Lott's response to Bloomberg's idea

Of course not. Honestly, I find the minute the government steps in to try to control anything, people get (pardon the pun) up in arms. Drugs, guns, budget balancing with higher taxes/aka more revenue.

Given that though, I still wonder why there couldn't be a reporting system regarding ammo. If someone buys far more ammo than they'd realistically use over a set period of time, such as the CO shooter did 6,000+ in two months, it might put an end to some, not all, of these senseless killings.

A reporting system for anyone who posts more comments than they "would normally do" would be okay too, then? Might put an end to some senseless comments.

Sarah, shouldn't there also be a limit on the number of clubs, knives, sticks, bats and dogs used to defend your home, too?

Sarah, shouldn't there also be a limit on the number of clubs, knives, sticks, bats and dogs used to defend your home, too?

You previously voiced a preference for a brutal path to home defense by choosing the mano a mano path to rip, beat and shred intruders instead of equalizing the conflict with comparable force. As a blood thirsty mongrel with rage issues myself, that's why I like you. I can certainly understand your desire to get in there and really rip their liver out. Having been raised in the video game generation, I can't help but look forward to it.

Should I register my hands as say "weapons of intent" and have a limited number of punches permitted before I need to refill it? Why should a trap shooter with 10,000 empty shotgun shells, a couple kegs of power and 10,000 primers be limited by an arbitrary purchase limit if he shoots 500-1000 rounds a week?

Certainly, Aurora, Tucson and LSU were tragic incidents, but they were all committed by mentally ill who should have been treated. Once they are all covered and treated under Obamacare, wouldn't then the risk of all these kinds of sprees then be remediated?

Sarah, I just recently competed in an open prone competition that required 320 record rounds, small bore. In addition since there is a change in target distance from 50 yards to 100 yards back to 50 yards and then 50 meters, you need sighting rounds. so say about 500 rounds. When I practice I usually shoot any where from 100 to 200 rounds during a session, once or twice a week. Now I have friends that shoot that much each day. so that might be 600 to 1200 rounds a week or as many as 5,000 rounds a month or about 60,000 rounds a year. Some of the pistol competitors will easily go through 20,000 rounds a year, (9mm and .45) and they have full time jobs besides. Figuring out what is a lot is a personal point of view and besides they give discounts for volume purchases and it really does not go bad.

@Sarah: Again with the trying to control the inanimate objects rather than the insane would-be murderers.