No New Cries for Gun Control

...except from left wing reactionaries.

I've seen this issue discussed by various MSM outlets in recent weeks.  From the Star-Tribune:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The day after the Red Lake shootings, the latest of three mass killings in Minnesota and Wisconsin in recent months, a group of House Democrats fired off a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., demanding a fresh look at new gun legislation.

But gun control was not on the agenda when Congress returned last week from spring break. Top Republicans are loath to do anything that could restrict gun rights, and Democratic leaders -- still smarting from recent election reverses -- aren't eager to advertise themselves as the antigun party either.

Unlike the 1999 Columbine High School shootings, which prompted a spate of gun-control proposals, the Red Lake High shootings have caused little more than a muted gun debate.

Political observers cite several reasons, chief among them the unique circumstances of the Red Lake shootings: Teen suspect Jeff Weise armed himself with pistols and rifles that he took from his slain policeman grandfather.

As gun-rights supporters have been quick to note, the Red Lake scenario seemed to be beyond the reach of most recent gun-control proposals: child-safety locks, background checks for gun-show sales and a ban on assault weapons.

"Everything that kid did that day, practically from the moment he walked out of his bedroom, was a felony," said Joe Olson, a Hamline University law professor and president of the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance. "I don't think any gun-control laws would have made a difference."

As well, the tragedy in Atlanta was perpetrated using a deputy's gun.  These facts do not deter the anti-gun special interests, however:

Gun-control advocates aren't ready to concede, arguing that next-generation safety locks and futuristic gun technologies that identify users by their hand grip could have made a difference, had the gun industry embraced them.

"The gun lobby has successfully fought advances in this technology," said Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. "If they hadn't, we'd have the technology by now."

The Brady Campaign also took issue with incoming National Rifle Association (NRA) President Sandra Froman, who said the incident should prompt a discussion of new ways to keep children safe, including arming teachers.

(emphasis mine)

When I see a demonstration gun that identifies my hand grip that does not violate my 2nd and 14th Amendment rights by making firearm ownership cost prohibited to low-to-moderate income citizens, or students such as I, then I will consider their argument to have some merit.  I won't hold my breath.  Besides, the goal of the anti-gun lobby is not safer guns, its the elimination of private firearm ownership.