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Wed Apr 18 15:16:43 BST 2007

In a message dated 4/18/2007 9:03:02 AM Central Daylight Time,  
hammond at umdnj.edu writes:

1) I don't think a Glock 9mm handgun is used for sport shooting.  

http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2007-April/_http://www.steelchallenge.com/_ (http://www.steelchallenge.com/) 

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might disagree with you there...and that's just three.

2) There are indeed alternatives to banning handguns. Strategies such  as
extended waiting periods, elimiantion of strawman purchases and  elimination
of multiple gun purchases within a finite time period are  examples.

ck: yes, and the 'strawman purchases' are already unlawful under US  Federal 
Law...the others mostly affect the law-abiding folks.

The key is that these strategies need to be coordinated. Currently,  gun laws
are a hodge-podge of local and state ordinances, rendering them  ineffective.
We have some tough gun laws in NJ for example, but as long as  PA does not,
there will be continued importation of illegal guns in NJ from  PA.

ck: aye, there's the rub....and the rather sad part about it is that this  
same hodge podge of local ordinances and state laws is impossible to enforce on  
any rational basis. Decent enforcement of the US Federal laws alone (which  
mandate extended sentences for gun related crimes caused by prior felons and  
folks previously adjudged as mentally deficient) has been shown to reduce gun  
crime in most of the areas that it has been tried.

ck

ck
Charles S. Krin, DO FAAFP

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