Originally Posted By: craigd
Originally Posted By: Konor3inch
You are correct that I am concerned about the numbers of people needlessly killed by firearms abuse I would say we all are. Are you not?....

...As has happened here already laws have been introduced arguably in a proportionate response to events that have occurred. Your premise that all guns would be banned is an unnecessary worry but thank you for your concern....

You are sort of a fact kind of person. Take a minute and look up how many people where shot in New York and Chicago this past weekend, and the number that subsequently died. Dont be shy about noting if the numbers are up or down, then note that the politicians that enable those horrific firearm crimes to take place are exactly of the same political mindset of yourself and other left wing leaning members.

From one point of view, the terrible gun crimes are inexcusable, but if you ask yourself why you and political folks of similar mindset can excuse it with an intellectual brush off, should those on the other side of the aisle feel guilt with your attempts to assign guilt where there s none?

Thank you for commenting, but I do not perceive that you answered how eliminating handgun target shooting addresses criminal activity of any sort?



Perhaps if the hand gun ban had been brought in sooner the inadequate that was Thomas Hamilton would not have gone on to kill the school children he did in Dunblane. Equally no one will ever know how many similar incidents were avoided by bringing in a ban. That handgun target shooting ceased to exist is of little concern to the vast majority of Scots.
The fact that we do not have the scale of problems with handgun or indeed any firearm crime seems to evade you. Perhaps if we had freely available handguns owned for self defence and licensed to be carried by anyone passing a concealed carry course we would. We will not be going down that road to find out . Is that a surprise to you ?There is no hankering after handguns here among the Scots population perhaps you know better ,if so please enlighten me.