Columbine dad pushes for stricter gun control
Submitted on June 14, 2001 - 12:00am.
Christina Stephens - Summer 2001
People are always telling Tom Mauser why tougher hand gun legislation won't work.
But Mauser, whose 15-year-old son Daniel was killed in the Columbine school shooting on April 20, 1999, is always ready with a response for those who disagree with his stand on stricter gun control.
They tell him that no matter what laws are enacted, criminals will get their guns somewhere.
"Then make them," he counters forcefully.
And they tell him that even if the government mandated background checks on gun buyers at gun shows - like the one where Daniel's killers bought their guns - the students from Columbine would have gotten their guns elsewhere.
But Mauser, whose 15-year-old son Daniel was killed in the Columbine school shooting on April 20, 1999, is always ready with a response for those who disagree with his stand on stricter gun control.
They tell him that no matter what laws are enacted, criminals will get their guns somewhere.
"Then make them," he counters forcefully.
And they tell him that even if the government mandated background checks on gun buyers at gun shows - like the one where Daniel's killers bought their guns - the students from Columbine would have gotten their guns elsewhere.
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