You cant arm 5 year olds...so the argument that more guns will make society safer will be seen as idiotic by the majority of Americans...
If we cant afford the government now we certainly cant afford putting armed guards in every elementary school in the country..
In the USA, after today, the idea that universal access to firearms is acceptable is dead.
Folks who support the 2nd Amendment need to come up with solid proposals to keep guns out of the hands of the crazies. If we don't do that, the rest of the country is going to figure out ways to keep guns out of every ones hands...
Now there's an idea! Why didn't we think of that? While we're at it, let's keep cars out of the hands of drunk drivers.
How could we do that? Well, let's start by passing laws that prohibit children, criminals and the mentally ill from owning weapons - and let's prohibit drunk driving. Yeh, that should be a good start.
Oh, wait a minute, we already have such laws, as does Mexico.
The Mexican Constitution guarantees the right of Mexicans to possess arms. Even so, gun control laws in Mexico are very strict, and police discretion in enforcement makes possession of firearms of greater than .22 very difficult and risky for normal citizens. As you can read in the papers everyday, strict guns laws in Mexico sure have solved the crime and murder problem there!
Here's an idea: School teachers in Israel are allowed to carry weapons and there hasn't been a school shooting there in decades. p But, I doubt your desire to do away with the 2nd Amendment is swayed by facts. For the record, what other parts of the Constitution would you like to change?
Folks who support the 2nd Amendment need to come up with solid proposals to keep guns out of the hands of the crazies. If we don't do that, the rest of the country is going to figure out ways to keep guns out of every ones hands...
Yep. You get it. As do I. Too many others here seem to want to bury their heads in the sand while parading the same old tired bumper-sticker platitudes. Here's a newsflash to these folks: What happened today wasn't just another run-of-the-mill mass shooting that America will forget about in a week. Oh, no. This one is going to stick around for a while.
Folks who support the 2nd Amendment need to come up with solid proposals to keep guns out of the hands of the crazies. If we don’t do that, the rest of the country is going to figure out ways to keep guns out of every ones hands...
except the crazies..
There is probably 100 laws already on the books that this guy broke.
One more would not have made him stop and think “wow.. 101 laws.. well there goes that idea. if was only 100.. well then I’d be set!”
Banning guns won’t work. I know we agree on that.
There is no solid way to keep guns out of the hands of crazy people. None.
So how do we fix this? The fact is we can’t.
But we can prevent it from happening by allowing citizens to be armed where ever they are.
This includes teachers.
> Folks who support the 2nd Amendment need to come up with solid proposals to keep guns out of the hands of the crazies.<
For starters, there needs to be major reform in commitment law in this country, particularly when parents, who know when their child or adult child might pose a danger to others, are hamstrung in getting meaningful help for an ill family member.
Gun control is a straw man.