Colorado Killings And Gun Control
Gun Control Legislation: Frank Lautenberg Readies Bill In Wake Of …
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WASHINGTON — In the immediate aftermath of the shooting in Aurora, the debate over gun control policy has more or less centered on whether it's an appropriate time to even have a debate.
Rupert Murdoch Tweets Support For Gun Control
www.huffingtonpost.com7/22/12
Media baron Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter Saturday evening to express his support for gun-control measures in the wake of the Aurora, CO shooting that killed 12 people on Friday:
Following the Colorado movie theater massacre it’s only to be expected that there will be loud calls for gun-control so maybe let’s look at a country that passed laws requiring its citizens to hand in their guns.
Australia
Current Australian firearm laws.
State laws govern the possession and use of firearms in Australia and the laws were largely aligned under the 1996 National Agreement on Firearms.
Anyone wishing to possess or use a firearm must have a Firearms License and, with some exceptions, be over the age of 18.
Owners must have secure storage for their firearms.
Before someone can buy a firearm, he or she must obtain a Permit To Acquire.
The first permit has a mandatory 28-day delay before it is first issued.
In some states (e.g. Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales), this is waived for second and subsequent firearms of the same class.
For each firearm a "Genuine Reason" must be given, relating to pest control, hunting, target shooting, or collecting.
Self-defense is not accepted as a reason for issuing a license, even though it may be legal under certain circumstances to use a legally held firearm for self-defense.
Each firearm in Australia must be registered to the owner by serial number. Some states allow an owner to store or borrow another person’s registered firearm of the same category.
Currently, about 5.2% of Australian adults (1,144,156 people) own and use firearms for purposes such as hunting, controlling feral animals, collecting, and target shooting.
The Results Of Australia’s ’96/’97 Gun Laws & "BUYBACK"
Surprisingly enough, study after study (and you can easily search for them) show that the change in the law had almost no effect at all!
And if anything that gives ‘ammunition’ to supporters of the 2nd amendment, most of whom fear what a US government might be able to do to an unarmed population.
And if that seems far fetched then take a look at this:
And add Obama to the mix!
Guns are here to stay in the US because the vast majority of owner wouldn’t hand them over, and it would be impossible to take them by force.
I don’t have an answer.
Do you?
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Do you?
how is more gun control going to keep guns from criminals, that is the question?
my solution is to shoot more criminals and they won’t do it again!
First off CO is a concealed carry state. The theater was a no gun zone. Given the fact that he had full body armor a person with a 9mm would have not been able to stop him. At best they would have distracted him and drawn fire.
To all the anti-NRA people, you can ban assault weapons if you want to, but there are many other weapons out there that can do just as much damage. I agree with you that I don’t see the need for assault weapons but there are several other weapons that can be just as effective.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a guest on Piers Morgan’s television show last night, where he called on police officers around the country to go on strike until more gun control is implemented.
Morgan opened the segment by asking why more Americans don’t react to things like the Aurora Theater shooting with demands for more gun control, and Bloomberg took over from there:
“I would take it one step further. I don’t understand why police officers across this country don’t stand up, collectively, and say, ‘We’re going to go on strike. We’re not going to protect you unless you, the public, through your legislature, do what’s required to keep us safe.”
Bloomberg’s comments have no real basis in reality regarding the Aurora shooting, as no police officers were even injured in that incident. But that doesn’t matter to him. It’s just one more angle he’s using in his effort to take away our guns.
Bloomberg is now appearing as a sicker and sicker person and maybe he needs to drink larger soft drinks and more popcorn or just try some real fat foods.
Colorado gun stores are seeing a big jump in demand for firearms since last Friday’s massacre at a midnight movie showing in Aurora.
Background checks for people wanting to buy guns in Colorado reportedly increased more than 41 percent after last week’s Aurora movie massacre. The Denver Post reports that firearm instructors have also seen increased interest in training needed for a concealed-carry permit.
“It’s been insane,” Jake Meyers, an employee at Rocky Mountain Guns and Ammo in Parker told the newspaper Monday.
Between Friday and Sunday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation approved background checks for 2,887 people who wanted to purchase a firearm — a 43 percent increase over the previous Friday through Sunday and a 39 percent jump over those same days on the first weekend of July.
The biggest spike was on Friday, when there were 1,216 checks, a 43 percent increase over the average number for the previous two Fridays.