maycocksean
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I support the strictest possible gun-control laws. Here in Saipan, civilians aren't allowed to own handguns at all--just rifles, and gun-related crimes are very rare here, even accounting for the small size of our population.
I'd support similar laws in the Mainland.
And the reason I support strict gun control laws is not because of armed criminals. It's the armed "law-abiding" citizens that I worry about, to be honest.
If the gun control laws were stricter, even a mentally ill person like Cho bent on killing, might have been prevented from getting the guns he needed to carry out his sick fantasies. Speaking as someone who has a brother who was expelled from university because of problems stemming from his schizophrenia (some rock-throwing and window breaking and threats and whatnot) I can tell you the mentally ill typically don't have the local underworld figures, from whom black market weapons can be purchased, on speed dial.
I can tell you that it worried me a lot that my brother could go down to the local Wal-Mart and buy a gun with relative ease.
And I can tell you, I was always relieved that he DIDN'T have access to guns and hoped he never would. (He never talked about killing anybody or anything, but you always worry, you know. . .The good news by the way is that he's been on medication regularly--finally--for the past two years or so and is doing much, much better. Suffice it to say I don't worry so much any more).
I'd support similar laws in the Mainland.
And the reason I support strict gun control laws is not because of armed criminals. It's the armed "law-abiding" citizens that I worry about, to be honest.
If the gun control laws were stricter, even a mentally ill person like Cho bent on killing, might have been prevented from getting the guns he needed to carry out his sick fantasies. Speaking as someone who has a brother who was expelled from university because of problems stemming from his schizophrenia (some rock-throwing and window breaking and threats and whatnot) I can tell you the mentally ill typically don't have the local underworld figures, from whom black market weapons can be purchased, on speed dial.
I can tell you that it worried me a lot that my brother could go down to the local Wal-Mart and buy a gun with relative ease.
And I can tell you, I was always relieved that he DIDN'T have access to guns and hoped he never would. (He never talked about killing anybody or anything, but you always worry, you know. . .The good news by the way is that he's been on medication regularly--finally--for the past two years or so and is doing much, much better. Suffice it to say I don't worry so much any more).