Virginia Tech Group Presses For Gun-Control Measures

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:

A group of family members and survivors of the 2007 Virgina Tech shootings is urging Congress to strengthen gun-control measures in the wake of last weekend's Arizona shooting rampage.

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Comments

[CreepingDeath]

11:24 PM on 01/18/2011

In both cases, both individuals that were the perpetrators of the crime were both mentally disturbed. Cho, who was ordered to take a VOLUNTARY mental health screening by a court, never did, thus never entered the ATF database of the mentally ill that CANNOT purchase firearms. Loughner, who lives in the most onerous state regarding mental health and suspicion regarding illness, was removed from his college by the Pima County sheriff's office twice, and dealt with 3 other times by the same office never subjected him to the test, and again he wasn't in the database. Both shooters had multiple magazines for reloads, so magazine size is irrelevant when they have multiple mags ready for use.

This is the risk you run by living in a free society, bad things happen to good people, people break the law and more laws wont fix it. Both shooters broke no laws in purchasing the weapons, both shooters violated the rights of others, and they both have/(will) pay for their transgressions.

[ScorpioTop]

11:56 PM on 03/04/2011

The risk in run in a society with gun proliferation is losing your most basic freedom, the right to life. Its not a free society while murder is business as usual.

[JesusBulletsandOil]

09:54 PM on 01/18/2011

Something needs to be done about the gun problem in this country.

[GOPBulletsForJesusAndOil]

10:01 PM on 01/18/2011

x 2

[marknez21]

10:55 PM on 01/18/2011

BAN

[CreepingDeath]

11:15 PM on 01/18/2011

Come and take all 57 of mine big man

[AH6]

08:32 AM on 02/07/2011

How do you plan to enforce that? I have almost every gun on the planned "ban list." Are you going to turn me into a criminal with the stroke of a pen because, banned or not, I'm keeping them. Neither you, nor the government, will dictate top me what I need or don't need to protect my family.

[claudiam]

05:51 PM on 01/18/2011

Glad to see 'they' have the gumption/spine/where-with-all to do something. I keep hoping that I will see one of the family members/Gabby or her husband push for gun control measures. Not sure what AZ will do. claudiatucsonaz

[CreepingDeath]

11:16 PM on 01/18/2011

Christina Green's father has already said nothing should be done.

[claudiam]

10:48 AM on 01/19/2011

I will check that out as I have not heard that. If true I hope that is momentary. No one should be walking around with 30+rounds. claudiatucsonaz