How can we change gun laws to prevent the Virginia Tech. tradgedy from occuring again?
For the record, I don’t like guns. I don’t own one, and I probably never will. This is a really sensitive subject. The right to bear arms is one of the fundamental rights we have as Americans. It would be difficult to justify passing any gun laws that would not trample that right while “preventing” an attack like what happened at Virginia Tech. So, let’s chat. Which of the constitutional rights should we do away with? Or which American citizens deserve fewer constitutional rights? Offhand, the idea of refusing to sell a gun to someone who has emotional, social or behavioral issues sounds like a good idea, but then you have to keep in mind that anyone with those issues, if they are an American citizen, still deserve the same rights. If we put limitations on what rights are available or unavailable for certain groups, we’ve just gone back 200 years in history. Not to mention, any means of obtaining those kinds of records would most likely infringe on doctor-patient priviledge. Plus, you
