Will the tragedy at virginia tech affect the gun control laws?

or should ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE GUN HAVE thourough background check be done for mental illness or any other condition that could affect that person's judgement? criminal histories and mental background checks should be manatory on any human who wants to own gun! if history or mentqal illness surfances, the nthey should be denied! agree? and forget about constitutional rights!! if a person ia a menance they should not!! own a gun!!Will the tragedy at virginia tech affect the gun control laws?
We do not have gun control in the U.S. When are people going to understand that? IF you want a gun, you can get a gun. If you are a felon, you can get a gun. If you are a murderer, you can get a gun. The gun controls we have do nothing because everyone can still get a gun.





It (usually) isn't the criminals or bad people that go thru the right channels to purchase a gun and secure a license to carry or use a gun that break the law. No one is going to attempt purchasing a gun that has a felony or knows because of some other reason they will not be able to purchase a gun.


The murderer from Virginia Tech should not have had a store to go into to purchase a gun.





We have to STOP the people that have the guns that sell them to the wrong people. NO ONE seems to listen to that side of it.





If we had gun control and it was strictly enforced, that would be great. BUT, it is not now and probably never will be. You are always going to have people that are going to carry and sell guns. They know the NRA is behind them.





Until the guns are taken away from the general public, innocent people are going to be murdered in cold blood every day of the week.





NOW, someone try and argue with that statement. It makes me sick that our country has come to this because of MONEY. I wonder what would happen if a political figure's child was gunned down at random? Perhaps if it hit a bit closer to home, they would say some changes should be made. Just a thought, WHAT if Cheney had killed someone? There is a perfect example that he should never be allowed to use a gun again. If I were him, I would not WANT to use a gun again. But, guess WHAT?Will the tragedy at virginia tech affect the gun control laws?
Felons are already not allowed to own guns. The moron at VT had no criminal background, therefor was able to purchase the 9mm. He passed the background check. No changes will be made. If some deranged monster is bent on doing harm on a large scale there is not much we can do. Thats one of the prices we pay for living in a free society. If you don't want any guns move to the U.K. or Russia or Cuba.
No doubt it will spur some debate, and perhaps some new legislation, but it will not change the law greatly. The fact that this guy was able to purchase two handguns legally kinda underscores the fact that background checks are not effective at sorting the loonies from the normals. For instance, I would personally rather a seasoned 35 year old non-violent ex-felon be allowed to purchase a handgun than someone 21-25 with a perfectly clean record. Please don't take offense at this, but the fact is that many folks (certainly not all) under 25 are not seasoned in how to react to life's pressures. Look at the behavior of a group of 21 year olds ';out on the town'; at night compared to a group of 40 year olds. The 40-year olds are generally quieter, more serious and there's definitely less testosterone flexing there. This fellow definitely had mental problems, but was also socially immature. Unfortunately, most background checks other than the traditional 2-week FBI check do not reveal mental conditions, due to privacy issues. They ask the question on the federal form, but do not do a check against it. Hope this helps.
The criminals will always find a way to get a gun.VT did not allow firearms on the campus.The shooter did not have a licence.Who knows ';what if'; ';if it was allowed';?
Not at all.
Yes, the killings at VA. Tech will definitely cause some new gun control legislation. I would bet you 1000 bones on it.





But you know, sometimes, even IF they made mental illness screenings mandatory, there would still be crackpots who would slip through the cracks.





I think that violent criminals should not be permitted to buy guns (this may already be a law)- but the problem is that those people can get guns illegally.
Gun control is useless unless every gun is registered, and that will never happen. Guns are too easy to get on the black market.


Human beings are smuggled across the border every day. All they have to do is fill their pockets with guns and walk in our country.....wallla....bye bye gun control.


32 innocent people being killed is a tragedy, but it happens every other day over in Iraq and our country doesn't skip a beat. I suspect that within a couple weeks, the only people talking about VT and gun control will be the loved ones of the people murdered that day.


Gun control will be something for the new presidential candidates to put on their agenda and never do anything about, except rake in votes with their lies about reforming it. This country is a waste.
I would hope so, after all the fact that such a clearly disturbed person was able to legally obtain a gun is a problem.
hopefully.
If this is another crap question about the shootings........





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/appalachian鈥?/a>





Read what happens when there are more guns...Not less..


THREE people verses THIRTY THREE.....





The shooting


On January 16, 2002, Peter Odighizuwa, 43, a student at Appalachian School of Law from Nigeria, arrived on the campus. [1] While numerous reports stated that Odighizuwa had flunked out of school or had been suspended, Jeremy Davis, a dean and professor of law at the school, later said that Odighizuwa had withdrawn voluntarily due to poor academic performance.[2]





Odighizuwa first discussed his academic problems with professor Dale Rubin, where he reportedly told Rubin to pray for him.[3] Odighizuwa then walked to the offices of Dean Anthony Sutin and Professor Thomas Blackwell, where he opened fire on them with a .380 ACP semi-automatic handgun. According to a county coroner, powder burns indicated that both victims were shot at point blank range.[4] Also killed along with the two faculty members was a student, Angela Denise Dales, age 33. Three other people were wounded.








[edit] Armed students subdued the shooter


When Odighizuwa exited the building where the shooting took place, he was approached by two students with personal firearms.[5]





At the first sound of gunfire, fellow students Tracy Bridges and Mikael Gross, unbeknownst to each other, ran to their vehicles to fetch their personally owned firearms.[6] Gross, a police officer with the Grifton Police Department in his home state of North Carolina, retrieved a bulletproof vest and a 9 mm pistol.[7] Bridges pulled his .357 Magnum pistol from beneath the driver's seat of his Chevy Tahoe. As Bridges later told the Richmond Times Dispatch, he was prepared to shoot to kill.[8]





Bridges and Gross approached Odighizuwa from different angles, with Bridges yelling at Odighizuwa to drop his gun.[9] Odighizuwa then dropped his firearm and was subdued by several other unarmed students.[10] Once Odighizuwa was securely held down, Gross went back to his vehicle and retrieved handcuffs to detain Odighizuwa until police could arrive.





Police reports later noted that two empty eight round magazines designed for Odighizuwa鈥檚 handgun were recovered. While some sources report that when Odighizuwa dropped his handgun, it still had a magazine holding three rounds of ammunition within it[11], other sources state that he dropped the gun only when the magazine was empty.[12]