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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel
Valid points. Certainly anything the government will do is going to end up a hack job with poor results.
What I have been trying to get from some of these people is a realization that the public opinion is moving away from the gun owners, and if they cannot tone down the rhetoric to at least appear sensible, then their voices and opinions are going to be discounted. That will not prove to be a benefit to the responsible gun owners.
As drop as stated, our country is awash with weapons, and people would like to see something done about it. If any plan is to stand a chance, it needs to be a federal/national plan. As you know in NYC, it is impossible to clamp down in one selected area with any degree of effectiveness, as people will just travel outside of the boundary to get their weapons.
I anticipate a push for national legislation against handguns. Not an agenda I'm pushing, but something I fully expect to see.
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Personally, I have no issue with the regulation of guns. Require a background check, a license, some training............I really don't care. If such regulations eliminate the random violence because a legal weapon got into the wrong hands, then I'm all for it.
However, responding to this tragedy with the expectation that regulation is the means to stop similar tragedies in the future is the conclusion of a fool.
People would always like to see "something done about it". However, they don't really have a good understanding of what to do and whether what is done will have any good effect.