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[Caeser2001]

Letters to the editor
Friday, August 07, 2009
Who needs to have this type of weapon?

Do Americans really need guns that are capable of firing dozens of bullets in a matter of seconds? The LA Fitness shooter fired 36 rounds into innocent gym goers in less than a minute ("Four Dead in Fitness Center Shooting," Aug. 5; "LA Fitness Shooter Had Lethal Plan," Aug. 6), four months after three Pittsburgh police officers were gunned down by another shooter armed with semi-automatic weapons.

The gunmen from both tragedies used semi-automatic weapons with ammunition that was illegal to possess as recently as 2004, but became legally obtainable following the expiration of the federal assault weapons ban. Attempts to extend the ban, which was signed into law in 1994, failed to pass.

Psychopaths and madmen may still find a way to commit senseless acts, but by allowing the federal assault weapons ban to expire, Congress made it easier to obtain such destructive weaponry. A new assault weapons ban would make things safer for all of us.


http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09219/989134-110.stm

How would the AWB have helped?
What is this illegal ammo he speaks of?

[ajax]

Originally Posted by Caeser2001

Letters to the editor
How would the AWB have helped?
What is this illegal ammo he speaks of?

Wouldn't have helped, as usual...

Afaik, the Clinton ban didn't touch ammo.

Tbh, I don't see this tragic event turn out any differently had this crazed gunman only had FMJ available.

[unclejumbo]

I have given up trying to respond to the stupid. Their ignorance is intentional. Facts get in the way of their bias. The writer obviously has no idea what the AWB did and did not do. Just the term "assault weapons ban" made it all better.

I had to laugh when I read a letter in The Patriot News. Some fool wrote in decrying the current opposition from conservative talk radio to the fairness doctrine. He went on to say that these types were happy with it when Bush was in office. Obviously not knowing that it was abolished in 1987.

Someone that wishes to express their opinion really should at least understand the facts of the argument before joining it.

[Skeptic]

Yes unfortunately in this world , facts are now considered subjective.

2+2 no longer equals 4 if the government experts say differently

[cgbudde]

Originally Posted by Skeptic

Yes unfortunately in this world , facts are now considered subjective.

2+2 no longer equals 4 if the government experts say differently

Hey old timer, facts haven't been used in ages. How dare you expect people to listen to facts instead of someones opinion.

Ops, I forgot myself there. Ok now I smacked myself in the head so I can wake up. LOL

[andrewjs18]

people shouldn't judge ALL CIVIL guns owners over the actions of 1 wacko.