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AEA wrote:O'Reilly is out of touch and out of his league on this one. His biggest problem is that he will not keep his big mouth shut when someone that knows what they are talking about is trying to set him straight.

He is DEAD WRONG on this topic and has no idea of his miss use of terminology and laws that he has no conception of.

He displayed incredible ignorance with his comments. Maybe HE"S been at the Kool-Aid he's always saying others are sipping. FBI would be looking at a lot of people for ammo purchases.

Heartland Patriot wrote:

puma guy wrote:In fairness to Fox News Neil Cavuto pointed out in his closing comments how banning guns is not the answer. He listed numerous multiple shooting cases world wide - recent and past, many in countries with complete bans on firearms. His main point I believe was that it's not just an "American" problem. I'll be watching O'reilly tonight to see what feedback he receives.

The worst part is that while there are indeed firearms attacks in other parts of the world with strict gun control laws, that is far from the only way that madmen and evildoers have killed masses of people. IEDs and even poison gas (remember the Tokyo subway attack?) have been used to kill a LOT of people...I'm no fan of Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, but I will give him credit for stating that evil folks find ways of killing others without using firearms. He is smart to stay away from gun control rhetoric in his swing-state during an election year.

I agree. In fact I did a report in college back in the 60's and I found some interesting facts. Weapons of choice for homicide just vary by what is predominately available. After the Sulllivan Act in NY the death rate from firearm homicides increased because handguns were banned and shotgun and rifle became the predominate choice. Statistics may have changed a little, but you were most likely to be killed by a family member, relative or friend/acquaintance.

In fairness to Fox News Neil Cavuto pointed out in his closing comments how banning guns is not the answer. He listed numerous multiple shooting cases world wide - recent and past, many in countries with complete bans on firearms. His main point I believe was that it's not just an "American" problem. I'll be watching O'reilly tonight to see what feedback he receives.

After listening to Bill O'Reilly's "Talking Points" comments tonight I had to send him an email pointing out his statement about machine guns and bazookas being sold w/o the Fed's knowledge is very damaging and patently false, especially since he didn't qualify whether he was speaking of legal or illegal sales. I'm sure he'll get plenty of other emails informing him of the legal requirements necessary for the purchase of that class of weapons. I think I know what his response will be (i.e. you can still bypass that and buy illegally), so I reminded him that guns are illegal in Mexico. How's that working out?