[...] we lawful gun owners how every time I pull the trigger, a kitten dies, or something like that. Now they are angry at Pat Toomey, who made the old joke that he thinks gun control is steady aim, and are claiming it shows he’s insensitive to victims of gun [...]

Toomey (and the NRA) are likely to tout Toomey’s pro-gun, anti-gun-control stance.

I expect Toomey will win a significant number of Western Democrats on the gun issue.

This is RIDICULOUS! He is totally forgetting the importance of a smooth trigger pull.

These ineffective, feel-good laws do nothing but pander to political extremists. Reporting a gun stolen is a good idea, but does little or nothing to fight crime. The police are not going to go hunt down your stolen gun. Criminals who carry stolen guns are almost always carrying illegally as well – prior felonies, no concealed permit etc.

The idea behind reporting a stolen gun is that it would deter strawman buyers, (where someone buys guns to sell to those who can’t legally buys a gun) who when the bad guy they sold that gun to commits another crime with it they claim it as being stolen. I don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t report their weapon being stolen, a good handgun can cost several hundred $$$$, If someone stole something of mine worth several hundred $$$$ I’d sure report it.

The comment goes with the entire Toomey package -that would be a radical right agenda.

Bill & Flopsweat,

The idea behind lost & stolen is to make people aware of what responsible gun ownership means. Too people that buy a handgun stash it away and rarely think about it again, or own so many that they can’t keep track of them all. Lost & stolen is intended to make you think about that weapon occasionally and make sure it’s secured.

CeaseFirePA (and anyone else that wants more gun control) are the ones that “don’t get it.” Gun control has NEVER proven to have any substantial or consistent effect on violent crime. The only people effected by gun control laws are those willing to obey them.

Gun control as a “safety measure” has an abysmal record of absolute failure to work as advertised.

We have to address the ROOT CAUSES of violent crime in our communities – gun control only tries (ineffectually) to control a symptom and ends up effecting only the GOOD people who the overwhelming majority aren’t a danger to others.

Aim once. Shoot Twice, in honor of the Second Amendment.

“The idea behind lost & stolen is to make people aware of what responsible gun ownership means. Too people that buy a handgun stash it away and rarely think about it again, or own so many that they can’t keep track of them all. Lost & stolen is intended to make you think about that weapon occasionally and make sure it’s secured.”

What an unmitigated load of bull manure. Nobody who owns guns are going to ignore the theft of a firearm, these laws amount to a straw purchasers “indemnity act.” Using these laws, they can buy a gun, turn it over to a criminal, and call the cops and say it was stolen with no penalties.

If these laws were so important, why have none been enforced since they were passed in Pennsylvania? One reason? Every prosecutor knows they’re unconstitutional as the state has preemption on firearm laws in Pennsylvania.

The net reason for these laws being passed is that the anti-gun legal societies have talked cities into passing them and promising support if law suits against them are started. Citizens still stand the cost of defending these lawsuits. The anti-gun side seems to be following the tactic of involving pro-gun people in endless lawsuits to fight these idiotic laws until they eventually bankrupt us.

Bottom line, you can’t regulate irresponsible behavior. If that were the case, we’d have no drunk drivers.

Your are right Stew…not to mention good, clean breathing techniques!