Are you going to publish addresses next? Its our right and no ones business! Lets publish info about criminals, not people who are authorized to have weapons for self defense, work, etc. Better yet, publish who DOESNT have a weapon in their home. It will make it easier for criminals.

This problem is not about gun owners THIS IS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH I wish these politians would use their brains they are taking the easy way out. If some one with mental health problems want to kill someone they will find a way to kill no matter what with a gun, knives ,hammers whatever I wish they would stop coming after law abidding citizens who obey the law.

@ Suzana, great point!

I am sick of this gun crap. It's a mental health issue not a gun issue. People are morons to thing that a mentally ill person can't buy a gun legally that they can buy an assault weapon. I can drive 20 minutes from here and buy any type gun I want with out a license. So all these laws and the stupid side show that disgracing the memory of those poor children who died. They will not fix a frigging thing. Christ they can't stop banks from robbing use. Gun control black mail for the NRA to spread money around to there lobbyist friends.

How many criminal gun owners are in Peabody? That's what you should truly be worried abou not the law abiding gun owners in a particular city. ( I bet there are more illegal guns out there than registered!) Registered gun owners have permits for a reason, to protect themselves from the criminal element. Do you have a problem with that? If so elaborate what the problem with law abiding citizens having weapons for protection is please?

What other amendment would you like to get rid of T. Gordon?

When you show me the statistics where all guns that criminals have came from registered gun owners then we can talk. Sounds like total BS to me. Sure criminals STEAL here they also get them outside the country. Case in point, the guns the Mexican drug cartel got from our wonderful ATF. Funny, I do not see any ATF people being incarcerated for that! Our government at work again protecting their interests and not us!

Since when does less guns mean less catastophic killings? Did not using a guns stop Mc Vhey from bombing the federal building with common fertilzer? Did not using guns stop the Al Quida from crashing jets into the World Trade Center? You're argument is all wet.

T Gordon, where do you think that people that steal cars then go on wild drives get there cars? those cars all started as legally registed cars. your argument is ridiculous.
If a criminal wants to commit a crime, murder, or anything else he will find a way. the The only reason to take taking guns from LAW ABIDING citizens only is for government control of the people.

The psycho who killed those babies in Connecticut should have been locked up in a mental institution! His mother knew he was crazy. I say bring back mental institutions, throw all the crazies in there, and throw away the key!

I didn't realize there has been a proposal to ban all guns or confiscate those that people already have? You people are really blowing Obama's proposals out of proportion.

What is so offensive about requiring people to go through a background check before buying a gun?

What is so offensive about limiting the types of guns that people can purchase? I mean, we limit the % of alcohol in your beer or the amount of lead in your gasoline. How is this any different?

Not to mention, how is limiting access to semi-automatic weapons different than limiting access to grenade-launchers? Both share a sole purpose of killing people.

Bonnie-Jean....your statement above is "how dare you limit the gun I can buy since that infringes upon my 2nd Amendment rights, but let's just imprison this entire group of people over here". Doesn't that sound even a little crazy to you???

thank your fellow voters for voting for democrats in every single race in this state.
you cant have a well run democracy with one party ( democrats ) rule.
it turns into a dictatorship and thats exactly what we have here in taxachusetts.
and obama is trying the same thing with all his executive priviledges.
its complete insanity what we have going on in this state and country.
when you have cockroaches ( democrats ) hanging on for so long eventually they multiply and have a majority. like they got now. and they are not doing whats in the best interest of america or its citizens.
HOW DID THIS COUNTRY AND STATE GET SOOOOOOOOOOO STUPID????
god help us all

The only thing absurd about my comparison is that you are on the other end of it. As a matter of fact it is people like you who created the problem by making gun free zones around schools. They really keep the criminal element out of there! Conecticut has very restrictive gun laws. They just don't work on criminals do they?

So again the argument against very reasonable gun control measures is cockroaches and gun-free school zones.

