On 27/12/2012 5:57 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:

>>> A prohibited person (convicted felon)
>>> acquired a banned weapon (assault weapon with high capacity magazine,
>>> both were banned in NYS since 1994, when the killer was still in
>>> prison)
>>> in a state which requires background checks on all sales at gun shows.
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> But has NYS got an impenetrable fence around it?
>>
>> So what? The only way the NYS shooter could have gotten that rifle is
>> by breaking the law.
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Are you really that dense?
>
> All that gun control is, is laws with penalties attached. If you're
> planning to take out the local fire dept. before you kill yourself,
> you might decide you can disobey these other laws.
>


Not to mention that they shooter was nuts, and that he was not supposed
to have firearms at all. Banning them from sane and law abiding people
does not mean that nut cases and criminals won't still get their hands
on them.... unless they are in jail or in mental hospitals where they
belong.