Posted by wylie715 on 10/5/2017 6:59:00 PM (view original):
Posted by DoctorKz on 10/5/2017 6:33:00 PM (view original):
Posted by dino27 on 10/5/2017 6:17:00 PM (view original):
ill check them out.
the shooter was not a criminal until he became one...im concerned that we are now meeting the intersection of available guns and available nuts.
I can go into Home Depot, buy a portable Paslode nail gun, walk into a mall and fire off hundreds of 3 inch nails into a crowd. It ain't the guns, it's the nuts.
The sad reality is if someone is hell bent on committing a heinous crime, especially if acting alone, it is darned difficult to prevent.
this is true. Its not gun control we need so much as we need to be more supportive of our mentally ill.
As far as the shooter not being a criminal until he did the shooting...I don't know. I've tried to avoid reading too much about him. I know he had a lot of weapons in the room with him? Did he come by all of them legally? If not, he was a criminal before he started shooting. If so, what logical reason could anyone give for needing to have that many guns? You want guns for self-protection? Fine. I'm not sure how effective that is, but do you really need dozens of guns for self-protection?
We don't need ANY guns for self-protection.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/guns-dont-make-us-safe-debunking-the-self-defense_us_596e1a17e4b07f87578e6c1a
Once someone becomes a criminal, they should get NO guns. That's what police are for.
We should restrict the amount of guns distributed and have extreme procedures if you want to get one.