uWKkF Wrote:
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> VaTechDad Wrote:
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> > Jamie Haynes, Fairfax Station Wrote:
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> > > Many questions, few answers on gun control
> > >
> >
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http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20140416/OPINI
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> ON/140419384/1065/many-questions-few-answers-on-gu
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> > > n-control&template=fairfaxTimes
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> > > Seven years ago, as a senior at Virginia
> Tech,
> > my
> > > campus was under siege for nine terrifying
> > > minutes. Shots rang through the air, students
> > and
> > > teachers watched in fear as the grisly scene
> > > unfolded, police forcing their way through
> > chained
> > > doors, wounded victims being carried to
> safety.
> > > Thirty-two fellow students and professors
> were
> > > killed that day – the largest mass shooting
> > in
> > > American history.
> > >
> > > Yet after seven years we continue to witness
> > > unfathomable tragedies – Congresswoman
> > Gabrielle
> > > Giffords, Newtown, shootings this past
> weekend
> > > that left three dead at the hands of a white
> > > supremacist. Can nothing be done to spare the
> > > lives of innocents?
> > >
> > > Despite what partisan rhetoric would lead us
> to
> > > believe, much can be done to prevent the
> > senseless
> > > slaughter of 30 Americans everyday, while
> > ensuring
> > > a safer marriage between our right as
> > law-abiding
> > > citizens to own firearms, and our right to
> > safety
> > > from gun violence in our communities.
> > >
> > > First, we must expand background checks to
> all
> > > firearm sales. Since the enactment of the
> Brady
> > > Law, background checks have stopped more than
> > two
> > > million prohibited purchasers from obtaining
> > > firearms through federally licensed firearms
> > > dealers. How many lives did those background
> > > checks save?
> > >
> > > But up to 40 percent of transactions do not
> > occur
> > > through federally licensed dealers, and
> > therefore
> > > do not require a background check. A gaping
> > breach
> > > used by felons, domestic abusers, and drug
> > addicts
> > > alike.
> > >
> > > In the absence of federal legislation and
> > > political will, many states have taken it
> upon
> > > themselves to expand background checks. But
> > > without a national standard, dangerous people
> > can
> > > evade stricter background check requirements
> by
> > > crossing state lines, and return to wreak
> havoc
> > in
> > > their own communities.
> > >
> > > We must also improve the National Instant
> > Criminal
> > > Background Checks System (NICS) by ensuring
> > that
> > > states are providing disqualifying records to
> > the
> > > database. Seung Hui Cho passed a background
> > check,
> > > despite a 2005 adjudication of mental
> illness,
> > > because the record was never submitted to
> NICS.
> > > Millions of disqualifying mental health
> records
> > > are missing from the system – as of May
> 2012,
> > 19
> > > states had reported fewer than 100 records,
> 14
> > > less than ten, and Rhode Island had reported
> > > zero.
> > >
> > > Just as important, though often overlooked,
> is
> > the
> > > availability of mental healthcare. Our system
> > is
> > > woefully inadequate, and inaccessibility to
> > > treatment results in jails overcrowded by
> many
> > who
> > > should be in treatment facilities. Seventy
> > percent
> > > of youth in the juvenile justice system, and
> > more
> > > than half of adult inmates suffer from mental
> > > illness. A 2010 study found that in 1955,
> there
> > > was one bed in psychiatric wards per 300
> > > Americans. Today there is one bed per 3,000.
> > >
> > > We will never stop every violent act
> committed
> > > with a gun, just as we can’t prevent every
> > death
> > > caused by drunk drivers with police
> > checkpoints,
> > > but we STILL HAVE TO TRY. It is our duty as
> > > Americans to make our nation stronger, safer,
> > and
> > > to leave a better world for future
> generations.
> > We
> > > owe it to the victims of April 16th, and
> every
> > > life lost by gun violence.
> > >
> > > Jamie Haynes, Fairfax Station
> >
> > My daughter was a freshman at Va. Tech during
> the
> > incident and as far as I am concerned you can
> go
> > fuck yourself. Conceal/carry on campus is the
> only
> > way to go. She feels the same way. Marxist gun
> > control sucks.
>
> You want all the drunken frat boys at a state u.
> packing heat? And you think that would make your
> daughter safer? And you think Canada, Britain,
> Australia etc. must be "Marxist" You are a big
> part of the problem.
You are obviously oblivious to CCW laws. If you were you'd know you
have to be 21 to obtain a permit. (Read grad students and faculty)
It's also against the law to carry while under the influence of
alcohol or drugs. Please read up before commenting again.