>>>>>NY is trying to pass new gun laws.
>>>>>http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/15/16515653-new-york-poised-to-pass-major-gun-law-first-since-newtown-massacre?lite
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>>>>>The first person to comment said "All they are going to do is pass some feel good legislation and make millions of previous law abiding citizens into criminals." I totally agree.
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>>>>The scary looking gun ban modified slightly.
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>>>>Pistols have a pistol grip. I guess they are all banned?
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>>>>Are the magazine limits strictly for long guns, or do all 9mm Berettas and such pistols have to leave the state too?
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>>>Look at the bullet points halfway down the article, The only one which makes any sense is
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>>>"The measure would also enshrine a system through which mental health professionals would be required to report to officials when they believe their patients may harm themselves or others. In such cases, police would be allowed to confiscate any guns owned by a potentially dangerous patient."
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>>>The rest won't stop a single person from shooting anyone. I mean, really think about it, 7 rounds in a clip instead of 10 - WTF did THAT solve???
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>>>I agree with the senetor's statement ""We haven't saved any lives tonight, except one: the political life of a governor who wants to be president,"
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>>>There are already HUNDREDS of gun laws. Not one stopped the mass shootings. There are little to no mental health laws in place to stop madmen.
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>>Although in CT it wouldn't have done any good. It wasn't the gunman who bought the guns, it was his mother. For that matter what "mental health professional" would have reported anything to officials? Acting weird is not exactly rare among teenagers and young adults.
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>I was just talking to a guy here in the office about this NY law. We're both mid 40's, and we both remember when we were kids/teens. You just didn't see this kind of violence. The same types of weapons were around. heck, higher capacity magazines were around, as were assault weapons. Yet people didn't go around shooting dozens of people.
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>So that means the problem isn't the guns. It's the people. I'v been saying this for years in here.. Until you figure out a way to fix what's wrong with people, then people will continue to kill each other. Taking away a gun from someone won't stop that.

It did happen some, like the guy who climbed the tower in Austin, but I agree, not nearly as often. I don't claim to have the answer why. It's probably a combination of things. I am suspicious of simplistic explanations like it's all Hollywood's fault or it's all the media's fault. Maybe we as a society just have some serious issues which have been exacerbated by the economic hard times. People are worried and angry, which is not a recipe for domestic bliss.