I dunno about you guys but i would think that the V-Tech shootings should be enough reason to introduce strict gun control laws.

I'm not saying that the right to carry arms should be abolished (i do believe it should but let's be realistic). However i do not see why it shouldn't be made really difficult to get one.

The fact is that if you are a law abiding mentally stable citizen, there should be no reason you cannot get a gun. Fine so it may take a week or two.. So what? It's not like ur keeping the hordes from invading your home.

Anyhow i do not see why it should not be made mandatory that ALL gun purchasers have their background checked down to the tiniest detail.

I mean your constitution DOES allow for driving tests ( it could be argued that it is a restriction of movement that a person needs governmental approval before he can drive a car). Now if you can take away the right to free movement, if you can take away the right to injest certain drinks, if you can take away the RIGHT TO VOTE in a presidential election... why then can you not take away the right to carry a weapon from those deemed unfit?

The gun lobby will freak because their sale volume is directly proportional to the amount of weaponry accessible to criminals. If there's wasn't a paranoia in the population about getting robbed,raped and killed, people wouldn't really have as many reasons to buy guns. Think about it.. If you could be sure that a criminal couldn't get a gun that easily... well then would you feel as much of a need to own a gun?

As a danish citizen i can tell you that it is the absence of guns among criminal elements that makes gun ownership a rarity. sure the government has harsh legislation regarding it, but the average dane does not feel the need for a gun. Americans on the other hand DO feel the need, because it is VERY likely that a person committing a crime is also armed.

Unfortunately a lot of legislation and procedures that would make it harder for a person with ulterior motives to get a gun are lambasted as usurping the rights of the law-abiding citizen.

Think about it dude. If you are a law abiding citizen it is likely that your weapon need is not so urgent that you cannot wait a few weeks to get it, NOR is your history suspicious enough to disqualify you from gun ownership.

FIne so you guys don't want to give up the right to bear arms. But at least be more picky about who has that right. If a felon can't vote in a presidential election, he should not be allowed to own a gun. Unfortunately it seems it is easier for him to get a gun than it is to vote.... and THAT is a twisting of priorities.