Mark Small

c) Example: ban on sales of assault weapons - semi-automatic long guns easily modified to fully automatic can fire rapidly with very little aiming - could lead to reduced numbers of mass shootings. 9/24

3) Ogden: “The notion there wouldn't be a black market so a criminal wouldn't be able to get a gun is as silly as conservatives who think making marijuana illegal will stop people from getting it.” 10/24

Moi: Illicit markets are one aspect of gun violence. This is where Tiahrt hurts. If a handgun is stolen during a burglary and the owner reports the theft, use of the weapon could be tracked, in a way similar to tagging a Great White Shark. 11/24

4) Ogden: “Not everyone who owns a gun is a ‘gun nut.’ Many of them legitimately own one for self-defense. It's easy to not own a gun when a person lives in a safe neighborhood. It's something else entirely when a person is living in a crime-infested neighborhood.” 12/24

Moi: a) Premise of this statement: gun is effective for self-defense. The NRA has claimed for years that guns prevent more crimes than are caused. Statistics for this position either could validate it - or not. 13/24

b) Interesting point on a neighborhood not “crime-infested”: what other means of crime prevention are extant? Have been tried? Are available, are far less expensive in cost of purchase or cost of effects? 14/24

5) Ogden: “Let's take for example, an elderly woman living on the southside of Chicago. She has had her house been broken into before, and even been beaten up by intruders, maybe even sexually assaulted. ... 15/24

The person lives every day in fear. Certainly not even the most left-wing politician (in their right mind) would say she not be able to legally have a gun to defend herself. Wait...Chicago used to have such a ridiculous law.” 16/24