Will Biden simply push the same "Gun Control" schemes that have already failed?

[Little-Acorn]

Gun bans have been tried. The mass shootings have continued.

"Assault weapons" bans have been tried. The mass murders have gone on unabated, and even gotten worse.

Waiting periods have been tried. Background checks have been tried. Bans on the mentally incompetent have been tried. None have had the slightest effect. Unqualified individuals such as the CT shooter and the Aurora theater shooter, have had no trouble getting guns anyway, and blowing away whomever they wanted.

Now that President Obama has turned responsibility for "doing something about it" over to Joe Biden, will we finally see the government try something else? Some thihng that has a reasonable chance of at least reducing, if not completely stopping, these mass murders?

Or will we just get more of the same tired, failed schemes - "Assault weapons" bans, gun bans, waiting periods etc. that have already been tried, and accomplished nothing?

Biden knows how ineffectual these tired schemes have been. If he resorts to them anyway, we have to wonder why. It would be a clear signal that he has no intention of reducing these mass murders.

What IS his intention, then?

[MtnBiker]

Oh great, another blue ribbon commission to explore policies to cure our social woes. Elected political leaders don't care about solving the country's problems. They care about being reelected and maintaining power for themselves and their party. The term "gun control" should be changed to "government control".

[Robert A Whit]

Gun bans have been tried. The mass shootings have continued.

"Assault weapons" bans have been tried. The mass murders have gone on unabated, and even gotten worse.

Waiting periods have been tried. Background checks have been tried. Bans on the mentally incompetent have been tried. None have had the slightest effect. Unqualified individuals such as the CT shooter and the Aurora theater shooter, have had no trouble getting guns anyway, and blowing away whomever they wanted.

Now that President Obama has turned responsibility for "doing something about it" over to Joe Biden, will we finally see the government try something else? Some thihng that has a reasonable chance of at least reducing, if not completely stopping, these mass murders?

Or will we just get more of the same tired, failed schemes - "Assault weapons" bans, gun bans, waiting periods etc. that have already been tried, and accomplished nothing?

Biden knows how ineffectual these tired schemes have been. If he resorts to them anyway, we have to wonder why. It would be a clear signal that he has no intention of reducing these mass murders.

What IS his intention, then?

Look, Democrats try to smarten up by the old hit themselves in the head trick.

Using a hammer and a book, they think rather than read the book, they hit the book that is placed against their heads to drive in knowledge.

They are dingy as a result.

[fj1200]

Don't expect anything creative or bright out of Biden and you won't be disappointed... except... the general disappoint that he's the Veep.

[SassyLady]

Don't expect anything creative or bright out of Biden and you won't be disappointed... except... the general disappoint that he's the Veep.

I'm not as disappointed with him being the VP as I am with Obama being the POTUS.

[fj1200]

^Thankfully for Biden the standard is much lower... keep from dying.