Gun control, Santa, and a mall massacre all in one post

[Omaha Steve]

Snip from my post in another forum. So you know where I'm coming from.

I'm a gun owner.

Since you spend so much time (about a post a day in the group) on gun control, what form of new controls do you favor? Any at all?

When Mark David Chapman wanted to kill John Lennon, he couldn't buy ammo in the state of New York. So he went to Atlanta to get ammo from a friend. You know the rest. National laws are needed. A background check before he bought the gun (before he went to New York) would have shown he spent time in a mental institution.

Background checks for all. Even at gun shows. No sales to or transferring to convicted felons, convicted domestic abusers, etc.

I was the Crossroads Mall Santa on the evening of December 5th, 1993. The mall was packed. A gang shooting right outside the front door and in line of site of me took the life of Michael Campbell. I've seen first hand the terror of parents trying to keep their children safe in the panic that followed. Several were injured trying to get away from the shooting.

I work in Omaha. It has had gun registration and control since the 60's. My dad was a veteran and he had to register. Omaha too had a massacre on December 5, 2007 in case you forgot. He had a stolen (from his step father) Century WASP -10 with two 30 round mags taped together. Killed 9. Wounded 4.


Von Maur (Westroads Mall Christmas season) massacre video:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Most of the pro gun posters here support some changes

UBC being the easiest. No legitimate owner wants banned people to have them.

[Omaha Steve]

2. What happened?

I expected a few potshots (pun intended) over this.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potshot

Definition of POTSHOT
1
: a shot taken from ambush or at a random or easy target
2
: a critical remark made in a random or sporadic manner
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Examples of POTSHOT

A sniper was on the roof taking potshots at passing cars.

Origin of POTSHOT
from the notion that such a shot is unsportsmanlike and worthy only of one whose object is to fill the cooking pot
First Known Use: 1858