Originally Posted by Joe Obenberger

Sure, only law enforcement, the National Guard, the Armed Forces and the CIA should have access to pressure cookers. Why not? It's just as loony as any of the arguments I've heard about AR15's and clips that can hold more than three BBs.

There is a certain disconnect from reality in the arguments of those who suppose that crazy people and drug-dealing gang members will stop murdering people if only we regulate the acquisition of guns at normal retail. Common sense gun regulation? No, that thinking is delusional and cooked up by do-gooders who have not the slightest clue about how guns actually move around in the twilight zone subcultures.

The proposed regulations will only stop those already predisposed to obeying the law from acquiring what any criminal worth his salt can scrounge up in a day or so. When something terrible happens, legislators at every level cook up a law. When your only tool is a hammer, all the problems look like nails. That's how 2257 emerged from the Tracy Lords debacle, even though she had a legitimate California ID issued to her by using an adult's birth certificate and 2257 would not have slowed her down by a second. Same idea here. Background checks won't stop one murder.