Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: With all of our cumulative losses at the polls over the last 7 years... [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)the prohibitionist movement doesn't care, they want complete confiscation, they just have been less honest about it over the past forty years. It wouldn't matter if Roof used a petrol bomb or is Lanza used a black market gun stolen from a police department in a different state like the Port Authur shooter did. Roof used illegal drugs, he was caught with cocaine among other things. Doesn't matter where you are in the world, if you can get a bag of pot or some cocaine, you can get a gun. Even in Japan, and especially in Europe. Just ask Charlie Hebdo and the Kosher Deli. Yeah, you can get a silencer in a French gun store just as easy we can buy a box of shells, but not machine guns.
Every Australian state had a licensing system and half of them had registration. The killer's low IQ and history of violence would have prevented him from getting a license of any kind. Given my understanding of Tasmanian gun laws at the time, if he had a permit, he could have legally bought a semi or full auto.
Sydney went through a year and half period of over 100 drive by shootings. Fortunately, it is almost impossible to hit anything with a SMG, let alone one made in the basement without a rifled barrel in the hands of an untrained Hells Angels member.
Here is the thing about people like Roof, Lanza, or the guy that sprayed SMG rounds into a Stockholm pub, these things are planned out in detail in advance. Lack of weapon A will adjust to weapon B. Or, like the guy in Norway, use bombs and gun. The best thing to do is prevent their creation. No I don't mean mental health registries and video games like La Piere. It isn't a mental health issue. Roof was a creation of an abusive and racist parent. Abusers grow up to be abusers. The guy in Oregon, like Lanza, had no relationship with his father. Maybe there was a good reason for it. Maybe the mother was abusive. No additional gun law will fix the problem.
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