LA Times continues spewing propaganda - VT

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - LA Times continues spewing propaganda - VT

Posted: 4/18/2007 5:43:02 AM EDT

Up to their ususal tricks... somehow McCarthy and her ilk climbing on the bodies to tout their position is OK...

Gun control debate resumes, on one side anyway
Supporters renew call for tougher laws while opponents are largely silent.
By Joel Havemann, Times Staff Writer
April 17, 2007

WASHINGTON — Monday's deadly rampage at Virginia Tech sparked a largely one-sided response in the long-running debate over guns.

Gun control advocates said the shootings pointed to the need for tougher laws, while supporters of gun rights generally kept their heads down.

And leaders of both major political parties expressed sympathy for victims and their families, while avoiding comment on gun control.

In brief remarks from the White House, President Bush expressed the nation's grief over the carnage in Blacksburg, Va. "Schools should be places of sanctuary and learning," he said. "When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom and every American community."

Bush, a longtime champion of the right to bear arms, said nothing about the gun control debate.

Similarly, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco expressed sorrow about the shootings but remained silent on gun control. In the past, Democrats often have led the fight for tighter gun laws, but recently the party has been trying to broaden its appeal to hunters and others who oppose more controls.

However, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y), whose husband was among six people killed by a gunman who opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road train in 1993, added a political note to her statement of sympathy. "The unfortunate situation in Virginia could have been avoided if congressional leaders stood up to the gun lobby."

Beyond politics, one reason for the restrained reactions may be the lack of firm initial information about what happened, including the identity of the gunman or gunmen and how the guns were obtained.

Virginia's gun laws make it easy to buy and own firearms, including handguns, and the state often has been criticized as the source of guns used in crimes in the Washington area and other East Coast cities. But it is not known what role, if any, state laws may have played in the Blacksburg killings.

The National Rifle Assn., the nation's leading gun lobby, expressed its condolences but said, "We will not have further comment until all the facts are known."

Joshua Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, sounded an equally cautious note. "I can't say how this will play into the debate until we know how old the shooter was and how he got his guns."

Ladd Everitt, the coalition's communications director, said it was not certain that the Blacksburg deaths would lead to serious consideration of new gun controls. After five Amish girls were killed in a Pennsylvania one-room school in October, he said, guns on campuses was not on the agenda of a White House conference on school safety.

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Of course no mention of the required background check being conducted - just more half thruths about how easy it is to get a gun.

Well, compared to Chicago, NYC or DC? I guess they're right.

Posted: 4/18/2007 5:55:55 AM EDT

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However, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y), whose husband was among six people killed by a gunman who opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road train in 1993, added a political note to her statement of sympathy. "The unfortunate situation in Virginia could have been avoided if congressional leaders stood up to the gun lobby."

And the irony here is the mass murderer who killed this woman's husband legally bought the handgun in Calif (background check, registration and 14 day wait then)...

Posted: 4/18/2007 6:02:31 AM EDT

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Funny how a city with tight gun controls like Los Angeles has more bloody murders (most of them gang related) in the space of a month than the number of people who died at Va Tech. These asswipes need to get their own houses in order before the go looking to cast stones. I'm still holding out hope that LA is going to slide into the ocean.

Posted: 4/18/2007 6:07:01 AM EDT

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Well at least Josh Horwitz at CSGV is not 'jumping the gun'

Posted: 4/18/2007 6:16:04 AM EDT

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Virginia's gun laws make it easy to buy and own firearms, including handguns, and the state often has been criticized as the source of guns used in crimes in the Washington area and other East Coast cities. But it is not known what role, if any, state laws may have played in the Blacksburg killings.

to the gungrabbers, any law that actually allows someone to purchase a firearm is a bad law - period.

Posted: 4/19/2007 8:34:52 PM EDT

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Quoted:

Virginia's gun laws make it easy to buy and own firearms, including handguns, and the state often has been criticized as the source of guns used in crimes in the Washington area and other East Coast cities. But it is not known what role, if any, state laws may have played in the Blacksburg killings.

to the gungrabbers, any law that actually allows someone to purchase a firearm is a bad law - period.

Agreed.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - LA Times continues spewing propaganda - VT

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