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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	A Stupid Republican
	Date:	1/12/2011 1:14:18 PM

GOP Rep. Peter King of NY wants to pass a law that it is illegal to carry a firearm within 1,000 feet of a member of Congress.

Where do I begin to deconstruct this profoundly stupid suggestion? First and foremost, having a law like this will never stop what happened in Arizona. Does anyone with half a brain think that this nut job would say, "Well I wanted to shoot my congressman but I found it is illegal to get close to them with a gun so never mind". Yeah, some nut job is going to conclude that he will not commit premeditated murder because it is illegal to have a gun close to his target. How nonsensical is that? Second, the practical reality of this law is it would make a felon out of a person that has the misfortune of legally carrying a gun and unfortunately coming into contact with a member of Congress. It is simply not enforceable and will not prevent this from happening and is a meaningless and stupid suggestion.

The sad fact is that one of this congresswoman's people had a gun they may have prevented the shooting or at least prevented other people from being killed and wounded.

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