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• Jason 01/21/2010 4:31:46 AM

  The assassination of authority figures is only a reminder of why the right to bear arms is so important to those that understand the true intent of the right and it definately would not be very sensible of them to let a few pissed off and confused people change their belief.

• Sahib 01/06/2010 4:29:42 AM

  Some eople just don't get it! The big majority of voters do not want any more gun restrictions. Enforcing the current ones are hard enough. If people with violent histories were kept away from the public there likely would be less gun cimes.

• SG 01/04/2010 11:05:11 AM

  And why is this piece listed as news? This is agitprop, plain and simple. It doesn't even qualify as biased news.

• SG 01/04/2010 6:27:06 AM

  Maybe CeaseFires inability to force this legislation on the people of Washington is the result of common-sense in action. No "gun law" will stop criminals and lunatics from attacking whomever they choose. The so-called "assault weapon" laws make no sense. They ban certain weapons on appearance alone, i.e.; bayonet lugs, flashiders, pistol grips, and so-forth. The actual working mechanism of these weapons is no different than that of any semi-automatic .22, or the shotgun you use for trap-shooting. The only thing they accomplish is to give a certain segment of the population-the hoplophobes-a warm and fuzzy feeling that they've done something. Even the name that groups of this ilk use to try to scare people badly enough to support their agenda is misleading. The term "assault rifle" from which "assault weapon" is derived, means a rifle capable of FULLY AUTOMATIC fire. Please note that it is illegal for an individual to own a fully-automatic weapon, and has been since the passage of the National Firearms Act in 1934. Anyone wishing to own an "assault weapon" would have to be licensed by the Justice Department after an extensive background check. The incidence of licensed N.F.A. weapons involved in crime has been basically nil. It has also been illegal to manufacture ANY fully-automatic arm in the United States since 1986. Wake up-the majority of American people don't want the government to regulate or confiscate their firearms. The sooner the Democratic partei realizes this and stops pandering to the leftist wing, the sooner they will start making headway on issues of real import.

• John Young 01/01/2010 10:58:15 AM

  Fascitelli, like the liar that he is, is dead wrong. There apparently IS good leadership here in Washington, leadership that honors it's sworn oath to defend and uphold the U.S. and State Constitutions and not give in to Fascitelli's red herring and lie that unconstitutional gun control laws will have any affect on criminals or violent crime. Hopefully our leaders WILL address the REAL problem: criminal control, putting violent criminals out of business, not restricting the civil rights of honest citizens.

• Thomas Jefferson 12/31/2009 5:15:46 PM

  No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. An "assault weapon" is a made-up term for Scary-Looking Rifle. A Scary-Looking Rifle does not perform any differently than other rifles that are not Scary-Looking Rifles.

• Brian 12/31/2009 7:29:28 AM

  What I keep in my home is none of your business Ralph. This issue is a matter of personal choice. Smoke dope! Get a gay marriage! Vote! Own a FAL! Go to church! Watch porno! Drive a hybrid! Drive an Escalade! You could call semi-auto rifles "murder sticks" and the issue would not change, they are legal and responsible adults should not tolerate any blowhard dictating choice to them. I am completely fed up with jerks trying to tell society what is best for the individual. A free citizen can make their own choices. This issue should be dead.

• Tommy 12/30/2009 4:42:39 PM

  Do you think any of those weapons used in the police shootings were aquired leagally? Would a new law have kept a gun out of thier hands? Or were the people who used them already convicted criminals who had to break the law just to buy the gun? Another gun restriction will only keep guns away from people who leagally purchase them. It wont keep them out of the hands of criminals. Think about it.

• Deb 12/30/2009 1:08:23 PM

  Actually, none of our sorely missed officers were shot by an assault weapon...even Monfort allegedly used a Kel Tec sport utility gun,not an assault weapon by anyone's definition, nor is it used in war by any country... The issue repeatedly returns to the fact that if our constitutional right to bear arms is taken away, only criminals will have guns...

• Montana Libertarian 12/30/2009 11:53:28 AM

  The problem is: no gun control measure would have prevented any of these deaths. The progressive, liberal left likes legislation that makes them feel good. The problem is, neither human beings nor societies are perfectable. I'll retain my weapons, thank you, and will stand prepared to defend myself.