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To: LindyBill who wrote (36335)	4/17/2007 3:00:10 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541777

What about my suggestion that guns be registered....(Virginia was a pushover for a gun purchase ) and the owner required to take a NRA course... and have a permit. It this asking too much as it might HELP and God knows at this juncture we need all the help we can get. I watched a program the other night where a known paranoid schizophrenic gained access to a gun and within a few hours had killed two young boys two police officers...and now he is in a mental ward.. No trial.. Between the social services over loaded so they cannot keep up with their mentally ill and the plethora of guns and availability we have a big big problem.

To: LindyBill who wrote (36335)	4/17/2007 3:02:24 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541777

"Nobody should have a gun" is hardly the universal opinion here. But no, I don't want drunk, unstable college students wandering around with guns. You saw what one student like that can do (I speak to instability- no idea if alcohol or drugs were a factor); I think your policy would make occurrences like that more likely- even if we didn't have the suicide risk hanging out there. It's bad enough they drink and drive, now you'd like them carrying? Bill, why don't you try to address the heightened suicide risk a position like yours would create, not to mention the greater chance for domestic violence. I don't see why people don't champion the obvious solution- rather than arming teachers or students- how about some (or more) professional police on campus? Too sensible?