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In reply to the discussion: (Virginia) Tech families want 1-gun-a-month law to stay [View all]fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts)116. Amnesty Day
Next time DC has a gun amnesty day, I 'll forward you the results of where the illegal guns came from. In DC, it's ALWAYS the same: Texas and Virginia.
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The VT killer OBEYED the "1 gun per month" law. So what good did it do?
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#3
I think you're confused about what that law actually did. There was no limit on the # of guns owned.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#8
What good did the absence of legal handguns since the '70s do for DC?
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#19
I asked "What good did DC's handgun ban do?". It seems a simple question.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#42
Oh so everything involving the police should be based upon slogans painted on cop cars?
rl6214
Feb 2012
#108
And their best was, at best, nothing. The failure is with the Va. state system of reporting
oneshooter
Feb 2012
#161
No, he was able to because ONE STATE had weak mental health reporting mechanisms.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2012
#138
You do know you're ruining a perfectly good appeal to emotion, right?
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#4
Well I have just over 200 in my collection, and just bought another 30 gun safe.
oneshooter
Feb 2012
#7
*Do* let us know when the Senate confirms you as Secretary of Needs.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#14
No more than I can be free of the ramifications of your free speech.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#18
We live in a democratic republic. Majority rules unless it fucks with minorities.
Fortran
Feb 2012
#29
All my congresspeople are assholes. That doesn't mean the system is unworkable.
Fortran
Feb 2012
#40
Because they thought it would pass and they could get their rider passed too. N/T
GreenStormCloud
Feb 2012
#125
How do you feel about a culture that glorifies home invaders and thugs and hates their victims?
Fortran
Feb 2012
#30
And I would guess that you would be among the first to gang on me if it happened.
oneshooter
Feb 2012
#43
"Unfortunately, Texas and Virginia are the source for most illegal guns used in violent crimes in DC
rl6214
Feb 2012
#112
Remember Brady II? It would have established the need for an "arsenal license"
Johnny Rico
Feb 2012
#23
All my arms safes weigh between 650 and 700lbs EMPTY, and are fireproof to 1600deg for 30 min.
oneshooter
Feb 2012
#146
Tell me how much political speech is sufficient to meet your needs?
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#10
Animism? Really? Guns don't do actually do anything unless some human operates them.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#17
Since the conversation got so thouroughly derailed, I'll repose the relevent questions:
PavePusher
Feb 2012
#81
"No Virginia Tech student (or anyone) has a need for more than one gun a month."
PavePusher
Feb 2012
#100
Why should he offer anything? Cho *obeyed* the one gun a month law, so it prevented nothing.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#165
Virgina state's mental health reporting laws were corrected after that incident.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2012
#140
It's the only part of the cited article that the OP did NOT quote. Fascinating, eh? n/t
PavePusher
Feb 2012
#104