House votes to overturn mandatory gun locks

blackredyellow
blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
edited June 2006 in A Moving Train
This boggles my mind... I understand that most gun control laws don't work, but really, who can argue that these locks don't help? A kid finds a gun that isn't locked, there is a slim chance that he/she could fire it... if a kid finds a gun with a trigger lock, there is no way possible to fire it. And the arguement that the cost is passed on to the customer???? They cost like $7 retail. And today the house will spend most of the day talking about the New York Times... I want my government back.


House votes to overturn mandatory gun locks

Wed Jun 28, 11:15 PM ET

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to overturn a recently enacted law requiring safety trigger locks on all hand guns sold in the United States.

The Republican-controlled House handed a victory to opponents of gun control by a vote of 230-191.

Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (news, bio, voting record), a Colorado Republican, argued that the added cost of the trigger locks is passed on to gun owners and that they "do not stop accidental shootings."

Last fall, President George W. Bush signed legislation giving gun makers broad protections from civil lawsuits, but that law contained the mandatory trigger lock provision.

The amendment overturning the requirement for trigger locks was attached to a larger law enforcement spending bill for next year that has not yet been considered by the Senate.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060629/pl_nm/congress_guns_dc_1
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  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    i'd like to know if the gun locks do indeed work to prevent the accidental shootings...only b/c the one representative made that claim...I'd like to see where she got that information.

    I'm all for gun ownership but i think that anything we can do to keep accidental firearm discharge from occurring is a good thing.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    chopitdown wrote:
    i'd like to know if the gun locks do indeed work to prevent the accidental shootings...only b/c the one representative made that claim...I'd like to see where she got that information.

    Yeah, I don't see how she could make that claim... obviously the locks don't prevent accidental shootings if they aren't on the guns, but with the different types of trigger/gun locks that I've seen, there is no way to fire a gun with them on.
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  • Leatherman®
    Leatherman® Posts: 30
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I want my government back.

    When did you ever really have it?
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Leatherman® wrote:
    When did you ever really have it?

    Never I guess... But I would at least like to have it back to the level of hypocracy, greed and incompetence that I grew up with. :)
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  • Leatherman®
    Leatherman® Posts: 30
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Never I guess... But I would at least like to have it back to the level of hypocracy, greed and incompetence that I grew up with. :)

    That's more like it! :p
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    So there will continue to be childproof bottle caps on cough medicine, but no childproofing on guns.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Chalk this one up to the power of lobbiest. They are the one's who control our government.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    JaneNY wrote:
    So there will continue to be childproof bottle caps on cough medicine, but no childproofing on guns.

    Yes. Because asprin is known to be deadlier than guns. *sarcasm*

    I realize asprin is dangerous, but come on.
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  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    Noone wants accidental discharge. :)
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  • thankyougrandma
    thankyougrandma Posts: 1,182
    What a great decision, after all everyone (including child) need to protect themselves against... against... against, mmm... anyway everyone need to protect themselves and need to have access to a gun, fast, those locks are violating Americans rights...
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  • moeaholic
    moeaholic Posts: 535
    nobody is saying you can't buy trigger locks anymore. of everyone i know that owns any kind of handgun, shotgun, or rifle they all have trigger locks on them. some of these people don't have children, either. don't get me wrong, i don't think this is a good move, but i think most people are sensible enough to pick up a trigger lock whether it's required by law or not.
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  • 69charger
    69charger Posts: 1,045
    Anyone who thinks this law would prevent accidental deaths is dreaming. Most people keep a firearm for personal defense. The last thing you want in a life or death situation is a lock on a firearm.

    A good law would be mandatory gun safety classes in middle school. Show kids how to check to see if a gun is loaded and how to unload it. Make firearms less taboo to kids and interest in monkeying around with guns will go down.
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    69charger wrote:
    Anyone who thinks this law would prevent accidental deaths is dreaming. Most people keep a firearm for personal defense. The last thing you want in a life or death situation is a lock on a firearm.

    A good law would be mandatory gun safety classes in middle school. Show kids how to check to see if a gun is loaded and how to unload it. Make firearms less taboo to kids and interest in monkeying around with guns will go down.

    Yes lets teach kids how to properly handle fire arms but refrain from teaching them how to have safe sex.

    What would be more appropriate would be to require individual who are purchasing a weapon to attend a fire arms safety course. Teach them how to properly store aways your weapon so their kids can't get to them.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    mammasan wrote:
    Yes lets teach kids how to properly handle fire arms but refrain from teaching them how to have safe sex.

    What would be more appropriate would be to require individual who are purchasing a weapon to attend a fire arms safety course. Teach them how to properly store aways your weapon so their kids can't get to them.

    The man makes a good point.

    On the other hand, sex is much more dangerous than guns!

    *sarcasm*
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  • John Budge
    John Budge Posts: 259
    69charger wrote:
    Anyone who thinks this law would prevent accidental deaths is dreaming. Most people keep a firearm for personal defense. The last thing you want in a life or death situation is a lock on a firearm.

    A good law would be mandatory gun safety classes in middle school. Show kids how to check to see if a gun is loaded and how to unload it. Make firearms less taboo to kids and interest in monkeying around with guns will go down.
    Great idea!
  • thankyougrandma
    thankyougrandma Posts: 1,182
    69charger wrote:
    Anyone who thinks this law would prevent accidental deaths is dreaming. Most people keep a firearm for personal defense. The last thing you want in a life or death situation is a lock on a firearm.

    A good law would be mandatory gun safety classes in middle school. Show kids how to check to see if a gun is loaded and how to unload it. Make firearms less taboo to kids and interest in monkeying around with guns will go down.

    yes, way to go, show them how to use a gun, all these criminals out there are going after their life after all, must be protected with a loaded unlocked weapon all the time, ok kids...
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    69charger wrote:
    A good law would be mandatory gun safety classes in middle school. Show kids how to check to see if a gun is loaded and how to unload it. Make firearms less taboo to kids and interest in monkeying around with guns will go down.

    Yes, because we all know that 16 year old kids that have drivers education classes don't have accidents. :rolleyes:
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  • 69charger
    69charger Posts: 1,045
    thankyougrandma wrote:
    yes, way to go, show them how to use a gun, all these criminals out there are going after their life after all, must be protected with a loaded unlocked weapon all the time, ok kids...

    Look, firearms are not going away any time soon. Let's come up with solutions that will actually do some good. This law is impotent. Locks sold with guns will not protect anyone if they are not used.

    Your argument is the equivalent of teaching 'abstinence only' and we know how effective that is.
  • 69charger
    69charger Posts: 1,045
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Yes, because we all know that 16 year old kids that have drivers education classes don't have accidents. :rolleyes:

    Far more accidents with cars than with firearms

    In 2000, 174 children (0-18) in the United States died from unintentional firearm-related injuries.

    In 2000, 6,466 children (0-18) in the United States were killed in motor vehicle crashes.

    Cars are 37.16 times more dangerous to children than guns.

    http://www.childdeathreview.org/
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    69charger wrote:
    Far more accidents with cars than with firearms :rolleyes:

    Exactly, and look how much education is given for driving.

    Speaking of driving, overturning this law is the same as auto makers selling cars witout seatbelts (I'm guessing there are laws about that). Of course trigger locks (and seatbelts) don't help if they are not used, but if one kid can't shoot anyone becuase the gun he picks up has a trigger lock on it, they it's a good law. If you don't want to use them, then don't but this law at least gives you a lock with your gun.
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