tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589915379939405874.post1511414475072061942..comments2023-07-09T03:48:34.527-04:00Comments on Political Packrat: Guns, and Gabrielle GiffordsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589915379939405874.post-54712123773592938312011-01-10T07:41:01.982-05:002011-01-10T07:41:01.982-05:00redoing this comment to eliminate the typo here w...redoing this comment to eliminate the typo here we go again....<br /><br />Thanks to you both Jama and Pam for two really thoughtful, informative comments-- I didn't know that Arizona had the most lax laws in the country but I did know that you can carry a concealed weapon legally in Arizona and also that gang members from New York and LA go to Texas and Arizona to buy guns-- ditto Mexican drug dealers. We need some kind of unified Federal law AND database!<br /><br />And I'm really interested in your gun show experience, Pam. Interesting that gun shows are the one place that you can buy guns without a background check. Wonder why that is-- seems crazy to me.... but then I think the whole American attitude towards guns is crazy :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589915379939405874.post-36350847408992789352011-01-10T07:38:48.025-05:002011-01-10T07:38:48.025-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589915379939405874.post-68917674748873587142011-01-10T07:30:17.178-05:002011-01-10T07:30:17.178-05:00It's SO easy to get a gun if you want one. I w...It's SO easy to get a gun if you want one. I went to a gun show in South Bend once with Bill. It was at the county fairgrounds and we thought there was a Civil War re-enactor event there (he's a history buff) but we came on the wrong weekend, so since we were already there anyway, we went in. <br /><br />OMG. I mean, what's alarming is how unusual this guy ISN'T. If more people saw who was buying guns in this country, we'd be having a different discussion altogether I think. There's all these little hate groups all over the place, and all of the want guns and get them. It's very scary. We focus on terrorists 'over there' so much but they're all over the place right here at home. We grew them right here.C. R. Rookwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167804392560473423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589915379939405874.post-29351523474911445162011-01-10T07:22:42.348-05:002011-01-10T07:22:42.348-05:00Arizona supposedly has the least-strict gun laws i...Arizona supposedly has the least-strict gun laws in the nation, so I'm NOT surprised the shooter (I refuse to glorify him by using his name) WAS able to walk into a gun shop and buy a Glock despite a history of mental illness. Obviously passed the required background check because the signs of mental instability had NOT been entered into the database that's supposed to prevent nutjobs from obtaining Weapons of Mass Destruction. <br /><br />In other states with stricter gun laws, crazies get their WMDs at gun shows where, thanks to the NRA, background checks aren't required. <br /><br />As you say, there's no *legitimate* reason for a civilian to have an automatic or semi-automatic weapon.<br /><br />The Second Amendment, written back in the days of one-shot muzzle loaders btw, was NEVER intended to give citizens the "right" to have weapons capable of mowing down a dozen or more fellow citizens in 10 seconds or less. It's insane to claim that it does.JamaGeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973656461323918279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589915379939405874.post-24924929417715146472011-01-10T05:11:24.633-05:002011-01-10T05:11:24.633-05:00I am just appalled that he could have just walked ...I am just appalled that he could have just walked in a bought a gun with all the indications of mental illness that he had--All of this could have been avoided if an obviously mentally ill man could have been stopped from buying a gun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600365870806305125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589915379939405874.post-17884191688296253662011-01-10T01:06:39.257-05:002011-01-10T01:06:39.257-05:00I too have been wondering how he got the gun. They...I too have been wondering how he got the gun. They always tell us that in a state where everybody has a gun somebody will be there to shoot the shooter... but it doesn't surprise me that it didn't work out that way.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926081156633887115noreply@blogger.com