than likely others would be caught in the crossfire. And don't forget, this lunatic was wearing body armor and a helmet.

 

You would rather the slaughter of innocent people continue than have an experience licensed handgun carrier fire on the gunman?

His body armor could not save him from a bullet in the brain at 20 yards from a well trained marksman. The helmet he was wearing would not stop a bullet. If it had been, there's always his arms, legs and lower abdomen.

I'd willingly take that shot. If I miss , I die. If I hit him, a lot of innocent people live. No sense dying like a sheep led to slaughter, or cowering in the floor hoping he kills everyone but me.

 

On the contrary, as long as the gun lunatics rule the roost the more our society will revert back to the idiotic "gunsmoke" mentality of the old west.

There is absolutly no reason for these high powered military "asault" weapons to be available to the general public.

A small hand gun for self defence? No problem.

Assault weapons...BAN THEM!

 

I used to feel like that until I woke up to the fact that, when it comes to our personal liberties, that our government run by people like an Obama, is what we have to fear the most.

And they have some serious firepower.

 

Do you advocate the violent overthrow of the government of the United States?

 

I advocate the violent defense of our liberties from enemies foreign and domestic.

 

I don't remember reading of a crazy person back then going on a rampage like this one. I doubt he would have ran in a saloon and started shooting and doing the damage he did in this movie theater.

Most hunting rifles are much more powerful than the rifles used by the police and military. If we ban what you call assault rifles, these hunting rifles will be next.

I prefer a powerful hand gun for self-defense.

All weapons are made for assaulting something. That's why they are guns. It is a pro-gun control trick to separate one type of weapon from another. It is easier to get them banned by picking them off one group at a time.

 

Actually gun control is already here. No, it is not absolute but it is gaining ground and it will no doubt become absolute. I find it interesting how gun advocates scream about their rights to bear arms while most at the same time unwittingly are supporting gun control and are helping in the dismantling of our rights to bear arms. :BangHead:

 

Paul that is why the foundiung fathers under the constitution gave us the right to bear arms.

 

Probably a new TSA-like agency will be born out of these kinds of "man made disasters" :

e.g. The People's Protection Agency (PPA) which will used as a back door method to weaken and eventually destroy the Second Amendment.

Expect a pat down and xray violations coming soon to your local theater, malls, schools, etc...

The better method is for everyone to wear a firearm in public as provided by the Constitution.

But hey - we wouldn't want to scare the sheep would we?

OK, we could leave it up to payed armed guards at our theaters, etc.
That would help lower the rate of unemployment and give retirees a way to make a better living.

Strange, we allow mass slaughter in our abortuaries and that gets little or no mention by the media.

BTW, how come it was so easy for someone in full body armour including a helmut and an assault rifle to get into the theater?

The news coverage seems to indicate that he bought a ticket, went inside, propped open a door went to his vehicle, put on the armour and gun then came back in.

Is it just my suspicion or does there seem to be something wrong with this picture.


HankD

 

As long as firearms exist, or the knowledge and ability to make them, they cannot be TOTALLY outlawed since criminals can always get them even if we can't.

 

Gun control is ambiguous. We had gun control in the Wild Wild West. "Don't take your guns to town, Son." Some guns were checked at the sheriff's office, some were checked at the bar. This was also the time of the 6-gun peacekeeper(not peacemaker). There were long guns, medium guns and derringers-- concealed. Most everyone who could afford one probably had a personal weapon for whatever the aggression. Keeping and bearing arms has been an integral part of the body politic for many generations--since before Nov. 1620. It is also specifically guaranteed in the Constitution of the U.S. as amended. This is the same document which the President, Congress, Judges, and Military swear allegiance to uphold and defend.

Can the govt. prevent criminal types from buying on the Black Market? Gun running is still a lucrative business--some of our peacekeeping(?) guns cost millions a copy, not to expensive if one has enough crude oil.

I too have a Remington 870 pump shotgun with changeable barrels capable of shooting birdshot or sabot slugs, any of which could be lethal at close range. The sabot barrel is rifled and scoped for shooting from a treestand--at hogs and deer. We harvest wild meat annually. Sorry if someone has a problem with that--only a true vegetarian should complain--God put the animals for us to use. I find no particular sport in humanely dispatching animals for human consumption. Operators of slaughter houses do not care.

This weapon could also be used in riot control. I would never point the weapon loaded or unloaded at anyone, with the exceptions of protecting family,self or property; also military orders. We were programmed that way in the 50's and 60's. That kind of program seems to be getting unimportant in the last two generations. There are still more of them out there than is apparent. We probably will not register our guns. We have too much gun control already.

Peace,

Bro. James

 

Well stated TC!