VA - These Gun Laws Would Make Us Safe (Letter)

[FWiedner]

These Gun Laws Would Make Us Safe (Letter)

Editor, Times-Dispatch: Speed kills; drugs kill. Guns also kill. When guns kill, someone pulls a trigger -- sometimes accidentally, other times intentionally.
Most folks dislike the notion of death -- especially unusual, unavoidable, and unnatural death. As guns are instrumental in bringing about a frightening number of unnatural deaths, most folks would agree that we need some measures to alleviate this kind of death.

Two measures effectively would eliminate the scourge of deaths caused by guns: (1) Get rid of guns, and (2) get rid of ammunition. There are other instruments that kill, of course. Rocks, knives, and sticks always will be available. We can't control those, but we can control guns.

We could get rid of guns through confiscation and destruction, and could make the manufacture of guns and ammunition illegal. Then we could maintain armories where hobbyists, collectors, and hunters would be required to store their arms under lock and key, to be used only through approved procedures and only if returned after use. All infractions would need to be punished rigorously. All transactions would be handled through government-operated venues.

If the above were accomplished, I would feel much better about the world we have made for our granchildren. Do I own a gun? No -- and I never will.

Allan Ross. richmond.

Lettter is third on page at:

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*FW Note:

OK, let's try it sloooww this time...

Criminals do not obey the law.  It is likely that they would not give up their guns.

Any move to disarm the citizenry would disarm only the law abiding citizens.

Disarming only the law abiding citizens of a community would leave those honest people defenseless to protect themselves and their property from those armed criminals AND THE ARMED GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS DISARMED THEM.

 :roll:

[Shorty]

When I read that letter in the paper I realized that a response would be giving it too much credence.  My first thought was that the paper usually notates an immature writer by age, thus admitting that that writers opinion is based on naivity and ignorance.  My second idea was to write a response to ask if the writer would not consider first making murder and armed robbery illegal.  Or, how about making cocaine and marijuana illegal too?  It's EASY, just make a law!  Of course, to make guns illegal, we'd first have to have a constitutional ammendment to void the second ammendment.  Heck, it would all be so easy!  Just think!  we could put firearms manufactuers out of business too!  Let the Army buy guns from the Russians!  It would be cheaper!  Let's roll!  Make tobacco illegal too!  Isn't that a killer!     :roll:

[Atomic Chicken]

Greetings!

While we're at it, let's make these "killer" items illegal:

Fatty Foods
Bathtubs
Automobiles
Baseball bats
Kitchen Knives
Airplanes
Boat oars
Pool cues
Household Chemicals
Matches
Power Tools

In fact, since just about everything you can pick up can be used as a weapon, let's take this to its logical conclusion and just make hands illegal and start the amputations - at a federally approved hospital near you!

Of course... they'll have to do the chopping with a dull plastic butterknife, since silverware and scalpels will also be banned by then!

Boy... I'm feeling safer all the time with these idiots in charge...

Best wishes,
Bawko