"NOYB" wrote in message
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What's he saying about firearms?

From his website
(http://www.http://kerry.senate.gov/b...ns_record.html)

Gun Control
Senator Kerry is deeply troubled by the numbers of people - and
particularly
the number of children - that are wounded or killed by gunfire each year
and
he supports stricter gun control measures in order to prevent children and
adults from misusing any of the approximately 192 million firearms
currently
in circulation in the United States. He believes that we need to close the
gun show loophole, which permits sales at gun shows without a background
check, require the provision of a child safety lock on all handguns, and
increase controls on assault weapons and HANDGUNS.

This is easy.

-- Gun locks. Right. Many manufacturers now supply them for free with new
guns. No way anyone will figure out how to get people to use them at
appropriate times. As far as adding internal features to make guns
kid-proof, not a chance this will take off in a big way. Police departments
wouldn't stand for adding a feature that has any chance of malfunctioning
when a cop needs to use his gun. And guys like me won't buy them, either.

-- Gun show loophole: It's already illegal for a felon to set foot in a
place that sells guns. It's barely enforced, even though there are enough
laws to put offenders away for quite a long time. Background checks at gun
shows are a great idea. The NRA says the government should enforce the
existing laws, but how would a cop know there was a felon trying to buy a
gun at a gun show, if there weren't background checks? Get lucky and spot
him in the crowd?

-- Handgun controls: I live in NY. That's just about as bad as it gets. But,
I'm acquainted with one person who was denied his pistol permit because of
his neighbors, two of whom own guns themselves. They had a good reason to
stop him. I think the permit process is a good idea. I'm sure I'll have to
expand on this story for someone here...say when.

Kids wounded by gunfire? Simple:

--If they get their hands on guns which are improperly stored at home and
hurt/kill someone, come down hard on the parents. No bail. No slap on the
wrist. Jail time.

--Gunfire in the streets? Every time (that means "always") there's a street
shooting here, the police say they suspect drugs were involved. When they
get to the bottom of things, they are usually correct. Is there still anyone
stupid enough to think that legalizing drugs wouldn't go a long way toward
decreasing street shootings? You can get drugs any time you want, anyway.
The silly laws just make it more of an adventure.