Speaking Event: Wed, Jan 23rd — NYC
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You are interpreting Pres. Clinton’s remarks wrong. Once you cross the Appalachian Mountains headed West (or South of the Potomac River), you will find people take their rights to own arms very serious as a guaranteed right under the Constitution. And, these folks will mobilize to get the vote out against anyone that will hinder that right. The worst part is, the people that are writing the laws really don’t know a lot about guns (and have never fired the weapons they are talking about banning to get an understanding of what they really are). I will ask, since you mentioned hunting season in Pennsylvania, have you ever been hunting or fired a pistol, shotgun, or rifle? If you have, you know it would only take a second or two to reload another 10 round magazine into a pistol (or a rifle). So, what has been gained with banning high capacity (15 round magazines for pistols and 30 round magazines rifles). So it takes 3 or 4 seconds more to fire 30 rounds. Hate to say it, but in all the high publicity shooting, 3 or 4 seconds wouldn’t have made a difference. About the only thing in those instances would have a difference is a bystander that had a concealed carry permit and had returned fire and shot the assailant. In any of these instances, there was no chance that a police officer could get there in time to make any difference. Just like someone breaking into your house in the middle of the night, there is no chance the police will get there in time to do anything except take a report afterwards.
I will ask you to start with a bit of root cause analysis. In the instances of late, the assailants shot large numbers of people. Why, because they could get a firearm to shoot them (if the firearms wouldn’t have been available, they would have found some other way, people that are determined to hurt other people can always find a way). Why, because they felt they had to destroy something or someone. Why, because they were mentally unstable and had not received treatment. Why, because there was no one to get them help or give help (and it could take 2 or 3 weeks to get an appointment, sometimes even longer). Why, because there are no set laws to force law enforcement officers to take people that are mentally ill into protective custody. There are no mental health safety nets in the United States. Why, because nobody cares about the mental health in the United States outside of the Veteran community (and it is easier to ban guns than take on the mental health issues in the United States and come up with a comprehensive plan).