Did you really just say that?
WOW, that's not what you have said about Box and I in the past.
So are you saying we were righteous and fought for people's rights????
Hey BOX...did you see this??????
WOW...WOW....WOW !!!!
Well, you believed that you were. What others believed is another story.
The point is he believed in people's rights, now chooses to restrict/regulate the rights that were
paid for with human lives.
Like I said. I'm not against background checks at gun shows,
I'm not against clip limits if it applies to government guns equally.
I do not support banning semi-automatic weapons. Even though I will likely never own one,
but I have friends and relatives that do.
Cuomo's bill just clumped too much stuff together and that is why it is being fought from
people from all sides.
He just reacted without any sort of debate or discussion. He just issued a ban.
He enacted things that just piss people off, knowing full well those things won't stop a
homicidal maniac on a rampage.
Had he proposed a bill requiring background checks be done at all gun shows in NY State,
he would have had limited opposition. Very few would argue against a reasonable
requirement at a commercial sales event.
If he took the existing background check procedures and examined ways to reduce the
odds of felons or people who have been involuntarily committed, from buying weapons,
that again would meet little resistance. Who could argue against that?
Declaring all current assault rifles grandfathered in but no future guns will be allowed
is both discriminatory and won't stop any homicidal maniacs from going berserk.
The government has no idea how to deal with suicidal killers, here or overseas. It's a
worldwide problem. Suicide bombers/shooters are appearing everywhere. Not knowing
what to do for a problem, should not be used to pass anything, just so we can say we
tried. It is estimated that 1.5 million assault weapons were privately owned in 1994.
They still are out there. The assault weapons ban did nothing except prevent future
numbers being added to the total. With the expiration of that ban the numbers have
likely risen. The number of firearm deaths relative to population has not risen and
there is no reason to expect it to. A handful of suicide killers go crazy every year.
It is going to happen. You can't change human nature with a law.
People's rights are the most important part of American life and should not be crushed
every time someone panics because of an event and decides to use the hysteria to gain
popularity and future votes.
Reducing or restricting American rights should be the absolute last resort, not the
hysterical first response of knee jerk politicians looking to run for President in 2016.
No one will stand in the way of reasonable restrictions like the gun show background
checks or more thorough procedures for background checks. But actually banning guns,
clips, creating big brother databases of every gun in existence, etc will meet the
resistance of civilians, both current and former military and the police/sheriffs.
Cuomo has decided he wants to completely change gun ownership totally
and absolutely. It will never stand. The house is totally divided.
The best thing he could do is repeal and make changes that don't affect the rights
of millions while attempting to legislate the behavior of a handful. Instead of standing
tough on his unreasonable stance, he should accept that the bill was inadvertently
more than the required measured response. He would gain respect for being man
enough to admit he over-reacted and would get support for what we all want, a safer
place for everyone.
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