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Pressure Cookers
It is about time a serious problem in this country is addressed. I have
known for years the dangers of assault style pressure cookers with high
capacity chambers. In light of the recent attack, there needs to be
legislation limiting the access of these devices.
Who needs a pressure cooker with a sixteen quart capacity? I'm not a hunter
but I know it doesn't take sixteen quarts to cook a deer.
There are currently no laws governing access to these cookers. Any criminal
can just walk in off the street and buy whatever they want. There should be
a background check, not only at dealers, but we need to close the cooking
show loophole as well.
The powerful lobbying group, the NRA (National Restaurant Association) has
opposed any sensible legislation to rid society of these dangerous cookers.
They contend criminals will simply avoid background checks and steal cookers
or get them at yard sales. It is estimated there are hundreds of thousands
of these devices already in the hands of the public. A comprehensive
registration program needs to be implemented to control private exchanges.
To those people who already own high capacity sixteen quart cookers, a limit
of eight quarts should be implemented. Of course, police and military would
be exempt for uses in the line of duty.
Nobody wants to take away the right to keep and bear pressure cookers but
these common sense regulations would have a dramatic impact protecting our
citizens. Please call your legislators and tell them to act immediately.
The pressure cooker thing first appeared in the syndicated column "Hints
from Heloise" about a year ago. Shortly after al Jazira bought rights to
the column. My favorite though is her latest column "The Right Way to
Detonate Bread Pudding". It's destined to become a classic.
One last thought -- next on the Liberal "Most Deadly" List is going to be
"sharps" (metal items such as nails, screws, etc. that could possibly be
used as shrapnel in a pressure cooker bomb, all types of "fireworks" (that
includes caps for cap guns) and batteries (used to energize detonators).
That should just about end the pressure cooker problem altogether -- until
they figure out a way to energize one via solar power...
Sent to me be a friend on the dry side..
Brutus Out
It is about time a serious problem in this country is addressed. I have
known for years the dangers of assault style pressure cookers with high
capacity chambers. In light of the recent attack, there needs to be
legislation limiting the access of these devices.
Who needs a pressure cooker with a sixteen quart capacity? I'm not a hunter
but I know it doesn't take sixteen quarts to cook a deer.
There are currently no laws governing access to these cookers. Any criminal
can just walk in off the street and buy whatever they want. There should be
a background check, not only at dealers, but we need to close the cooking
show loophole as well.
The powerful lobbying group, the NRA (National Restaurant Association) has
opposed any sensible legislation to rid society of these dangerous cookers.
They contend criminals will simply avoid background checks and steal cookers
or get them at yard sales. It is estimated there are hundreds of thousands
of these devices already in the hands of the public. A comprehensive
registration program needs to be implemented to control private exchanges.
To those people who already own high capacity sixteen quart cookers, a limit
of eight quarts should be implemented. Of course, police and military would
be exempt for uses in the line of duty.
Nobody wants to take away the right to keep and bear pressure cookers but
these common sense regulations would have a dramatic impact protecting our
citizens. Please call your legislators and tell them to act immediately.
The pressure cooker thing first appeared in the syndicated column "Hints
from Heloise" about a year ago. Shortly after al Jazira bought rights to
the column. My favorite though is her latest column "The Right Way to
Detonate Bread Pudding". It's destined to become a classic.
One last thought -- next on the Liberal "Most Deadly" List is going to be
"sharps" (metal items such as nails, screws, etc. that could possibly be
used as shrapnel in a pressure cooker bomb, all types of "fireworks" (that
includes caps for cap guns) and batteries (used to energize detonators).
That should just about end the pressure cooker problem altogether -- until
they figure out a way to energize one via solar power...
Sent to me be a friend on the dry side..
Brutus Out
