The figure thrown about is something like 1.7 million criminals have been stopped but the overwhelming vast majority of those in that figure are not prohibited people. (And you know that because almost nobody ever serves time for it) It's analogous to the when senator Ted Kennedy was stopped five times because he was on the no fly list and claiming that stopped five terrorists and/or attacks...

The fallacy with so called "universal" (or otherwise) back ground checks is...

The natural right to arms is the right of defense and it is a fundamental human right. So using tragedies (like Sandy Hook) to push registration for a basic human right like that of defense would be like requiring registration with the government to be a member of a church after the tragedy of 9-11-01.


I've even heard people call for some to be denied their civil right to defense if they have a family member that is mentally unstable. Denying access to what even the Supreme...

Saw a tweet from Tom Gresham:

Quote:

Wounded Warriors Project just reconfirmed they don't do anything with media or companies involved with firearms. Don't need our $, I guess.

A short time later he sent out this:

Tom Gresham is an absolutely straight shooter and not prone to spreading gossip.

I found this shocking that they would be so bigoted...

This is a great read. I found it fascinating both as somebody who has a big interest in Glock and other firearms generally in addition to how the business achieved it's status in the America. I found the story that unfolded as I learned about some of the history and players behind the success of Glock to be surprisingly exciting and even riveting at times. The more I read the book the the more I wanted to keep reading it. I was actually disappointed that it had to end.

http://www.amazon.com/Glock-Americas...=1RU0F8AQGALY7