Gun Control After Arizona: Will NRA Block a High-Ammo Clip Ban?

Anybody else had enough? Well, then, run for Congress and introduce the
following Resolution, in every Congress until it passes:

(pursuant to Article V of the Constitution,
format is from H.J.RES. 438, 102nd Congress):
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JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing
the right to keep and bear arms.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein),
That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which shall be valid for all intents and purposes as part
of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the
several States at any time after the date of its submission for ratification:

"Article--

1. Any right to keep and bear arms, whether under the Second Amendment to this
Constitution, or under some pre-existing doctrine of natural law or common
law or otherwise, or under Constitution or laws of any State, is repealed.

2. The privilege to keep and bear arms throughout the United States shall be
under such Regulations as the Congress shall make."
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Best wishes, --Mike , http://www.mjbarkl.com/run.htm

Any person who wants to become proficient at rapid fire can unload a spent magazine and reload ready to fire again in a split second, that is common knowledge.

Well, the name "McCarthy" sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Any gun control is wrong, excepting military-grade weapons. We would never have heard of Brady if he hadn't gotten shot. Regan was shot, too, but you didn't see him wailing about gun control. If you control the size of magazines, criminals will simply carry more magazines. Why don't you people get it? The Constitution guarantees us the right to protect ourselves against tyrannical government. So...who's trying to take our guns away? Magazine restrictions is Baby-step One. Step Two is more restrictions. Step Three and beyond is confiscation of all firearms. Execute all murdering criminals...expeditiously, not in 30 years, and bring gun crimes to a schreeching halt.

Why does anyone think the way to have to stopped this murder is another law ? The laws we have already passed should have stopped this disturbed young man from buying a gun. Why not push to enforce our current gun laws and go one step further. If someone is denied the purchase of a weapon then the local and state police should be notified immediately. Followed by an immediate investigation into the background of that person to determine his or her mental stability. Those 2 simple steps would have alerted authorities to a potential threat. Any competition shooter knows the clip spring can be weakened by loanding the maximum rounds and not using the clip right away. The killer's lack of knowledge probably saved lives. This killer was probably not someone who had fired at a lot of targets so he would not have been observed at a range. He walked up very close to his intended victims and fired into a crowd. Again he seems not to be experienced at aiming so he would have to be recognized as a threat prior to his violent act. We must enforce background checks on the purchase of weapons. This will not stop criminals who steal or buy guns outside the law. Those criminals will have weapons even if there were no sales allowed. We can however use the current laws to alert us to people that are unstable and have some record of instability where they work, study, or live. Those people can be recognized and any person they express anger toward can be notified. This would allow the potential victim to take some protective action and opt to stay in the loop knowledge wise of further findings. A single armed body guard could have honed in on this unstable man as he approached the crowd and stopped the shooter before he fired so many times into an unknowing crowd. We can also work on limiting the numbing violence that so many kids are exposed to in electronic games. Pretending to kill innocent people in games conditions kids to the horror of killing and should be restricted to everyone under 18 and enforced.

Could the liberals irrational phobia of incarceration of criminals and the mentally unbalanced be a contributor to the problem?...

It's the liberal plan. It's not the technical aspects of firearms that is the problem. Bayonet lugs, pistol grips, magazine capacity,caliber, ad nauseum. This is just a smokescreen. If you outlaw the technical features you ultimately outlaw the firearms.

first ban high capacity mags of 30 rds, then why does any one need 10 rds.? how about anything over 5 rds. still too many? well nobody needs more than 1 bullet. so first limit the police to guns that hold only 1 bullet at a time. It would set a good example for the rest of us. you know the old saying led by example.It would show no one need have a magazine that holds any extra ammo. Next we don't need any stinking bullets when there are perfectly good smooth bore muzzleloaders that were used when the Constitution was written isn't that what you liberals claim? that not the technology in 1760? or do you only use that argument when it suits your purpose?

As an NRA LIFE MEMBER I CERTAINLY HOPE SO! After years of military service and decades as a LAWFUL gun owner and concealed carry permit holder in six different states, I am absolutely unwilling to give up MY rights because of some LUNATIC in AZ who could have been stopped DEAD in his tracks with some simple SECURITY procedures. If this women could be nearly killed by this BOZO, what would happen if an agent of an enemy govt. or terrorist decided to wipe out our congress? Perhaps one event at a time. We are indeed supposed to be a free society, not a POLICE STATE! It is ironic though that while the President and Vice President never go out without scores of Secret Service, both visible and hidden, we have Congress members and Senators without so much as a "rent a cop!"

The Arizona shooter obtained his gun *legally* ! What the hell does this tell you ?