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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The mass shooting phenomenon is not a gun problem, it’s a people problem

If a certain individual is seriously compelled to commit mass murder, he will find a way to do it. Guns are just a tool and a not particularly efficient tool of executing a mass casualty attack. There are much more destructive and lethal tools at the disposal of mass murderer than guns

We have also seen that a highly motivated mass murderer can can quickly run up body count similar to that from a semi automatic firearm with a knife, sword or other edged weapon. Such an attack with multiple deaths and serious injury occurred at the same General time as Dayton or El Paso but did not get the same dramatic coverage as the shootings

The real solution to the problem is to incarcerate or institutionalize a person who is a serious threat to execute a mass murder attack. If the situation is serious enough to warrant government mandated confiscation of firearms, it is serious enough to take the individual off the street and into custody until such time as it is determined that they pose no threat to the general public.

That is the only solution to stop the murders because being deprived of a gun forces a potential mass murderer to select a potentially far more lethal weapon than a firearm

7 posted on 08/14/2019 4:46:39 PM PDT by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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To: rdcbn

Register Democrats, not Guns.

Oh wait, that’s how Hillary won the Popular Vote.


9 posted on 08/14/2019 4:55:14 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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