Quoted from Henry

What gun law do you think would of stopped this man from committing murder, we already have background
checks in NY, the man used a typical hunting shotgun.

As you posted, anyone wanting a shotgun in NY State just needs to pass a 'background check' to
purchase a shotgun.  No citizen (except felons, and the mentally unstable) is prevented from buying
his shotgun.  
Felons and the mentally unstable can also legally buy a shot gun... their only restriction is that they need
to drive less than an hour into Vermont where there is no background check.

Universal background checks would prevent gun sales to criminals and the mentally ill... So why would any
one object to "Universal Background Checks"?

Quoted from Box A Rox

As you posted, anyone wanting a shotgun in NY State just needs to pass a 'background check' to
purchase a shotgun.  No citizen (except felons, and the mentally unstable) is prevented from buying
his shotgun.  
Felons and the mentally unstable can also legally buy a shot gun... their only restriction is that they need
to drive less than an hour into Vermont where there is no background check.

Universal background checks would prevent gun sales to criminals and the mentally ill... So why would any
one object to "Universal Background Checks"?

More spin because the gun laws don't work, the answer is not more laws because they don't follow them to begin with. It's like saying well murder is illegal but if we make another law that murder with a firearm is even more illegal then maybe they won't do it, sounds stupid doesn't it but that is what you are suggesting. By the way what would stop this guy from making a zip gun, should we have background checks at Home Depot or Lowes

Quoted from Box A Rox

Felons and the mentally unstable can also legally buy a shot gun... their only restriction is that they need to drive less than an hour into Vermont where there is no background check.

Universal background checks would prevent gun sales to criminals and the mentally ill... So why would anyone object to "Universal Background Checks"?

Class E Felonies
abandonment of a child 260.00
abortion in the second degree  125.40
absconding from a community treatment facility  205.19
absconding from temporary release in the first degree 205.17
aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old 120.12
aggravated harassment in the first degree 240.31
aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate  240.32  
arson in the fourth degree 150.05
auto-stripping in the second degree 165.10  
bail jumping in the second degree 215.56  
cemetery desecration in the first degree 145.23
commercial bribe receiving in the first degree 180.08
commercial bribing in the first degree 180.03
computer tampering in the third degree 156.25  
computer trespass 156.10
conspiracy in the fourth degree 105.10  
criminal anarchy 240.15  
criminal contempt in the first degree 215.51
criminal diversion of prescription medications third degree 178.15
criminal facilitation in the third degree 115.01
criminal impersonation in the first degree 190.26
criminal injection of a narcotic drug 220.46  
criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the first degree  240.71
criminal mischief in the third degree 145.05
criminal nuisance in the first degree 240.46
criminal possession of computer-related material  156.35  
criminal possession of marijuana in the third degree 221.20
criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances 220.60
criminal possession of public benefit cards in the third degree 158.40
criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree 165.45
criminal sale of marijuana in the third degree 221.45
criminal solicitation in the third degree 100.08  
criminal use of a public benefit card in the first degree 158.35  
criminal use of an access device in the first degree  190.76
criminal usury in the second degree 190.40
criminally negligent homicide 125.10
custodial interference in the first degree 135.50
defrauding the government 195.20
disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree 235.21
eavesdropping 250.05
endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person in the second degree 260.32  
escape in the second degree 205.10
falsely reporting an incident in the first degree 240.60
falsifying business records in the first degree 175.10
female genital mutilation 130.85
forgery of a vehicle identification number 170.65  
grand larceny in the fourth degree 155.30
harassment of a rent regulated tenant 241.05
hindering prosecution in the second degree 205.60
illegal possession of a vehicle identification number 170.70
impairing the integrity of a pari-mutuel betting system second 180.52
insurance fraud in the fourth degree 176.15
intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree 215.15
issuing a false certificate 175.40
making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree 210.40
menacing in the first degree 120.13
non-support of a child in the first degree  260.06
obscenity in the second degree 235.06
obstructing governmental administration in the first degree 195.07
offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree 175.35
patronizing a prostitute in the second degree 230.05
perjury in the second degree 210.10
placing a false bomb in the first degree 240.62
possessing a sexual performance by a child 263.16  
possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child 263.11
possession of gambling records in the first degree 225.20  
promoting gambling in the first degree 225.10
rape in the third degree 130.25
receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree 200.25
reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider 120.01
rent gouging in the first degree 180.57
rewarding official misconduct in the second degree  200.20  
riot in the first degree  240.06  
scheme to defraud in the first degree  190.65
sodomy in the third degree  130.40
sports bribe receiving 180.45
stalking in the second degree 120.55  
substitution of children  135.55
tampering with a consumer product in the first degree 145.45
tampering with a sports contest in the first degree 180.51
tampering with a witness in the third degree 215.11
tampering with physical evidence 215.40
trademark counterfeiting in the second degree 165.72  
unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree 165.06
unlawful duplication of computer-related material 156.30
unlawful grand jury disclosure 215.70
unlawful imprisonment in the first degree 135.10
unlawful use of secret scientific material 165.07
unlawfully concealing a will 190.39
unlawfully using slugs in the first degree 170.60  
vehicular assault in the second degree 120.03
welfare fraud in the fourth degree

Quoted from Henry

By the way what would stop this guy from making a zip gun, should we have background checks at
Home Depot or Lowes

Yea, that's a big problem... home made guns are responsible for what percentage of murders???
5%?   1%???  -.0001%???

