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Old 02-18-2008, 11:36 AM   #21
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It's not the gun shop's fault. It's perfectly legal in the US to own guns. Should it be? maybe, maybe not
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Old 02-18-2008, 02:08 PM   #22
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It's not the gun shop's fault. It's perfectly legal in the US to own guns. Should it be? maybe, maybe not

Yes, I know it is (legal to). But shops typically should do a background check beforehand. That's what I'm meaning about.
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Old 02-18-2008, 10:33 PM   #23
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Right but our consitution says we can have lots and lots of guns. What can they do?
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Old 02-19-2008, 12:42 AM   #24
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Yes, I know it is (legal to). But shops typically should do a background check beforehand. That's what I'm meaning about.
You might want to know that the local newspapers have said that the gun shop did do a background check on this person-it's required by federal law-and he checked out OK. He was on antidepressant medicines, but the law does not require that to be reported.

Some tragedies happen even when you take every reasonable precaution. The Virginia Tech shooter was a man who wasn't even legally own guns-and he had them anyway. In my locale, the police have arrested a large number of drunken drivers in recent times, and these people have had suspended drivers' licenses and past criminal convictions for drunken driving. This is actually a far worse prospect, as far more people are killed by drunken drivers than random shooters, if you look at public records.
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Old 02-19-2008, 08:23 AM   #25
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Type 97... you hit the nail on the head about Drunk Drivers. They do get news coverage, but only locally, and for 2 minutes before weather and sports (well, not really, but it still is treated pretty minorly). And given how dangerous it is, and it's common sense to not get hammered and endanger everyone in their path, people still do it anyway, when they should really be tried for attempted murder in the fouth degree or something like that. But that's another rant for another day.
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