Doesn’t matter if Chuck Colgan saw the ad, it’s attacking his opponent therefore, he is responsible for the content inside of it. There were zero bills in front Virginia Leg that dealt with mental health issues that were not complete and utter crap.

Cho was a completely crazy loon who snapped. There are alot of completely crazy loons out there who could snap at any moment. You probably don’t see them but I’m sure cops do. Only hope is someone convinces the crazies to seek treatment and they don’t snap on you.

Only remedy I see that would probably work is allowing cops to lock up people who are crazy against their will and force medication down their throat. Let me know if you want to head down that police state route.

The VA Tech shooter did have a history of mental Health Issues
but he still got a gun. Read item number two.

True story (and there are SO many true stories of people saving their own lives with guns): Back when I was at The Citadel, this genius in Columbia decided to rob a bank. He thought it would be best to do it right before lunch time. He thought that by walking into the bank, wielding a gun, he would scare the customers and they would give him their valuables as well. What he FAILED to do was check the buildings around him.

See, it was pay day for the FBI that day and all the agents used the same bank (because of its proximity to the Bureau’s local office). And they routinely went to this bank to get cash just before lunch. Needless to say, genius took out his gun and every person in the bank took out theirs (and not all were FBI agents). He surrendered without a shot being fired.

While yes, I do believe and personally have no problem with making it mandatory to take an NRA approved class with the purchase of a gun, I am hesitant of the Federal Government knowing that I have one. Remember the wonder years with Janet Reno has head of Justice? She would send in her crack team of BATF agents to the wrong house, kill the owner, then one of the agents would say, “Um, I think we got the wrong house” with NO retribution or jail time for the idiots. No, I just do not trust my govt when a Liberal is in charge.

And since the mention of “assault weapons” was brought forth, please keep this in mind. To a Liberal, an “assault weapon” is ANYTHING that looks, or sounds, scary. Most Libs have a religion against the military so they have no clue whatsoever the difference between an auto and semi-automatic weapon, between an M-16 A2 and civilian look-a-like, and they probably could not even field strip a weapon blindfolded, which ANY responsible gun owner should be able to do (if the lights go out when you are cleaning your weapon and you hear the perp walking around your house, it’s too late to try and find a flashlight to get the job done).

In this country, we throw the word “Right” around such as “we have this or that Right” - well, the only Rights we have are that spelled out in the Constitution, like it or not, and the second Right that our founding Fathers mentioned was the Right to Bear Arms. These men were geniuses and knew too clearly of repressive governments.

I took a hunter education class a few years back. The instructor told us the pencils we were holding are considered weapons and can be dangerous. There was a girl in my neighborhood that was beaten and kicked recently. Should the assailant’s hands and feet be cut off?

The problem is not the gun, knife or fists but the person holding the gun, knife or fist. If someone is going to hurt someone, they will find a way to do it, whether it is a gun, knife or fist. That is a fact!

The FBI data has already confirmed that the number of guns acquired from gun shows by criminals is minimal in the extreme.

Anyone running with the “oh no! gun show loophole!” line is getting their material from the Brady campaign. They’re the real nut-jobs.

Anyhow, I’m pleased to finally see Colgan’s stance.

Oh, and Anonymous said on 20 Oct 2007 at 11:55 pm:

Assault weapons are code for “guns we want to ban” and are not an actual weapon type.

Automatic weapons (defined as machine guns by the NFA of 1934) are legal to own with a $200 tax stamp.

81mm mortars are a destructive device (NFA, 1934) and are legal to own with a tax stamp.

250mm artillery would be a destructive device (NFA, 1934). I’ll point out that until the air-canons came on the scene, recoilless rifles in this range were used for avalanche control in Colorado.

Nukes are regulated by the NRC.

Licensing of firearms ALWAYS leads to confiscation. Arguing this one is like arguing against gravity.

Folks, unless you’re engaged in buying or selling drugs, or in criminal enterprise, or are surrounding yourself with people that are involved in the same, your chances of being a victim of “gun crime” is very very very low. Again, this is all public crime data that anyone can look at. More people died of MRSA last year than were murdered with firearms.
Now, people do win the bad luck lottery. Only thing we can do about that is to BE PREPARED and to take responsibility for our own safety.

Its already against the law to commit murder. If that law isn’t sufficient, further laws will have less effect.

Otherwise, you are pretty spot on!!!

[Ed. Note: good catch. In the Guard it took a while to replace the inventory, though. We got ‘em for a little longer, which was nice even though they were terribly worn.]