Quoted from Box A Rox

Yea, that's a big problem... home made guns are responsible for what percentage of murders???
5%?   1%???  -.0001%???

Probably as many as those "assault" rifles....

Quoted from Henry

What gun law do you think would of stopped this man from committing murder, we already have
background checks in NY,

From today's Gazette:

Quoted Text

The rules were developed after Schneiderman charged 10 gun sellers with failing to run
required background checks before making sales to undercover buyers at six shows around
New York state. The buyers walked away with guns even after telling the sellers they had
orders of protection against them and couldn’t pass a background check, Schneiderman
said at the time.

Quoted from 55tbird

Probably as many as those "assault" rifles....

Where do I get a rifle that doesn't "assault"?

If someone wants to buy a gun they will find a way, did the laws forbidding alcohol to be made and sold in the 20's stop alcohol consumption?? Do the strict drug laws stop the sale and manufacture of drugs?

Quoted from Shadow

If someone wants to buy a gun they will find a way, did the laws forbidding alcohol to be made and sold in the 20's stop alcohol consumption?? Do the strict drug laws stop the sale and manufacture of drugs?

I suppose that is true... some one wanting a machine gun could find a way to get one.  It would be
expensive and difficult to find... but with enough money and enough time they could probably find one.

If I wanted an assault weapon, all I'd need is a few hundred dollars and a trip to a gun store or gun
show.

Likewise, if Assault Weapons were as difficult to find and as expensive to buy as machine guns,
most criminals would not bother to spend the extra money or time to acquire one.

Had Assault Weapons still been banned Adam Lanza's mom would not have bought one, and if
large capacity magazines were not available Adam would have been limited to 7 rounds per
magazines.

(One child in the Sandy Hook School shooting was shot 11 times... most were shot multiple times due
in part to large capacity magazines.)

if 'real' background checks were to be conducted, and based on mental stability....ALL military and law enforcement folks would be banned from owning a firearm!!

they are 'trained' to be violent and to kill at will and most government issued military folks return from active duty with PTS or some form of a government created mental disorder!

better becareful what ya wish for.....disarming those 'trained to kill' will be disarmed next!!
and don't kid yourself if you think otherwise!!

Quoted from Box A Rox

Had Assault Weapons still been banned Adam Lanza's mom would not have bought one, and if
large capacity magazines were not available Adam would have been limited to 7 rounds per
magazines.

(One child in the Sandy Hook School shooting was shot 11 times... most were shot multiple times due
in part to large capacity magazines.)

That's a fallacious argument.  You are begging the question.  You make the assumtion that if Lanza's mother didn't have an AR 15 that Adam Lanza wouldn't have committed his crime using other means.(Like a single shot rifle with ten 7 round clips)

Quoted from CICERO

That's a fallacious argument.  You are begging the question.  You make the assumtion that if Lanza's mother didn't have an AR 15 that Adam Lanza wouldn't have committed his crime using other means.(Like a single shot rifle with ten 7 round clips)

Which is more deadly... an AR15 with 10, 30 round magazines?
or
A single shot same caliber rifle with 43, 7 round magazines?

The first 7 rounds would seem to be equally deadly... after that, obviously the AR15 would out
preform the single shot with 7 round magazine.

As posted above...
"One child in the Sandy Hook School shooting was shot 11 times... most were shot multiple
times due in part to large capacity magazines."
To shoot one child that many times would take 1/3rd of a 30 round magazine...
as compared to,
1 1/2 magazines of the 7 round capacity.

Obviously, if it were you being shot at in a mass shooting situation, the 7 round magazine
would be preferred.  
(Thanks for helping me make my point)

Quoted from Box A Rox

Which is more deadly... an AR15 with 10, 30 round magazines?
or
A single shot same caliber rifle with 43, 7 round magazines?

The first 7 rounds would seem to be equally deadly... after that, obviously the AR15 would out
preform the single shot with 7 round magazine.

As posted above...
"One child in the Sandy Hook School shooting was shot 11 times... most were shot multiple
times due in part to large capacity magazines."
To shoot one child that many times would take 1/3rd of a 30 round magazine...
as compared to,
1 1/2 magazines of the 7 round capacity.

Obviously, if it were you being shot at in a mass shooting situation, the 7 round magazine
would be preferred.  
(Thanks for helping me make my point)

So you're fine with mass casualied resulting from a shooting that uses 43 seven round clips?  You won't be arguing for
a restriction on how many clips a person can own?  

Yeah that shooter who was going to murder kids would have had to think twice b4 breaking the law by using a high capacity magazine. He would of probably said to himself "I better not go to that school and kill those kids because if they catch me with that high capacity magazine then I may get arrested."

Adam Lanza, fired a total of 152 bullets in less than 5 minutes, killing 20 young children and 6
adults. Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and had 30-round magazines. He only
needed to reload his weapon four times before killing himself with a pistol.

Had he only had access to ten-round magazines instead of 30-round magazines he would've had to
reload 14 times. He would’ve needed 14 spare magazines beyond the one in the gun with the extra
round in the chamber.
Reloading 14 times. You think he would’ve still pulled off the whole thing in less than five minutes?

The Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-newtown-lanza-mass-murderers-20130313,0,4473768.story