(09-07-2016 02:44 PM)john01992 Wrote:  when have I ever questioned min gun sentencing laws?

I never said you did.

I merely noticed how quickly you turned from 'what he said' to 'what you think'. It's also somewhat implicit in the OP, which isn't really about a 'lack of tough gun laws', but a lack of tough sentencing for those existing gun laws.

The fact is that we have many repeat offenders on gun crimes. That's specifically what these guys are talking about. How does 'stiffer background checks' or 'mental health screening' stop that guy from repeating his offense? He's already been tried and convicted and sentenced. If he has mental health issues, THAT was the time to discover and address them. If he can get arrested for a gun crime and then still pass a background check (unless we make it tougher) then I don't know what a background check is for.

The PROBLEM he speaks about is an inability to stop REPEAT offenders.

Since its in Chicago, Ill... I don't see how you can blame ANY policies except those being passed in Chicago and Illinois... which aren't particularly heavily influenced by the gun toting right wing NRA.

SO rather than go with the opinions/goals of EITHER party... lets go with those we ALL seem to agree on.

Criminals should not have guns. If they do, they should be punished severely to discourage them from having them next time (repeating)


BTW, though I didn't catch it the first time, I think MLK would have used that quip just as Duke did. It's the content of people's character by which they should be judged... not their race or the fact that they own a gun.