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Originally Posted by davidmash
There are plenty of nations where access to guns is limited and there is not an over abundance of bombs or other devices being used to murder. Using guns is easy. Making an effort to assemble a bomb or some other device takes more effort and knowledge. I do believe that lack of access to guns but those who wish to commit a crime will indeed reduce the amount of gun violence. Knives are not nearly as effective or clean. Explosives tend to hurt the one with the explosive and not many want to go out with their victims.
In Texas the laws are quite lax and I have not heard anything about the NRA seeking to strengthen the laws. I can walk up to anyone selling a gun, give them money and walk away with a gun. No questions need to be asked.
Wanting things punished after the fact may be nice but it is quite reactionary. I would rather see the NRA be proactive and try and to prevent the people who should not get guns from having access to them.
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I was for a different reason but I read similar stuff concerning Bombs. They were speaking in more of a revolutionary type sense.
It said that when People did not have guns to fight with made Bombs. The simplest being Fire Bombs of the Molotove Coctail type.
The NRA somewhat represents the Members. If you go to someplace like Wikipedia it is also listed as a powerful Lobby. I cannot in of itself create laws.
What ever power the NRA has comes from the Members not unlike a Unions Political Funds.
But, more powerful than the NRA is the Media.
In California you cannot legally sell someone a Gun like you do in Texas; but illegal sales happen just like that.
And, that is certainly part of My point. A person having decided to comit Murder is not going to care if a Gun is leagally obtained.
In the Bible it does not say what Cain Killed Able with but because Cain had the will to do that Able was killed.
In this thread we have been talking about what a Modren day Cain might use as a weapon; and just as with the First Murder the Will to Murder is still the most important factor in preventing a Murder.