"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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katy wrote:
Why not... good idea. Too bad Reagan didn't think so. Someone
clinically depressed certainly should be restricted from easy access
to guns. Hate to tell you, but the majority of Americans favor more
strick gun control...

Obviously, you don't have the facts...

Some polls:

http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLI...uns/index.html



If that were really so, then there would be legislation...after all, we
are goventment by the people for the people...if what you say was RALLY
true, then the people would rise up and do something about it...if a
person says they're against something, but does nothing to change it and
sits in apathy, then they are really not agaisnt it...they just like to
blat their mouths off with an opinion...I think the more valid statistic
would be that most Americans just don't give a crap...if they did,
they'd do something...

I know you're a very innocent person, but do you dispute the polls? Do
you think the NRA is just going to lie down and let Congress regulate
their business without a fight? They pour millions into their hands
everytime a piece of legislation that would restrict their business
shows up.

Your statement here should answer any questions you have about why gun
control efforts have continually failed. Gun control is a hot-button issue
in any political campaign. Even the liberal Democrats are reluctant to
touch it with a ten-foot pole. It's political suicide, except, perhaps, in
Vermont or Massachusetts. The NRA will indeed fight tooth and nail for
gun-owners' rights, and they do so with the medium that gets results:
money. Politics is always about money.

Max