{"id":19451,"date":"2012-12-18T22:48:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T04:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=19451"},"modified":"2012-12-19T17:53:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T23:53:58","slug":"gun-rights-groups-call-for-commision-to-study-causes-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/gun-rights-groups-call-for-commision-to-study-causes-of-violence\/19451\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Rights groups call for commision to study causes of violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"ccrkba\"BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 Two leading national gun rights organizations are calling for the creation of a national commission to study the causes of violence in America, and offer possible preventive measures.<\/p>\n

The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said that a national dialogue on violence has already begun in the wake of the Sandy Hook school tragedy, but that a national commission would be more able to address the complexity of this dilemma.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t identify and get at the root causes of violence,\u201d said CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb of Bellevue, Washington, \u201cit won\u2019t matter how many guns you ban, you will still have violence. There were no guns around when Cain slew Abel, and throughout recorded history, mankind has engaged in considerable violence. Only in the past two centuries have firearms played a historic significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cConnecticut already has laws regulating firearms and even modern semi-automatic rifles,\u201d noted SAF President Joseph Tartaro of Buffalo, New York. \u201cThey did not prevent what happened in Newtown, any more than Norway\u2019s laws, or Germany\u2019s or Russia\u2019s prevented some of the recent mass murders in those countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the public policy debate which is sure to follow,\u201d Tartaro continued, \u201cfocuses solely on gun law solutions and ignores all the other key questions, we will have done a disservice to the memories of all the victims of such madness in Connecticut, in Colorado, in Oregon, or anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both gun rights leaders noted that violence is a problem in the United States, and \u201cwe need to solve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGun owners are like anyone else,\u201d Gottlieb observed. \u201cWe have families, we have children and grandchildren. We want to keep them safe. We walk the same streets as any other citizen, and many gun owners have decided to protect themselves and their families. Our rights as gun owners should not be sacrificed in the interest of providing the illusion that \u2018something\u2019 is being done.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny meaningful discussion on violence,\u201d Gottlieb added, \u201cwould need to include mental health, violent video games, television shows and films, media malpractice that sensationalizes violence and the dangerously false sense of security created by so-called \u2018gun-free zones\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have a debate,\u201d Tartaro concluded, \u201clet\u2019s make it a broad and meaningful one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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