Guns, criminals and the mentally ill

Recent shootings bring to light once again that as a society that we have done a poor job keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. It seems like a fairly simple idea and does NOT mean that we should try to prevent the rest of us from exercising our constitutional right to bear arms.

Nationwide over 550 Mayors have signed on to www.Mayorsagainstillegalguns.org
in an attempt to 1) get the criminals and mentally ill on the 'may not purchase' list and 2) close the gunshow loophole. Locally, there are things that the police departments can do to improve reporting the criminals and the mentally ill to the may not purchase lists.

While I recognize that stopping all guns from getting into the hands of criminals is impossible, that does not mean we should give up.