Comments On: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday by Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/10/joe-biden-will-make-his-gun-control-recommendations-on-tuesday Comments On: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> do you oppose ANY new control measures?No, as I'd explicitly stated in the post you're replying to, I believe that the priorities that Biden outlined are a good start.
do you think there are TOO MANY limits on the RKBA now?
No. I think that some current/proposed limitations are misplaced, and some needed limitations are overlooked. We worry a lot about "assault weapons" when they account for something like 4% of gun violence, and not enough about handguns, which account for the vast majority of firearm deaths. But generally, no I don't think there are too many limits right now.
do you think that nothing can be done about the 30,000 firearm deaths each year?
I think that reduced availability of guns would likely accomplish that. As about half of gun deaths are from suicides, and studies have shown that having a gun present in a home increases the likelihood of a suicide occurring, I think that an overall reduction in the number of homes with firearms easily accessible would at the very least help with that figure. Measures such as gun buybacks help with that. Add secure storage requirements and you start to reduce the problem of theft and teenage (and preteen) kids getting ahold of firearms unsupervised.
that high-capacity magazines are super cool and constitutionally protected?
I think they're super-cool, but I'd support limitations on them. It's one of the few parts of the "assault weapons" ban that went after something besides a cosmetic feature. In addition, California's ban on detachable magazines is another example of a way of putting an upper cap on how many rounds per minute someone can fire.

That last part might put me at odds with some of the posters here that you think are anti-all-gun-control, but I think you'll find that the majority of what I just posted is digestible by enough people that you could start getting laws passed a lot faster than if you start trying to legislate flash hiders and barrel shrouds, and get bogged down in that mess.
Posted by doceb]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:33:52 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]>
do you oppose ANY new control measures? do you think there are TOO MANY limits on the RKBA now? do you think that nothing can be done about the 30,000 firearm deaths each year? that high-capacity magazines are super cool and constitutionally protected?

there's plenty of Slog posters who do.
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:02:53 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> Posted by NateMan]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:58:56 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]>
Let's be clear: your stance is that I need to organize 5 million people to fund congressional races, or you'll continue to dismiss centrist opinions as "nuts," and you're threatening ME with marginalization? Good luck with that.
Posted by doceb]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:15:22 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> Posted by dirac]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:44:49 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]>
you gun owners need to step up your commitment to change. when you have a group of 5 million members swinging congressional races against reps who don't enact sensible reforms, then you can claim there are significant numbers of responsible gun owners; till then, you're all gun nuts.
Posted by gun owners must change]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:40:54 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> Posted by doceb]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:38:13 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> No edict on gun control is enough. We must increase penalties and foster mental health screenings as well as mandatory incarceration for those showing the signs of psychopathy.


Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:24:57 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> Posted by Max Solomon]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:05:48 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> Posted by GhostDog]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:02:17 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Joe Biden Will Make His Gun Control Recommendations on Tuesday]]> Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:53:26 -0800 The Stranger