Can someone on the right provide 1 single argument against background checks or waiting periods?

Or 1 single argument for why you need an AK-47?

Or allowing the govt to actually conduct research on gun violence?

That's what I thought. Your all frothing at the mouth but you just don't know why.....

Just reading these comments makes me realize we are an ANGRY nation of people. I see it in traffic, in stores....we are all ready to pounce given the right or wrong set of circumstances. Sad, sad to say I am from this area.

The question that needs to be answered is WHY we are angry. The fact is we have egomaniacs representing us in government whose only concern is to get re-elected. What have the Barney Franks & Barack Obamas of this country do anything but run for an election? The only answer that would transform government is the institution of term-limits to all elected officials. We are angry for a very good reason, but we have to solve these anger issues instead of allowing it to fester.

James, who is going after law abiding citizens here? Who is taking your rights away? Please tell me how background checks and waiting periods do that?

They don't do that. Your just upset that your team lost the last election, so you wave your faux flag of patriotism like its your teams colors. That's what's wrong with this country. I'm willing to have dialog, but your simply too angry to engage.

3x I've asked why background checks are bad and you haven't answered once. I think that says it all.

Background checks are fine but why the hell do I have to wait if I am a law abiding citizen? The criminals aren't going to wait a month to get their guns. This crap about so called "assault weapons" like a semi automatic gun that looks mean and military is any different from any other semi-automatic gun, 10 round clip or 30 round clip they both shoot bullets at the same rate. Wow it might take a second to put another 10 round clip in! Its not the gun, the tool, idiots it's the person behind it pulling the trigger you have to worry about. It didn't bother thm years ago when they dowsized the state mental hospitals and put those people on the street! Now it comes back to nip them in the bud! If a nutcase decides to kill he's going to do it with whatever he can get his damn hands on. Guns, fertilizer, baseball bats. Do you blame the car when someone hits you in an accident? No you blame the human driving it, same precedent.

Great analogy between guns and cars. How much regulation and control does the govt exert on the auto-industry? Let's see....there are safety requirements, cafe standards, required licensing, speed limits, insurance requirements, etc.... Does any of this inhibit your freedom?

In regards to the waiting period, a lot of gun-related deaths are suicides. I think the thinking is the waiting period has the potential to give these troubled people the opportunity to re-think their decision. Considering the amount of online shopping people do today, does waiting a week for something really inhibit you? And don't give me the "it gives the criminals a week to get the jump on me argument". You live in Peabody, not the wild west.

I've heard the argument between 10/30 bullet clips and its a reasonable argument. But so is the inverse of that argument....which is if it only takes you seconds to reload, then its really not a big deal.

BTW - your absolutely correct in regards to our downsizing mental health services in this country. We clearly need to do a better job of reaching out....and part of that includes making a connection between mental health and access to guns.

Just a quick question....are you this upset about the TSA when you fly?

Do you think the TSA is the defining moment of our air safety? It is another government bureaucracy that cannot get out of its own way. The TSA gives full inspections to 90-year-old grandmothers and 6-year-old children. Let me give a hint to the TSA; all terrorism in this country has been performed by Muslims between the ages of 20 and 40. Until we concentrate our efforts on these people, we are wasting our money.

Yeah but driving a car is a PRIVILIGE not a right. I don't fly so I cannot respond about the TSA. Chicago is the wild west and all their restrictions aren't keeping the gang bangers from having weaponry, only the law abiding. Peabody may not be the wild west but we still should have the right to protect our lives and property without a lot of harassment when someone does so. The police can't be everywhere. Suicide is a criminal offence, anyone doing it is a criminal, if not nuts to begin with. I don't see them putting dead bodies in jail though. We definitly need to check on the state of people's mental health if they are going to get a permit to carry or an FID. I see nothing wrong with checking on that as well as if they're a felon when looking at the records. It's not a week it's a month waiting by the way.