jps wrote:
On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:19:39 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:34:44 -0700, jps penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

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|No such chance.
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|The easy availability of hand guns made killing Steve McNair easy.
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|Gun purchased one or two days prior without a waiting period through a
|private sale.
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|Nice work NRA.

What rabid anti-gun folks don't quite comprehend is that homicidal
intent is not weapon dependent. I had to wait to get my Concealed
Carry Permit or alternatively, I would have to wait to get a gun. That
wouldn't help much if I had a festering homicidal intent.

The problem Gene is that there are so many ****ing weapons on the
street that your truism may have validity.

If we hadn't let the cat out of the bag and had exercised a little
better foresight, there wouldn't be a profusion of easily obtainable
weapons...

Second amendment is not meant to make certain the entire ****ing
country is armed.

Have you visited a trauma ward recently? I have a friend who works in
the local ward. It's filled with shooting victims and the occasional
idiot who's cramed his head into a sidewalk from a motorcycle.


In Virginia and some other states, there's no waiting period and no
paperwork. You simply go to a gun show and find a private seller.
There's the ones at the show doing sales out of the trunks of their
cars. Perfectly legal in Virginia.