Your statement about automatic weapons indicates you follow the many false liberal lines they spew. To purchase a fully automatic weapon you have to be at least 21, undergo a comprehensive background, and have written approval of the Sheriff in the county where you live. What you should be asking is why hasn’t Congress created a task force to look at all of the major incidents and determine the real facts. The gun is not really the problem anymore than the car is the problem that kills thousand of people yearly.
While it’s early in the day, Mark, please take 3 minutes and radically edit that first idea about raising the age on “AK-47s” and other automatic and semi-automatic weapons to 21. First of all, you ALREADY need a federal permit to purchase full-auto weapons (ask Betsy Johnson, she has one) - we don’t need a new law here, we should expand that law to cover all firearm purchases. Second of all, basically everything beyond a shotgun or revolver is “semi-automatic” and has been for decades. When people who haven’t taken a gun safety course or bought a gun try to suggest gun laws, even anti-gun nutjobs like me roll their eyes (I’ve taken two handgun proficiency courses and fired a Russian-made full-auto). That first paragraph should read, “The minimum for purchase and possession should be 21, with only supervised exceptions allowed.” And, “There should be a background check and three-day waiting period for all purchases, public and private.” One study in California found that a waiting period prevents more than half of gun suicides.
Your statement about automatic weapons indicates you follow the many false liberal lines they spew. To purchase a fully automatic weapon you have to be at least 21, undergo a comprehensive background, and have written approval of the Sheriff in the county where you live. What you should be asking is why hasn’t Congress created a task force to look at all of the major incidents and determine the real facts. The gun is not really the problem anymore than the car is the problem that kills thousand of people yearly.
While it’s early in the day, Mark, please take 3 minutes and radically edit that first idea about raising the age on “AK-47s” and other automatic and semi-automatic weapons to 21. First of all, you ALREADY need a federal permit to purchase full-auto weapons (ask Betsy Johnson, she has one) - we don’t need a new law here, we should expand that law to cover all firearm purchases. Second of all, basically everything beyond a shotgun or revolver is “semi-automatic” and has been for decades. When people who haven’t taken a gun safety course or bought a gun try to suggest gun laws, even anti-gun nutjobs like me roll their eyes (I’ve taken two handgun proficiency courses and fired a Russian-made full-auto). That first paragraph should read, “The minimum for purchase and possession should be 21, with only supervised exceptions allowed.” And, “There should be a background check and three-day waiting period for all purchases, public and private.” One study in California found that a waiting period prevents more than half of gun suicides.