33 dead and counting.
"The president believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed," White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said, noting that Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings held a conference on school gun violence last October. "Certainly, bringing a gun into a school dormitory and shooting...is against the law and something someone should be held accountable for," Perino said.
but stronger laws? forget it!
I'm torn over this. I have my views about gun ownership, registration, but I don't really see a connection to this event, where we're talking about a deranged madman; I don't know how we fix that.
ReplyDeleteas we're gradually finding out, there was a lot of warning, including he'd been involuntarily admitted to a mental hospital, which means he was ineligible to buy a weapon lawfully, yet the gun shop sold it to him, no waiting period, no nothin'.
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