I am old enough to remember when kids were allowed to actually bring guns to school

[The Straight Story]

30. Hmmmm

Most of the ones you knew?

The ones I knew (gun owners) were (and are) far different than that.

Hunting, sport shooting, and just collecting in general. I worked for a company that made reloading dies and sold them all over the world. I was the office manager and dealt with many people via phone, letters, and in person. There were a few from the Ohio militia that we dealt with but most we people who just enjoyed shooting and experimenting with different loads (hence, the need for reloading equipment like dies and presses, etc).

Now in my neck of the woods where I live we now refer to as the hood. In an area that used to mostly white. Now it is not and our crime rates from theft to robberies, etc have skyrocketed. Do I think it has anything to do with race? No (mainly drugs) but if you want to blame a large group for what a few in that group do it seems like bigotry to me.

What percent of people who own guns use them in crimes? What percent of Muslims are terrorists? If you listen to the rw we should be scared of them all based on what a few do. If you listen to others all gun owners are cultists and crazy and want to shoot everyone up.

Maybe we should focus on funding our law enforcement more so they have the funds to enforce laws on the books, as I posted earlier :

Majority of Gun Dealers Haven’t been Inspected in Last 5 Years

Violations of record-keeping rules went up 276% over a nine-year period, according to the report, while the number of firearms licenses revoked dropped 43%.

Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, told USA Today that ATF has “an appalling lack of resources” to do its job.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022772542