[灌水] 还是应该严格枪支管制

Lilac29

尽管不会说话和走路，但美国伊利诺伊州一名10个月大的男婴已经获得许可，以自己的名义拥有一支12口径猎枪和一支手枪。

　　●父亲：以为警察会当我白痴

　　事情的起因是孩子的爷爷想把一支猎枪当礼物赠送给孙子。孩子的父亲霍华德•路德维希本没有想到申请能够成功，但还是通过互联网为儿子布巴•路德维希填了表格，结果真的拿到了执照。

　　路德维希说：“我在（申请）表格中填到，他身高2英尺3英寸（约0.68米），体重20磅（约9公斤），还附上他的一张照片。”

　　路德维希还让儿子用手攥着笔，在申请者一栏划上一条线，以示签名。他说：“我预计会收到一封信，说我是个白痴。因此，当我拿到许可证时，感到震惊。”

持枪证上有布巴还没有牙齿的照片，身高、体重、出生日期，还有一段他曲里拐弯的乱画，算是他的签名。

　　路德维希表示，布巴14岁之前，他的猎枪还得由他的爷爷保管。对布巴得到持枪证感到高兴，毕竟它会成为孩子成长过程中令人羡慕的一件实物记录。

　　●警察：我们依法办事

　　伊利诺伊的枪支法律在美国属于最严的州之一。伊利诺伊州警方对申请人没有年龄限制，但21岁以下的申请者必须获得父亲、母亲或合法监护人的书面同意。

　　负责申请工作的州警察说，他们批准布巴的申请是依法办事。警方表示，法律并没有对申请人作出年龄限制。

　　●美国的“老大难”问题

　　禁枪或严格枪支管制是美国争论了很多年的“老大难”问题。据调查，3亿人口的美国，民间拥有枪支达两亿，甚至超过了成年人口的数量。

　　最近弗吉尼亚理工大学的枪击案之后，有关的争论也一度变得激烈。在美国，几乎所有的州都允许守法公民拥有枪支，只有个别城市或地区立法禁枪。美国法律对购枪人的资格并没有严格的限制。

gem08132

i agree with LZ.
on a side note: the baby is cute!

funnytiger

if there is age limit or any sort of check, NRA will sue the hell out of the local government.

Just ask San Francisco City Counsel for how much they have to pay by passing a law for gun control.

To everyone else in the world, this is very hard to understand.

But if you have studied Con Law, you know why.

gem08132

do you think they will eventurally repeal the 2nd amendment?

chinesecheese

    american politics is less about right or wrong, more on who can lobby the hardest.

funnytiger

以下是引用chinesecheese在2007-5-19 8:53:00的发言：
    american politics is less about right or wrong, more on who can lobby the hardest.

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-5-23 4:32:06编辑过]

Lilac29

以下是引用funnytiger在2007-5-19 3:08:00的发言：

if there is age limit or any sort of check, NRA will sue the hell out of the local government.

Just ask San Francisco City Counsel for how much they have to pay by passing a law for gun control.

To everyone else in the world, this is very hard to understand.

But if you have studied Con Law, you know why.

I haven't studied law, but I think it is possible to set age limit or some sort of check.  If probihition can be set on the purchase of tabacoo and alcohol, it is possible to have age ceiling on the purchase of gun. It might be time-consuming, it might be expensive, but it is by all means possible.

I think congressional lobbying would help in certain aspects.

dlynn

NRA is currently the most powerful lobby group in DC.

    


The argument behind the 2nd amendment intends to be that people, when faced with oppression and tyranny, should
be able to defend themselves and overthrow such government, therefore they should be constitutionally supported to
bear arms that include automatic and semi-automatic rifles, which were
the standard firing devices back in the civil war. Interestingly,
nowadays the US military employs more than conventional weapons. So
should the 2nd amendment increase its scope of content and allow people
to own nuclear bombs and missiles for personal purposes?

    


I'm no expert in legal matters, and I know that I inevitably fall into the "too young too naive" category. But it's obvious to me that the
constitution needs to be interpreted in the context of its time and
background, law is meant to create order and preserve justice, not
bring chaos into people's lives.