Gun Control News - Report Lost and Stolen Handguns

Lynne Honickman, Founder of Moms Against Guns, speaks at a recent press conference on gun reform held at Pennsylvania State Capitol. Law enforcement from across Pennsylvania attended the conference in support of new gun laws requiring the reporting of lost and stolen handguns.

Gun traffickers (without a criminal record) "legally" buy handguns and then sell them to someone who could not otherwise get it -- someone too young to buy, or someone with a criminal record. These handguns are being used in violent crimes across Pennsylvania. Illegal gun traffickers are exploiting the absence of law requiring the reporting of lost and stolen handguns to hide their activities from police and to avoid prosecution. When police trace a crime gun back to the straw purchaser, they simply say the gun was lost or stolen.

Closing this loop hole will help to limit their ability to cover their tracks and will allow law enforcement to conduct proactive investigations and crack down on straw purchases.

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[MomsAgainstGuns]

No one wants to see innocent people go to jail -- but a tracking system that can be used by police to find stolen guns used illegally by criminals is needed in a state where stolen guns are a deadly problem.

[MomsAgainstGuns]

Exactly -- these laws are just asking people to be responsible about their deadly weapons.

[vaguy78]

Why don't you go after the real problem and change your name to "Mom's Against Criminals"? MADD is Moms Against DRUNKING DRIVING not Moms Against Alcohol. Blaming guns for violence is like blaming water for drownings or Cutco for stabbings.

[MomsAgainstGuns]

Thanks for your input, we understand your point. We aren't able to change the name at this point but truly we are seeking commonsense legislation to stem the flow of illegal guns that are causing too much murder and bloodshed (kind of long to put in a name).

[moose2092]

OMG they found nancy pelosi's evil twin , LOL

[shananagans5]

You all are just spinning your wheels until you realize that guns are not the driver of violence. Increased violence is the driver of all weapon use. You are coming at the problem from the wrong direction and no matter how strongly you feel about it, you are not going to improve anything until you define your problem correctly.

[awsomeshot]

@MomsAgainstGuns you dont get it the guns dont cause the murder just like alcohol doesnt cause drunk driving. you want absolute legislature. 1 law leads to 2 laws which leads to 21,000 laws. You would strip the many of their rights due to the lack of responsibility, morals, and ethics of the few. Maybe we teach our youth good values, personal responsibility, self reliance, and mature conflict resolution.

[bigbenusa45]

what should we do ban guns? In 1997 england banned, confiscated, and destroyed all legally owned handguns and by 1999 the use of handguns in crime had increased 40%! Guns are not the problem, heck now thanks to their gun ban now england has more crime then the US. In 1998, a study conducted jointly by statisticians from the U.S. Department of Justice and the University of Cambridge in England found that most crime is now worse in England than in the United States.

[Roberto29071976]

@MomsAgainstGuns

I'm sorry but your point of view is completely irroneous. Look at UK, there exists a handgun ban and a semiauto weapon ban since 1997. In the last thirteen years criminal rate increased vertiginously and many kids lost their lives because of beatings, stabbings or shootings related on drug and gang violence. The shootings were not from stolen guns because Government confiscated in 1997 all legal guns from law abiding citizens. All these guns came from illegal gun trafficking!

[iCummins03]

shes such a dumbass i can not STAND to listen to her well thats why i looked up these videos so i could make fun of them

[iCummins03]

ficken dumbass gun control idiots

[MIT1369]

Criminals don't report when their illegaly accquired gun is stolen. Penn has been suckling on the teat of liberal politicians for far too long.

[waterfrontdude]

All bathtubs, toilets and buckets must be banned!!!

[Alphawaste123456]

Lol i think u meant I second that "motion" but I completely agree with u . I live in Jamaica and it is very hard to obtain a firearm . I am under age but i am seriously considering purchasing one when i finish school . All the best to u