Re: Virginia Tech shootings!
Sorry Miulang, that list is the anti gunners' wish list. They are not judging VA gun laws against existing gun laws. They are judging them against what they would like to be law. They do this for all the states and give them a passing or failing grade. Brady is the last place you should consider for getting facts or a true list of gun laws. They have an agenda and have been known to skew the facts in their favor. You might blame the NRA for the same, but they get their info from the US Justice Dept. and the FBI. Try checking VA state gun laws website. A nice, neutral alternative. At least, there, you'll see what IS currently law. Not what an organization with an agenda wishes were laws. Just google "Virginia state gun laws".
It wouldn't have mattered which state Cho was in. He'd have been able to obtain a firearm in any state that allowed a resident alien to own guns. No criminal record or "documented" mental illness. Even we have such background checks in HI plus a 14 day waiting period, but he'd have to be a US citizen here. He purchased his first gun 5 weeks prior. If he were in HI and a US citizen, do the math. The gun laws are not at fault. If he couldn't get a gun, he would have probably resorted to bomb making especially if his plan was to take as many as possible with him.
Even the gun dealer said, hey, clean cut college kid, clean NCIS check. It was a clean sale. No existing gun laws were broken.
Remember Byron Uyesugi. He bought his guns years prior. Never had a permit to acquire denied and always passed his background checks. Never broke a law or gotten arrested for anything. Then one day...snap!
As for conceal carry, well the question is being asked, since the matter of gun control has been let out of the bag. VA Tech has a standing rule of not allowing firearms on campus. Cho didn't give a darn. Maybe, just maybe.... it's too bad a student/s or a teacher/s who had a conceal carry permits didn't have their guns because they followed the rules and left them locked up in their cars. Cho would have been confronted by several armed students and may have had his rampage cut short. What if....
You may think conceal carry is stupid, but what you don't know is how many times a concealed weapon is used everyday in this country to save a life or prevent a crime, not to mention guns used in home defense.. These stories are never published in the newspapers or aired on the 6 o'clock report as this goes against the intent of most media outlets.
There are no answers to this problem, except maybe going the way of North Korea. Confiscate everyone's guns and property, starve them and instill in them the fear of death if rules are broken or if they don't kowtow to the "supreme" ruler. No more 1st amendment, no more second amendment, no more Constitution or Bill of Rights, no more freedom. TaDAAAAA!
Originally posted by Miulang
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It wouldn't have mattered which state Cho was in. He'd have been able to obtain a firearm in any state that allowed a resident alien to own guns. No criminal record or "documented" mental illness. Even we have such background checks in HI plus a 14 day waiting period, but he'd have to be a US citizen here. He purchased his first gun 5 weeks prior. If he were in HI and a US citizen, do the math. The gun laws are not at fault. If he couldn't get a gun, he would have probably resorted to bomb making especially if his plan was to take as many as possible with him.
Even the gun dealer said, hey, clean cut college kid, clean NCIS check. It was a clean sale. No existing gun laws were broken.
Remember Byron Uyesugi. He bought his guns years prior. Never had a permit to acquire denied and always passed his background checks. Never broke a law or gotten arrested for anything. Then one day...snap!
As for conceal carry, well the question is being asked, since the matter of gun control has been let out of the bag. VA Tech has a standing rule of not allowing firearms on campus. Cho didn't give a darn. Maybe, just maybe.... it's too bad a student/s or a teacher/s who had a conceal carry permits didn't have their guns because they followed the rules and left them locked up in their cars. Cho would have been confronted by several armed students and may have had his rampage cut short. What if....
You may think conceal carry is stupid, but what you don't know is how many times a concealed weapon is used everyday in this country to save a life or prevent a crime, not to mention guns used in home defense.. These stories are never published in the newspapers or aired on the 6 o'clock report as this goes against the intent of most media outlets.
There are no answers to this problem, except maybe going the way of North Korea. Confiscate everyone's guns and property, starve them and instill in them the fear of death if rules are broken or if they don't kowtow to the "supreme" ruler. No more 1st amendment, no more second amendment, no more Constitution or Bill of Rights, no more freedom. TaDAAAAA!
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