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Wait. Don’t We Already Have Gun Control?

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NRA Board member Ted Nugent was uncharacteristically subdued last night on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight. [Click here to watch.] Coherent, too. When Morgan pointed out that America already has 50 gun control laws, Ted asked “What makes you think the 51st law will stop this kind of slaughter?” Good point. [NB: the actual number of federal firearms laws is closer to 300.] By the same token, when you see a banner that says “March on Washington for Gun Control” (as above) it’s important to remember we already have gun control. The antis are clamoring for more gun control. Civilian disarmament. But that’s not a politically palatable concept—at least on the federal level. To wit: the President’s worthless assurances yesterday that his pet gun control measures are 2A-friendly. Leading sfgate.com to proclaim Obama pushes for some gun control. Again, we already have “some” gun control. What we need is “less.” I wish Ted had promoted that concept. Someone should.

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Robert Farago

Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. Smells of B$ and coverup…

    There is not much investigation to be done there; the shooter is dead, there is no court case to wait on, noone to prosecute. Crime scene processed, evidence collected, statements taken…what else is there?

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  2. Great review. I see he wears a ridiculously loose bracelet, which forces him to hold the gun on the horizontal 100% of the time. What a cool, wrinkly, ugly little roidhead.
    Can he turn the gun on himself without losing the gold bracelet?

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  3. Isn’t it obvious? The Conneticutt State Police want to wait until all the East Coast legislatures have met and passed their Sany Hook related gun bans before dropping the report.

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