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US School Massacre Has Failed to Create Any Impact to Tighten Gun Laws
April 14, 2008 at 12:42 PM
General Health News
Gun control advocates say the failure of lawmakers to pass tough legislation in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre is a sign of the American gun lobby's power in shaping laws and public opinion.
But gun rights groups say their actions simply mirror public sentiment that tighter gun laws do not prevent mass shootings like last April's, when mentally disturbed student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people at the university before turning his gun on himself.
In fact, a Gallup poll in October 2007 found that 38 percent favour new gun control laws, the lowest level since 2002.
"I think people understand in real life that no matter how many gun control laws you pass, somebody is going to break the new law anyway," said Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens' Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms lobby group.
"There is no such thing as a good gun or a bad gun. There is such a thing as a good person or a bad person who has a gun in hand," said Gottlieb, who is also one of the estimated four million members of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Some states, including Virginia, have tightened background check restrictions to close loopholes such as the one that allowed Cho to purchase firearms even though he been ordered to seek psychiatric treatment.
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