That does not, in and of itself, make such checks a bad idea. In fact, I’ve long argued that gun rights activists ought to concede this one, since they lose virtually nothing as a result, and would be able to point to it as evidence that they are, in fact, willing to submit to common sense measures in deed as well as in word.

As to the immunity bills, those are idiotic for reasons having nothing to do with gun laws or gun control.

One thing that the cops did do right here a few months back during the Tacoma Mall shooting-once the first cops on scene had a quorum, they moved in. Not SWAT team guys either-just the occupants of the first few patrol cruisers to arrive on scene.

Just imagine the scenario; Two murderes are walking into a school, bent on some mass killing. The see a sign over the door saying “Gun Free Zone”, so they say to one another, “Dang, I guess we have to go somewhere else, ’cause we can’t come in here with our guns – sign says so”.

RRRIIIGGGHHHTTT! Yet that is what we are to believe would actually happen if we are to accept the gun free zone concept.

We should also consider that fact that the local police sat hunkered down outside the school for hours while the killings were taking place inside. Not to blame the police – it’s not in their charter to protect you. The point is that self defense, aside from being a protectd right, is the best and most reliable crime stopper.

The most glaring is the bit about “providing immunity from prosecution for gun manufacturers and sellers.’

Prosecution is something that is done by the state. Criminal charges. Meaning the manufacturer/seller broke the law. The law does nothing of the sort ( that manufacturers and wholesalers almost never break the law, because they’re always selling to FFLs is beside the point.)

The law shields makers and sellers from civil suits over criminal misuse of something they sold legally.

What might have prevented Columbine? How about if the school were like schools in Israel, with armed teachers, many, if not most, of whom have been in the military, and who probably have training on what to do with those guns if there are shooters in the school? Notice that the PLO (and its descendants) don’t target Israeli schools, despite having access to much better stuff than Dylan and Kleibold.