Why Gun Control is a Cowardly Pre-Crime Measure

Tragedies such as Columbine and Virginia Tech have sparked debates over gun control. However, gun control never works. I do believe it is reasonable to prohibit carry of firearms and weapons in government buildings and facilities that are likely targets of terrorist attacks such as the White House. The reason some gun control advocates feel they way they do is because of a tragic event that occured with gun violence. For example, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy became a gun control advocate after the December 7, 1993 mass shootings on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train by 35 year old Jamaican-American Colin Ferguson. McCarthy's husband Dennis was killed in the attacks. McCarthy ran for congress in 1996 defeating Republican Freshman Dan Frisa who was against federal gun control. Emotions can be powerful and people can do things that injure the rule of law and the constitution and harm others. For example, David Olofson was a Wisconsin gun owner convicted of knowingly possessing a fully automatic rifle when in fact it was semi-automatic and jammed. Olofson was ultimately defeated by a not so kind criminal justice system. After lower court appeals, the US Supreme Court in the fall of 2009 declined to hear Olofson's appeal. Olofson was recently released from prison and has opened up a business called Joules of Nature. Another example is a young adult from Colorado named Brian Aitkin in New Jersey. He was tried for "illegal" possession of firearms, convicted and eventually his prison sentence was commuted by Governor Christie just before Christmas time of 2010. Will putting these two good men through legal hell make people any safer. I couldn't disagree anymore! Emotions get so powerful that sometimes people will blame others who've harmed nobody and were not even involved in awful tragedies. Another gun control crony I wish to mention is one of the Virginia Tech shooting victims Colin Goddard who was then 21 years old. Ever since the tragedy, he's become a gun control monster working for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence or Gun Ownership as I call it. Jim and Sarah Brady pushed for a background check bill and obviously won was because Jim Brady was shot in the head during an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagans life 30 years ago by an obsessed fan of Jodie Foster named John Hinkley. Hinkley knew right from wrong at the time of the shootings which he shouldn't have been acquitted on insanity defense. The people who abuse the right to keep and bear arms by harming someone else in a violent way should be punished accordingly.