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If the constitution banned all handguns, and nobody had any access whatsoever to guns, the kid in Colorado could have used a sling shot and ball bearings, and sadly would have killed a bunch of innocent people. The sad truth is that regardless what society does to prevent it, there are going to be creative types out there, hell bent on human destruction, who are going to find ingenious ways to kill. And in a free and open society, there is no way to predict with accuracy who will snap and act out their fantasies.

My earlier question regarding magazine size really gets down to this. If someone is planning on firing 100 rounds into a filled room and the mag capacity is 10 instead of 14 or 40, they are just going to get more mags. What the AWB attempted to do was to regulate people's behavior by regulating the size of their tools. It didn't work.

Superman wrote:I was actually kind of impressed with MTP that they allowed two of their guests to be pro-gun like they were, their "panel" was decent on the subject too...then I switched to ABC and yes, the first thing I heard was limiting to 10 round "clips"

Can anyone point to good statistical data from California that proves that limiting magazine capacity reduces the lethality of weapons when used by criminals in the commission of a crime? Probably a trick question.

The NRA and those who support the NRA may be doing something wrong, and let me explain. Anytime the Sunday funnies are on and the NRA representative appears, a lot of folks just turn it off and refuse to listen because after all, it's the NRA and they are biased and slanted, right? Some group needs to be formed, composed of statisticians primarily, who could point out the facts in stark black and white. This would do a couple things-take the heat off the NRA and possibly speak to a wider audience. Could be something like the Acme Research Institute, where it is noted that screwballs will use whatever means available to them to pull off mass killings. Guns held by law abiding citizens are rarely the problem. Work toward identifying the screwballs before they buy the ax at True Value. What the general public does not get is that in the wrong hands, virtually anything can be the tool of a mass killing.

I perceive a mass ignorance on the part of many that there is somehow a direct relationship between the purchase and ownership of guns on the part of law abiding citizens and the use of guns by criminals.