Gun Policy News
President Bush Should Sign US Federal Gun Control Background Check Bill
6 January 2008
Newsday (New York), Editorial
Whenever someone wantonly opens fire and kills a group of innocent people, the natural question is, what can be done so it doesn't happen again? There's no easy answer — no silver bullet, so to speak — but Congress has recently taken one small step that should help.
It passed a bill, born of painful Long Island experience and the tragedy at Virginia Tech, that will help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous, mentally ill people. Wonder of wonders, it reflects... (GunPolicy.org)