Trust me, I would love to do something to prevent this from ever happening again. How can any law address a nutjob willing to shoot at kids? Enacting more laws will only affect the people that will obey them. Sadly, there are so many people in this country that are crazy, and have no value for life. Passing another law won’t save any lives. There are already too many guns out there, and any law won’t stop a criminal from finding a way.
You can pass whatever “gun control” laws you want, but people are still going to go nuts and kill others.
It really sickens me that this entire thing has turned into gun control, while it seems like no one even cares about the kids that were murdered.
Looks a lot like an “assault style” squirt gun with a high capacity mag to me. Even has the finger on the trigger when not prepared to fire. Looks like the commander in chief needs to sign up for some NRA safety classes. I don’t even keep my finger on the trigger of my tools when I’m carrying them.
I’d rather people have to go to gun class to get a gun than optionally choose to join the NRA and take a class. But you’d need registration and permits to track any of this and that’s all crazy talk.
Every person looking to get a gun should have to go through some mental evaluation. Also should take the time it takes a handgun to get a rifle. A 30 minute background check is not enough. But they should not fully ban semi rifles
As a pistol permit holder I took a mandatory safety class required before even being able to submit my permit application. It was very well worth the cost and time spent. I believe anyone who even picks up any type of firearm should have basic safety training. Our family was by no means “gun nuts” but the safety aspect was ingrained by my father well before I was old enough to purchase or use guns on my own. I’ve been to some summer events held by my relatives over the years and that safety mindset was always there. If I saw anyone who obviously didn’t know too much about firearms and safe use, I stopped and took it upon myself to educate them, and they appreciated it. If you want to learn to hunt, target shoot, whatever, learn how to safely use the tools. If your going to drive a car, motorcycle, etc., take safety courses and learn how to use the tools safely.
The fears people have with gun registration is simply that it is a way for someone who may decide it’s time for you to give up something a way to find where that thing is and how many of them there are. I understand background checks and there’s no doubt they are not 100% effective. I don’t think any system or plan could be. Many see it as a violation of the privacy and infringement on their freedoms and wonder where it will end and how far someone life can be monitored before “big brother” is satisfied.
You’re more likely to die falling out of bed then being shot by a rifle in the US :lol:
You’re wayyy more likely to be killing by someone texting and driving or drinking.
A lot of those deaths are gang members/drug dealers and other bs hardened criminals who won’t be following the law and are already breaking it.
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The likely hood any one of you, your friends or your family would be involved in a mass shooting like this is practically none existent the chances of being involved in a DWI death/texting is a way more serious threat to your way of life.
I’m surprised none of you started a thread saying US drone strikes wiped out 200+ kids in the past few years since everyone suddenly cares about all people :lol:
serious question. was the mother obeying all gun laws? my understanding is that she was… roughly speaking
if the laws required more thorough processes for purchase, registration, storage (locking triggers, ammo separate, locked in a gun safe etc. like in Ontario) and she still followed them as a good gun owner, which we may both be agreeing that she was… then would it have made it more difficult to carry out the massacre?
and then if transportation of them, concealed carry permits and various other ancillary legislation were meant to impede casual / cavalier use (read: serious gun people will be a little inconvenienced but would still have basically the same rights they do now) do you think that fewer people would own more than just a hand gun or two for self defence and a hunting rifle or two?
In other words, you still have all the same rights but are more accountable for your guns; encouraging the kind of seriousness of ownership that police or military people employ.
gun control and having a reducing impact on massacres carried out with guns that kill children are exactly the same issue. maybe it isn’t about the kids in Newton but it is certainly about the kids in the next city that get killed because nothing changed.
