It's true--there will be

erica20 — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:51:14 +0000

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It's true--there will be enforcement costs. But yes, these are situations where, if guns had been removed from these peoples' hands sooner, perhaps the tragedies would not have happened.

Oh you have me weeping by the

Richard Day — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:05:17 +0000

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Oh you have me weeping by the third paragraph.

Oh I love Newtown and their citizens.

Wonderful!

This is remarkable, truly remarkable!

I must ponder this for awhile!

You obviously know your stuff

artappraiser — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:46:20 +0000

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You obviously know your stuff about where the main troubles with guns lie.

I just thought it might be helpful for you to have a recent example I happened upon from late October (from the supposed land of extra gun control, California):

Father dies shielding children from gunman who set home ablaze; boy killed; note

police had been called several times in the past for disturbances.

Here's the next day follow-up story:

Details emerge after deadly rampage

From that, here's the damages more clearly:

Filimon Lamas and his wife, Gloria Jimenez, tried to protect their four children, authorities said. Lamas was found slumped over three of them; Jimenez, despite being shot in both legs and her pelvis, jumped a fence and ran from the home cradling their 4-year-old son, who had been shot in the head.

Lamas, 30, and the 4-year-old later died. On Sunday, Jimenez, 28, remained in stable condition at UCLA Medical Center. The couple's 7-year-old daughter, shot in the chest, was "critical but stable," police said.

Their 6-year-old son, shot in the pelvis, was released from the hospital Sunday and was resting with family members, a relative said.

Here's the perp:

Police suspect that Moses indiscriminately opened fire on the family who rented a bungalow on the same property, blaming them for an eviction notice he had received from their landlord.

The family had called police several times asking them to conduct a welfare check after becoming concerned about Moses' increasing isolation and odd behavior, a relative said. The landlord said he had obtained an eviction order Tuesday that gave the man 15 days to move out.

Here's the licensing he had:

Online records from the California Department of Consumer Affairs show that Moses has held a "guard/ patrolperson registration" since 1984. He appears to have kept up with the renewal process, as the registration was valid through August 2013.

Police should have been able to take his registration and guns away.

And don't forget restraining orders; around the same time, outside Milwaukee:

A man who was ordered last week to turn over all his weapons in a domestic dispute opened fire Sunday at his estranged wife's workplace near Milwaukee, killing three women and injuring four others, authorities said. He then apparently shot himself to death, police said.

That one was obviously an enforcement problem, don't forget laws like you are suggesting require serious enforcement, and that costs more tax money.

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