04-19-2007, 08:03 PM
Paul, if half the people in the US had as much responsibility and your attitude towards firearms, I don't think the firearm issue would be much of one at all.
Problem is you have very unstable "kids" with access to the same weaponry that we adults have...or people who are responsible have. That's a recipe for disaster. I always liked the saying "Guns don't kill people, people kill people". The unfortunate part of it is that guns are IMO too easy to acquire in the US. So when you do have a whack job like this piece of crap, he is able to get his hands on something that is capable of killing, and killing in high numbers.
I also don't think you can compare swords vs guns. Their usage is much different, and you can kill or injure a LOT more people with a firearm than you can with an edged weapon.
I'm against banning firearms...my gov't has tried to squeeze gun owners in the past (when it's not them even committing the crimes!), but I do like the hoops you have to go through to buy them. Because of all these steps, it decreases the # of firearms brought into this country, legal or otherwise. Because of that, the chances of such a rampage in our schools are a lot lower. Not saying it doesn't happen...it did in a Montreal school back in 1989, when some piece of s**t killed 14 women because he "hated feminists".
I truly think that because the responsible people like paul are getting older, and being replaced by irresponsible, deluded, annoying cry babies like that guy, that maybe new safeguards need to be implemented in many areas, not just with firearms.
I think the times they are a changing, and maybe some kind of new legislation, that isn't specific to one state, but the entire country needs to be introduced? I know that is part of the complexity, is that state laws can differ in each state.
However, I also truly feel that people that have mental health issues should be SEVERELY restricted in their freedoms. Hell, even stick a GPS tracker in their skin. They are too unpredictable and pose a very real threat to society. That in itself is reason to control them better.
Course, if it was up to me, they'd all be in the gladiatorial arena for our amusement. But then, I guess that'd be too barbaric. :wink:
Problem is you have very unstable "kids" with access to the same weaponry that we adults have...or people who are responsible have. That's a recipe for disaster. I always liked the saying "Guns don't kill people, people kill people". The unfortunate part of it is that guns are IMO too easy to acquire in the US. So when you do have a whack job like this piece of crap, he is able to get his hands on something that is capable of killing, and killing in high numbers.
I also don't think you can compare swords vs guns. Their usage is much different, and you can kill or injure a LOT more people with a firearm than you can with an edged weapon.
I'm against banning firearms...my gov't has tried to squeeze gun owners in the past (when it's not them even committing the crimes!), but I do like the hoops you have to go through to buy them. Because of all these steps, it decreases the # of firearms brought into this country, legal or otherwise. Because of that, the chances of such a rampage in our schools are a lot lower. Not saying it doesn't happen...it did in a Montreal school back in 1989, when some piece of s**t killed 14 women because he "hated feminists".
I truly think that because the responsible people like paul are getting older, and being replaced by irresponsible, deluded, annoying cry babies like that guy, that maybe new safeguards need to be implemented in many areas, not just with firearms.
I think the times they are a changing, and maybe some kind of new legislation, that isn't specific to one state, but the entire country needs to be introduced? I know that is part of the complexity, is that state laws can differ in each state.
However, I also truly feel that people that have mental health issues should be SEVERELY restricted in their freedoms. Hell, even stick a GPS tracker in their skin. They are too unpredictable and pose a very real threat to society. That in itself is reason to control them better.
Course, if it was up to me, they'd all be in the gladiatorial arena for our amusement. But then, I guess that'd be too barbaric. :wink:
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