Comments on: Saturday letters

By: Sandi Saunders

Sandi Saunders — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:18:40 +0000

LOL, “save the nation from authoritarians”! I do not know what is sadder, that you say it, or that you think that is what you are doing.

Almost all of them have guns Jim Lucas and they would argue with a rock.

“Human Events”? Really? I rest my case.

http://www.csgv.org/issues-and-campaigns/gun-show-loophole

http://smartgunlaws.org/tag/president-obama/

http://www.bradycenter.org/xshare/pdf/reports/no-check-no-gun-report.pdf

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jul/25/michael-bloomberg/mayor-michael-bloomberg-says-40-percent-guns-are-s/

Given the prevalence of unchecked purchases, 40% is probably low.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:22:26 +0000

#6 – “They are literally willing to say or do anything rather than let the Obama administration gain ground.”

Such as Obama himself using bogus information in his quest to disarm citizens?

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/01/17/the-40-percent-unchecked-gun-lie/

By: Jim Lucas

Jim Lucas — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:51:48 +0000

#6 (And some of them have guns).

Just can’t argue with “progress or common sense”.

By: Dave Hicks

Dave Hicks — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:42:45 +0000

Re: Sandi Saunders @ 4:04 pm

Or save the nation from authoritarians (and I am not focusing on the POTUS)?

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:05:12 +0000

@5 Thanks Jack. That’s the one!

By: Sandi Saunders

Sandi Saunders — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:04:04 +0000

Chuck A #1, what is going on is that there are people determined to destroy this nation rather than let progress or common sense solutions happen. They are literally willing to say or do anything rather than let the Obama administration gain ground. They are getting desperate and dangerous IMO and several people who are “paying attention” have even asked me to dial my own passion back. It is becoming frightening the grip some have on a large swath of this nation. There is a pattern.

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:26:05 +0000

Scott M,

I believe this is what you are referring to:

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+15.2-915.5

By: Dave Hicks

Dave Hicks — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:19:57 +0000

FWIIW, gun buy-back have been used for years and are still being used in major cities — w/o any documentation (that I have seen), which supports the notion that violent crime is reduced in any significant way.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:39:43 +0000

@1 Chuck, out of curiosity, was your friend very religious? I suspect religion has a lot to do with our present-day collective lunacy.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:48:23 +0000

Regarding the letter from Mr. Hogan, as I’ve pointed out previously there is actually a state law that says if you turn your guns in to the police and they’ve not been used in a criminal way, the police have to turn around and re-sell them at auction. Turning your guns in to the police does not remove them from the street.

It would be nice if the editorial board had either pointed that out in Mr. Hogan’s letter or if they could print a correction to that effect.