(November 6, 2017 at 9:07 am)Khemikal Wrote: Domestic abusers are not allowed to buy, own or possess a firearm by federal law. Poor enforcement strikes again...and in this case it's palpably screwed by a lack of reporting and in many cases a tendency on the part of victims not to press charges, or to make a deal out of court for dispensations that do not include a criminal record. We should probably take a harder line on that...and not allow abusers to beat their victims into abetting their abuser.
That 37year old male with a 9mm from the trace data...that's the guy who shoots his wife, after having beat the living dogshit out of her for years. Probably bought the pistol a decade before when they got married "for home defense".
And that's where Brian's prevention starts... at the factory, at the sale point.
Stop selling them like candy NOW and the results will show up in 11 years, according to your stats.
It's a long timeframe, but it's frankly better than do nothing, maintain the status quo, and in 11 years, we'll keep being bombarded by these news stories.
