But it is the incredibly permissive gun laws in this country that put those guns there. It is the incredibly permissive gun laws in this country that allow millions of new guns to be purchased in the United States each year. And it is the incredibly permissive gun laws in this country that abet the illegal flow of many of those guns into American cities that do not want them, that are trying to keep them out.
It is the legal gun trade that supplies the illegal gun trade. Until we place some sensible limits on the first, ones in keeping with the spirit of a "well regulated militia," we will never begin to get a handle on the second. And law-abiding citizens' best defense against bullets flying into their homes and into their bodies will continue to be sheer luck.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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Then explain Jamaica.
ReplyDeleteWe're not talking about Jamaica, or England or anything else.
DeleteWe're not talking about cars or swimming pools either.
It is the incredibly permissive gun laws in this country that allow millions of new guns to be purchased in the United States each year.
ReplyDeleteWow, so our laws permit people to buy guns? That is not exactly sugar coating your intent.
What you refuse to recognize is that your side shoots itself in the foot with your proposals. You've created an atmosphere in which we cannot trust your intentions and in which we know that the restrictions that you want won't work. You call such things "sensible." There can be no deals in this environment.
ReplyDeleteTo put things simply, as long as your side calls our gun laws "permissive," you'll get nowhere with us.
No, Greg, my proposals are eminently sensible and would inconvenience lawful gun owners very little.
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