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As it is, getting a gun is absurdly easy in D.C., which is sandwiched between Maryland and Virginia, where handgun ownership is legal. The gun ban was never a concern when Sams went looking for a new weapon. He'd just call up friends in Maryland who would get him anything he wanted. "I know people with a gun license," he says casually. "You just throw them a couple hundreds."

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  • Posted By: kesac @ 03/13/2008 9:03:06 PM

    Firearm accidents? There were 13 deaths last year by botched abortions. 40,000 auto fatal accidents.
    How many firearm accidents? Probably less than the number from bee stings.

  • Posted By: kesac @ 03/13/2008 9:01:14 PM

    Policemen do not prevent crime. They collect data and fill out the paperwork after the victim has suffered his fate. If the first skyjacking had been met with armed resistance in 1964, there would have never been a 2nd one. If one teacher at Columbine had been armed, the death toll might have been cut by 2/3.

  • Posted By: DougBeatty @ 02/23/2008 3:17:45 PM

    Getting a gun is easy in D.C. unless you are law abiding. Then you can't. Proponents of the ban argue that guns in the hands of law abiding residents would make the problem worse. Compelling if remotely true.

    The myth that gun availability leads to crime is well destroyed by comprehensive research from all quarters.
    Only the Kellerman study which is widely refuted suggests other wise. Even Kellerman himslef said that if his wife was being raped he would want her to have a gun.

    If the reporter finds the Second Amendment Maddeningly confusing the amici briefs in the Heller case will clear that right up. Read all of them for and against then research them. You will no longer be maddened.

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