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Originally Posted by August
Why do you blame the tool and not the perpetrator Markus? Would you feel better if they were all pushed out of windows or run down by a speeding SUV?
The NRA, or what is left of it, fights for our right to possess firearms, a constitutionally protected right that is supposed to be recognized by the government and not infringed upon. You will never hear them say that mentally deficient people should be allowed to buy firearms.
You can take every gun out of the country (well theoretically anyways, I wouldn't surrender mine without a fight) and you would still have mass murderers. Did you know that the largest school massacre in my country was NOT perpetrated with a gun? Thirty-eight elementary school children blown up by a disgruntled school board member. The death toll would have been much higher if all of the explosives he planted had gone off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster |
You're right Dave it's not the tool but the person behind it who's the problem
I was shocked by what this Danish reporter said in the news today..In USA any 18 years old can walk into a weapon shop and buy an AR15 with ammo but he has to wait until he is 21 if he wants to buy a beer.
I'm not against people own a weapon what I want is-Whatever weapon you buy you shall be checked before getting the weapon.
Meaning any American has to wait couple of weeks while they are being checked before they can buy the gun/rifle.
And for some weapon I would say special checking should be made.
That's how I would do it.
Then the question is-Would it help, would it prevent future mass shooting from happening ?
Markus