Shooting Rampage at Northern Illinois U.

[Lady Brave]

Originally Posted by TheSmurfs22

99% of gunowners are responsible and law abiding citizens. The other 1% are criminals and criminals do not respect people or laws that is why they are the way they are. By tightening gun laws is only going to hurt those people who already adhere to those laws not criminals.

I am with Firstdown in that we need to look at the whole picture and what is and what is not going on in our culture these days.

99%? Try about 50% of them being law abiding citizens. Only about half of the people I run backgrounds on have no criminal history. You can have multiple convictions for misdemeanor drug offenses, assault, theft, DWI, etc. and still purchase firearms. You don't have to be a law abiding citizen. Heck, you don't even have to be a citizen to buy legally in this country.

Most everyone else I encounter aren't responsible gun owners. The majority of them don't have a clue about firearms in general. They don't know how to shoot, store or transport them correctly and some don't even know what to do with their permit after it's been issued to them. They have no idea what it means to be responsible and don't really care to educate themselves.

I could go on and on. I deal with so many idiots it's not funny. People are forever coming in and playing dumb about their criminal record, flat out lying to my face and basically trying to BS me on a daily basis. Somedays I just want to reach through the window and strangle them. Luckily for them, I like my job and want to keep it. Bottom line is there are a lot of morons out there buying guns and some have an arsenal of them. If people could spend one day with me and see what I deal with, they'd advocate tighter controls in a heartbeat.