2007-04-19 16:32:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2007-04-19 16:38:33 · update #1
he bought one of the guns on the internet from Green Bay Wisconsin.Does that tell you something is wrong here people?What if he were a terrorist and had bought guns that way for a group?Stricter regulations on gun sales are drastically needed.If you noticed I DIDN"T say BAN because that is just stupid.
I'm ready...How many thumbs down do I get?
2007-04-19 17:00:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn't. He purchased the gun legally from a dealer who did exactly what he was supposed to.
Cho slipped through the medical system. You can thank Ronnie Reagan (the great communicator) for that.
Before Reagan closed many of the psychiatric care hospitals, half-way houses and other places that took care of the mentally ill and before he said you couldn't force someone into one, Mr. Cho's physician or psychiatrists who diagnosed him and knew of his problem would have been able to have him committed. Can't do that anymore.
Dontcha just love those politicians who don't know what the he11 they are doing - but do it anyway?
2007-04-20 00:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He could have bought the guns on the streets if he wanted to. Stop focusing on the fact that he had guns and focus on the fact that the students were not allowed to defend themselves. Whether he got the guns legally or not doesn't matter. The whole thing would have been settled very quickly if the students and teachers were allowed to defend themselves.
Remember...just a few weeks before the Dean of VT helped to shoot down a bill that would have allowed concealed carry at the University. The University spokesperson, after the bill was defeated, said: "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."
I'm sure those students feel real safe now. Wouldn't you agree?
Oh, PS. VT was a gun free zone, ie. there was a gun ban on campus. Gun bans = mass killings. It's as simple as that. Facts are facts.
2007-04-19 23:43:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Edward Teller was a famious and brilliant physicist who published more than a dozen books , received numerous awards , and has been awarded 23 honorary degrees.
He once said "Nothing is fool proof if you have a sufficently foolish fool." This quote pretty much sums up the gun controll debate.
Look, laws against gun ownership won't work any better than laws against pot and coke and prostitution, (oh yeah! they work real well!). Just look at D.C. they have a gun ban that has been rulled unconstitutional, but it hasn't slowed down their murder rate any.
More to the point, MURDER is allready illegal in Virginia, and it carries the death penalty. If that didn't stop Cho, I don't see how some poorly thought out firearms ban would.
(And before you say "but if guns weren't legal, he wouldn't have one" see the reference to coke, pot, and hookers above, ok?)
On the other hand, firearms, unlike drugs, have a legitimate use in society, namely self defense.
Gun laws only serve to disarm the law abiding folks, leaving them open and defenseless before those who choose not to obey the law.
2007-04-19 23:51:29 · answer #4 · answered by Larry R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The trouble is that he really didn't slip through anything. He's a permanent resident and they can buy firearms. No felony record so he was good there. In order to come under the mental health clause he would have had to have been formally committed by a court of law - he wasn't. He was instructed to seek counseling but that's not the same thing. He spent time in a mental health facility, but not by formal commitment proceedings. So really, as the law stands now he didn't have to slip through, he could walk through free and clear.
2007-04-19 23:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had wondered about this. I do not live in Virginia but, I know in Texas, you've got to have shooting lessons for registration to have a gun. To buy a gun, you've got to have several things looked at, such as background checks and such. Then, there is a waiting period! I think the one who sold the gun should think twice about the next sale!!
2007-04-19 23:40:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How so?? He got two guns legally.. He had every right to get em from what I read.. So how did he "slip thru"?
BTW- The fact that he didn't run into the school with gatling guns and bazookas tell me that the current gun laws did something.. I'm sure this kid wanted to kill as much as he could, and if he could've, he would've had stronger more deadly weapons. So, maybe the gun laws helped a whole lot in this situation...
2007-04-19 23:41:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
He didn't slip thru existing gun laws, he was in full compliance. Problem was courts not remanding him for psychiatric hospitalization which would have put him on the no guns list.
2007-04-19 23:44:57 · answer #8 · answered by ash 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Cho slipped through existing psychiatric laws.
2007-04-19 23:35:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The law of the land should be thou that are criminal minded shall not carry guns. Thou that are not criminal shall to protect themsleves and others. Amen.
2007-04-19 23:40:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