GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

Obama sets January deadline for gun policy proposals

The Government still has no clue where the assault weapons are that were sold to a Mexican drug cartel & subsequently used on one of the boarder agents....yet they want to set a deadline for gun policy proposals.....I guess they don't want to clean up old messes before creating new ones.

I agree, cannongal, that Fast & Furious was a mess of an operation, the death of Terry was a terrible tragedy, and Obama and Holder are lucky that they've got executive privilege to keep more of the details (and thus continued focus/discussion) under wraps. IMO.

But, none of that suggests that the President should not hear proposals about reducing gun violence by January, imo. If anything, F&F could be used to support the argument for stricter gun control.

Hearing new proposals on how to resolve a serious problem is never a bad thing, imo. I am not currently for or against stricter gun controls insomuch as they will probably be limited to assault-type weapons and/or high capacity magazines. If there weren't already so many of those types of guns out there, I'd be more inclined to jump off of the fence and advocate for stricter control of them specifically.

Imo, new restrictions/increased controls might help reduce fatalities from gun violence in some cases, but I don't believe that they will address the root of the problem or will make a significant impact in the short term, based only on what I know now (I hope that I'm wrong about that). Maybe there will be a proposal submitted by January that increases my optimism; doubt it, but it could happen.