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Posted by: Recon Number 54
You do know that for a convicted felon to even hold one of those is a crime, right? So when he even attempted to get them, he was ignoring/breaking a law. When he set fire to his house, he was ignoring/breaking another law. When he opened fire on the first responders, he was... yes indeed, ignoring/breaking plenty of other laws. All serious laws and each one intended to make people safer, more protected and secure.
Why didn't any of those laws stop him? Oh wait, I know! Let's make one MORE law to make it a crime and THAT will stop people like him.
I agree with the statement that there's too much legal bloat in our governments.
Right now I'm of the opinion that the Supreme Court should be reviewing the case where they declared the creation of a national background check system as part of the Brady Law unconstitutional. Right not it's voluntary and apparently the government will approve a sale even if they are missing chunks of info.[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/us/gaps-in-fbi-da ta-undercut-background-checks-for-guns.html?pagewanted=all&am p;_r=0] Approving sales to the tune of thousands of guns a year.
[Edited on 12.26.2012 2:20 PM PST]