In some ways, it was pretty easy, but only one person knew how to use the tool of violence and had that tool ready, Adam.

Nobody else knew. Or if they did, they left their tools.

The Left can do all kinds of stuff with enough funding and excuses to cover it up.

Again: I would be LESS prone to believe this might be done PRIOR to the revelation of Fast And Furious. The notion that The One would NOT be involved in a conspiracy that promoted a gun ban seems to be incredibly naive. And, at the heart of it, this does not require a massive conspiracy of any kind to implement. One person sent to find the mother’s (REGISTERED) Bushmaster, take it to the scene, “find” it, and the coroner who got up and claimed all the deaths were tied to the AR-15. A few more people to get their jobs threatened when they started to ask sensible questions.

We’re not talking some massive army of individuals. A small number in on the whole thing, and some more cowed into keeping their questions to themselves. That’s not an impossible conspiracy to keep, especially when the lapdog media have no interest in any of the questions that true “investigative reporting” would entail.

Except they don’t, a point made in a recent WSJ editorial by a DC Prosecuting Attorney:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324081704578235460300469292.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion

Money Quote:
Violent crime increased after the law was enacted, with homicides rising, from 188 in 1976 when the ban started, to 369 in 1988. By 1993, annual homicides had reached 454.”

I believe this is counter to the trend in the nation, mind you. All violent crime, including homicides, have been steadily decreasing in a per capita sense since about 1980 or earlier.

}}} I have no problem with background checks

I do, as they are done.

Background checks should be handled as a driver’s license is. You should apply for it, get cleared, and then, if you’re buying a gun, it should be presented and verified that no changes have taken place that would prevent you from obtaining a weapon.

Current “background checks” are handed WITH the gun information, which “of course” is being “erased and not kept”. Ahhh, YEAH. I’ll buy that. I’ll buy some land, too? Want to sell me some? I’m sure you’ll give me a fair deal. I trust everyone to do that.

As-is, background checks are defacto registration. And that’s just a waypoint on the path to confiscation. At this point, with private sales, if they come snooping around, you can say “I sold that gun”. And there’s nothing they can do. With private sales being banned without checks, there is no way you can make that claim without admitting “a crime was committed”, and getting arrested. And, no doubt, in short order they’ll add a law revoking your ability to own or buy a gun if you’ve ever sold one without the government’s little fat fingers in the sale.

So, no, I REJECT, categorically and vehemently — with supreme prejudice — the government’s right POWER to supervise private transactions in this manner.

I normally rely upon a pistol for home defense, with a flashlight and several spare mags. Alas, I don’t sleep wearing web gear or an ammo belt, so if I expend the ammo in the pistol I would have to go back to where I keep it in the bedroom to reload. I only have two hands, and also have the pistol and flashlight.

He might have wanted to reload so he was fully loaded for his next bunch of victims.

But then, none of us really know.