" what happens when ATMs quit working suddenly?" Wait a few hours. If you can't, you probably didn't need it anyway. Unless it's your insulin and then the pharmacy would probably work something out.

Aren't those the weapons of choice for professional long-range snipers? Wouldn't a single shot, bolt-action rifle be considered an "assault rifle" if it were actually fired at a human being?

Tonight is Obama's fifth State of the Union address. He has achieved little of substance in four years, but tonight he will ask for re-instatement of a formerly-discredited assault weapons ban from the 1990s. That ban did not stop assaults, and neither will Joe's and Barry's ban.

Instead of implementing weapons policies that attack law-abiding gun owners, why not try implementing policies that are aimed at criminals only? Didn't Augusta praise Sheriff Ronnie Strength for the sting operations that netted hundreds of weapons owned by criminals and got most of those criminals back behind bars? How about the feds try some sting operations instead of banning inanimate objects?

How about data mining health records to identify mentally ill persons with tendencies toward violence? Then, follow them around and arrest them for jaywalking to get them out of society's hair. There are lots of things Obama could do that might actually prevent a shooting instead of banning some objects, which will not prevent said shootings.

light sentencing. If you are convicted felon in possesion of a gun it should be a mandatory life sentence with no parole. That should be the sentence whether you are 14 or 40. How many times do we read that these senseless shootings are committed by people that have already had multiple brushes with the law? They should be locked away and prisons should be punishment. Funny how liberals think the cruel and unusual punishment part of the 8th amendment of the constitution should be follwed to the letter but not the 2nd amendment.

True, gnip gnop....and "cruel and unusual" has some gray area. "Shall not be infringed" has none.

to be used against a tyrannical govenment but for personal protection as well. Recall the Korean standing with an AR 15 on the roof of his store to protect it during the LA riots. His was the only one spared from the rioters. How about the people in New Orleans during Katrina who had to protect themselves and their property from looters and thugs? And what was the response of the liberal mayor of NO? Take people's guns away...an illegal act of course.

except that the guy in the LA riot didn't have an assault rifle. He had an AR-15.

pray tell what is wrong with just registering and keeping track, it happens in so many ways these days, so what to report my 4 shotguns and pistol to the authorities, I have nothing to hide. Should insurrection arise, I have plenty of double ot and feel very confident I can defend myself and wife.

an "assault rifle" if it were actually fired at a human being?" Said Little Lamb and she's right.

As used today, "assault weapon" is nothing more than a political definition. If you want to split hairs, ANY weapon used in an assault would be an assault weapon. That could include the AK-47, but could also include the old but dependable, bolt action Springfield '03. Or for that matter the single shot Italian 6.5 mm Carcano rifle used by Lee Harvey Oswald to kill JFK.

I've often thought about that too. The one weapon that caused the most shock and world-wide grief and upheaval ever on this entire planet, was a simple bolt action rifle that a competent gunsmith could have built from scratch in his garage workshop.

Politicians who would deny citizens the rights granted under the Constitution use a very flexible definition for assault which changes more often than most of them change their underwear.

At the rate the government is going everything will be banned. 32 oz drinks, guns, I thought we lived in a country with "Freedom Of Choice".

Why is it that people fail to see the gun did not shoot that bullet that killed someone a person had to pull the trigger. Please understand I think we need background checks and things like that in place to keep them out of the wrong hands but I also think like most people we need to enforce the laws we already have. The government does not enforce the laws on the books now making more laws is not going to fix this it is only going to create more confusion.

If the punishment were to fit the crime and jails were not like Holiday Inns maybe things would not be this bad, but when a felon just gets a slap on the wrist for being arrested and having a gun on them what reason do they have to do the right things.

Darby,
I agree with you on the registering part if you register them the criminals know where to come and get them.