Mike_Beaudet's Blog

By this logic, the Boston Police should not sell or trade in their used vehicles. What if the subsequent owner runs over a pedestrian, or uses it as a getaway vehicle in a robbery? Police cars must be sent to the shredder!

A gun is a tool, just like any other tool if the user does not use it properly it can be dangerous, to the user & those around him. If we eradicate all firearms from the shores of the continent, what do you think will happen, Utopia? No, the criminals will find another way to intimidate their victims to get what they want. Then do we eradicate knives? No more sliced bread. No more hammers, can’t build that deck out back this summer. Whatever is picked up in a threatening manner will have to be gotten rid of.
Instead of getting rid of the means, why don’t we look at the motivation? Get people back to work, get them invested in their community, and restore a sense of responsibility to them. Also increase the punishments for violent offenders. The theory that punishment is no deterrent didn’t make sense to me when I was 13 years old, 30+ years has only cemented the fact that it is very effective. Why do you think the gangs are using under age kids to do their dirty work?

I seriously doubt that not allowing police to trade in guns is going to do anything in terms of lessening illegal guns. If anything, law-abiding citizens should be more concerned with the fact that there are many gun dealers who come here for trade shows who do NOT check backgrounds, and the fact that is nearly impossible to cross-reference firearm ID card applications to check and see if a person applying has spent time in a mental hospital (which would thereby exclude them from having a gun permit).