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In reply to the discussion: (Virginia) Tech families want 1-gun-a-month law to stay [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)166. LOL
Colin Goddard is the Assistant Director of Federal Legislation for the Brady Campaign.
Andrew Goddard is the President of the Richmond, VA Chapter of the Million Mom March.
Google it if you really need to cite it for yourself.
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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