lin3ar, post: 84122, member: 795 Wrote:http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/newtown.asp

lolno

Just a bunch of conspiracy theorists who are paranoid about having their guns taken away. Mind you, I support the Second Amendment fully and don't agree with limiting magazine capacities or banning rifles (or assault weapons as the media would like to label them), but I disagree with such Chicken Little conspiracies.

joker8baller, post: 84129, member: 835 Wrote:Traumatic shock would do well to explain it.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/s/t-facts.php

emotional swings -- like crying and then laughing.

Sorry, but I doubt that the government would manufacture a tragedy like this, especially one so large-spread to take a stronger stance on gun-control, simply because what they're proposing and stuff isn't fixing the source of the problem, it just appears to to the public.

• Requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales, including those by private sellers that currently are exempt. Fine, already enacted in California. I'm used to it.
  
• Reinstating and strengthening the ban on assault weapons that was in place from 1994 to 2004. Disagree. I don't wish to see another ban on Assault Weapons. I can see why we don't need them, but my personal opinion is that we shouldn't.
  
• Limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds. In place in California. Dislike this, think it's wholly ineffective. I can switch mags out of an M4 or pistol in about a second or less. It does nearly nothing. Limiting from whatever to 10 is dumb, especially when there are going to be forcing gun owners to buy or install mag blocks, which for many guns will have to be custom-made
  
• Banning the possession of armor-piercing bullets by anyone other than members of the military and law enforcement. Fine.
  
• Increasing criminal penalties for "straw purchasers," people who pass the required background check to buy a gun on behalf of someone else. How many criminals actually do this? How many criminals have law-abiding friends that will willingly buy them guns?
  
• Acting on a $4 billion administration proposal to help keep 15,000 police officers on the street. Good.
  
• Confirming President Obama's nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Cool.
  
• Eliminating a restriction that requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to allow the importation of weapons that are more than 50 years old. Uhhh, what's the point
  
• Financing programs to train more police officers, first responders and school officials on how to respond to active armed attacks. Good, but... meh complicated thoughts
  
• Provide additional $20 million to help expand the a system that tracks violent deaths across the nation from 18 states to 50 states. Hope violent means other weapons and physical violence.
  
• Providing $30 million in grants to states to help schools develop emergency response plans. Good.
  
• Providing financing to expand mental health programs for young people. Uhh, we'll see how that turns out.
  

• Issuing a presidential memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system. Already in California, used to it.
  
• Addressing unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system. Eh, dangerous zones here. People are going to be more wary of getting psychological help for their children if it means a permanent black mark on their background check etc. It's fairly common in Asians to not as well. People are already afraid of getting their children diagnosed for psychological problems.
  
• Improving incentives for states to share information with the background check system. Good, but how does it really help?
  
• Directing the attorney general to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks. Unclear, but again, doesn't do much.
  
• Proposing a rule making to give law enforcement authorities the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun. I'm pretty sure it's already allowed in California.
  
• Publishing a letter from the A.T.F. to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers. Again, done before.
  
• Starting a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign. Cool.
  
• Reviewing safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).CA DOJ already has one for this.
  
• Issuing a presidential memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations. Should already be done.
  
• Releasing a report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and making it widely available to law enforcement authorities.Should already be done.
  
• Nominating an A.T.F. director.Cool.
  
• Providing law enforcement authorities, first responders and school officials with proper training for armed attacks situations. Already done, but more training helps.
  
• Maximizing enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.How about other violent crimes which are more prevalent in our society?
  
• Issuing a presidential memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research gun violence. Not a lot's going to be found from here.
  
• Directing the attorney general to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenging the private sector to develop innovative technologies.Cool.
  
• Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.Huh?
  
• Releasing a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.Huh?
  
• Providing incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.GUNS IN DAT SCHOOL DOE. For the record, I don't think guns in schools are a good option even if the hands of a trained professional.
  
• Developing model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education. Should already be done.
  
• Releasing a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.There's going to be anger about this.
  
• Finalizing regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within insurance exchanges.lol.
  
• Committing to finalizing mental health parity regulations.meh
  
• Starting a national dialogue on mental health led by Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, and Arne Duncan, the secretary of education. Dialogue, not action.