Gun control has a clear record of failure

[Marshal Halloway]

By Tom Gresham

In the wake of the horrific murders at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut, America has been deluged with calls for ever-more-restrictive gun-control laws, and that's understandable. It's natural to think that's the solution if you don't know these measures have been tried and have always failed.

We crave a solution so much that we'll ignore the record and keep repeating failed policies.

We are told that we need gun-control laws. Sounds good, right? Should we make it illegal for anyone adjudicated to be mentally ill to buy a gun? Let's make it illegal for felons to possess guns. Let's license gun dealers and require the FBI to do a background check on anyone buying a gun from these stores. How about an age restriction on buying guns? Gun shows should have to follow the same laws as everyone else.

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[tombogan03884]

None of that matters to the communist/socialist/liberal subversives running the country.
Deficit spending has a record of failure, nationalized health care has a record of failure, diplomacy, and negotiation with aggressive trouble makers has a record of failure, Govt controlled economies have a record of failure .
But they keep pushing all of these failed policies and the sheep eat it up.