Gun-rights groups undeterred by attacks
Say fewer gun laws would help protect public in D.C. area
Responding to calls by some lawmakers and anti-gun groups for more gun
control in the wake of a series of sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C.,
area, gun-rights organizations say public safety would be further endangered
if more restrictive gun laws were implemented. “Banning more guns or
registering them, via so-called ‘ballistic fingerprinting,’ won’t help make
people safer,” said Eric Pratt, communications director for Gun Owners of
America, which is based in Springfield, Va. “Gun bans for sure are
ludicrous,” Pratt said. “Whoever the [D.C.-area] shooter is, he’s already
broken more than a dozen federal and state laws, many of them gun-control
laws. Adding another one to the list won’t make a difference.” “The
shootings are going on in an area that is notorious for having
‘victim-disarmament laws,’” said Aaron Zelman, executive director of Jews
for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. “This whole situation shows the
failure of gun-control schemes, with their false promise of, ‘Government
will protect you, and you will be safer.’” Pratt agreed, saying Washington,
D.C., was a virtual “gun-free zone.” “They’ve tried complete gun bans, and
subsequently have seen murder rates skyrocket,” said Pratt.
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