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The gun 'debate' as I see it.

Gun Control Supporter: Did you hear?! Another massacre happened at a school this morning; this is more than I can stand!

Gun Control Opponent: I know, it's tragic and terrible. My thoughts and prayers go out to them but what can we do though? You know?

GCS: We can start looking into ways to prevent this kind of thing.

GCO: Like maybe we should hire armed security in schools, or train teachers how to fight back...

GCS: That's not going to be a solution, we can barely afford to pay for textbooks and other necessities, where would we get money to buy weapons to arm school teachers and keep them ready to fight should the worst case scenario happen?

GCO: We need more good guys with guns to put down the bad guys!

GCS: We really need to consider how to stop bad guys from getting them in the first place, it has nothing to do with good people. Maybe we shouldn't allow the sale of powerful semi automatic weapons to anyone who wants one...

GCO: YOU CAN'T TAKE MY GUNS AWAY!

GCS: I never said that...

GCO: YOU PEOPLE ARE ALL ALIKE! YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE ALL THE GUNS AWAY!

GCS: I have no interest and taking your guns, I just think we need a stronger background check, or more...

GCO: THE 2ND AMENDMENT SAYS I HAVE A RIGHT TO OWN MY GUNS AND YOU'LL NEVER REPEAL IT! NEVER EVER! YOU HAVE TO PRY MY GUN FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!

GCS: Calm down, you the only one saying anything about taking guns away from people.

GCO: WE SHOULD MAKE EVERYONE BUY AN AR-15! THEN THEY CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM PSYCHOPATHS!

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I'm a Hunter, gun owner, from a long line of gun owners in Michigan. We don't need military grade weapons in civilian hands. For other guns we need to require background checks and certification like we do for handguns.

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I doubt teachers would continue in their profession if they were asked to be trained to kill an active shooter. I mean how would this even work? With kids and teachers running every where how could they get a clean shot? I'd be afraid an innocent bystander would be hit. This is definitely not the answer. I can think of plenty of things that could go wrong. Most importantly, there's ALREADY an active shooter in the building killing innocent people. We need to prevent this from happening, not train for a gun battle.

OK! Doing nothing is your answer? Terrific!

@Jim222bo where did I say do nothing? Preventing it from happening is doing something. Is your comprehension off?

Where did you say something? My comprehension is damned near perfect!

@Jim222bo but not quite obviously. Let it go Jim.

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If we could really have a genuine national discussion on this subject without the gunslingers foaming at the mouth and whining about taking our guns away we could talk about the difference in time between when the second amendment came into being and the present. The second amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791. The firearms that were around then were 1 shot fucken muskets or whatever and then it took you how long to reload and fire again? They were incapable of putting your finger on the trigger and firing without stopping round after round and killing untold numbers. It is insane to uphold something that may have been true in 1791 and say it's still the same today. Did psychotropic drugs exist in 1791? Maybe you could get drunk on moonshine and get 1 musket ball off but then you couldn't see straight to reload. Some body correct me if i am wrong but a very large percentage of these school massacres were done by individuals being treated with these psychotropic drugs for various behavioral ailments. The powers that be won't even admit to that so we could bring that out into the open for discussion. They will do nothing to limit the sales of firearms to perpetrators of domestic violence. I live less then 50 miles from Sutherland Springs, Tx. where that guy murdered all those people in church. Plenty of thoughts and prayers but nothing that means a shit. Their loving god didn't even protect them in his own house. The Las Vegas massacre was covered up and we probably will never know the truth about what happened. Yes, god works in mysterious ways but it only seems to benefit the rich and famous.

Do a little research and you will find there were some very interesting guns available back then. Under any circumstances, that was then, this is now. The cops always come after you are dead.

Better guns may have been available then but they weren’t widely available. @Jim222bo

This is now...........
@Marcie1974

You were the one that brought up guns from that time @Jim222bo

I merely pointed out that there were more than muskets available back in the day. The Gatlin Gun was a bad machine. And there were others. You obviously did not do any research and I am not gonna do it for you. Case closed far as I am concerned. @Marcie1974

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If we could really have a genuine national discussion on this subject without the gunslingers foaming at the mouth and whining about taking our guns away we could talk about the difference in time between when the second amendment came into being and the present. The second amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791. The firearms that were around then were 1 shot fucken muskets or whatever and then it took you how long to reload and fire again? They were incapable of putting your finger on the trigger and firing without stopping round after round and killing untold numbers. It is insane to uphold something that may have been true in 1791 and say it's still the same today. Did psychotropic drugs exist in 1791? Maybe you could get drunk on moonshine and get 1 musket ball off but then you couldn't see straight to reload. Some body correct me if i am wrong but a very large percentage of these school massacres were done by individuals being treated with these psychotropic drugs for various behavioral ailments. The powers that be won't even admit to that so we could bring that out into the open for discussion. They will do nothing to limit the sales of firearms to perpetrators of domestic violence. I live less then 50 miles from Sutherland Springs, Tx. where that guy murdered all those people in church. Plenty of thoughts and prayers but nothing that means a shit. Their loving god didn't even protect them in his own house. The Las Vegas massacre was covered up and we probably will never know the truth about what happened. Yes, god works in mysterious ways but it only seems to benefit the rich and famous.

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I know and the fact that Congress will not even allow a study of the subject of gun violence, tells us all we need to know. We MUST vote blue and enact a complete study of the subject from all angles.
I even heard a former republican senator admit that if we want to see action on gun control don't keep voting for republicans.

Realistically? What "gun control" did you have in mind?

Having to take a class on firearms safety before being allowed to own a gun. Similar to drivers ed. Not being able to purchase or modify guns for rapid fire. BUT, gun ranges could have those types of guns for rent, in their facility for those that need to get their rocks off firing them. Detailed background checks. For start anyway. @Jim222bo

@Marcie1974 It all sounds good to me!

Right? Just be sensible, that’s all we’re asking! We had Obama for 8 years and I’m not aware of him knocking on anyone’s door and confiscating their guns. ???? @Ktcyan

With 300 million guns already in the population, there is nothing you can do but live with what we have. The fault is in the shooters. @Marcie1974

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BINGO ~

Varn Level 8 Feb 21, 2018
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Definitely one of the toughest conundrums we're facing today. Some of the hardest things to work out, to me anyway, are the questions of what disqualifies a person from being fit (mentally/emotionally), who gets to decide if they are or not, what test do you need to pass, and how often should everyone get tested to make sure they're still fit? Those questions are already answered by our Fed. laws when it comes to hand guns, but long rifle laws vary from state to state. The biggest problem overall isn't so much people purchasing new weapons, but the whole resale system that we have. I'm not sure about all states, but here in NC, anyone can sell any gun, hand or long, to anyone without having a FFL dealer involved. As it is now across the country, only hand gun purchases need to have a dealer quickly call in a person's info to make sure they're legal to buy a hand gun, unless they already have a concealed carry permit. In order to get one of those, you have to go through an extensive SBI background check.
The bottom line is this; you can take all these facts, put them in a box and toss them out the window if you want to actually do something to stop the mentally ill and socially corrupt criminals from getting their hands on a gun... All the hoops in the world that you impose on law abiding citizens to jump through isn't going to stop them from getting a gun. Not a single gun bought and kept by a law abiding citizen has ever been used in a mass shooting. Psychos that want to get a gun and shoot people can get one with no problem. And just accept that these ''Gun Free Zones'' are a joke.. It's the perfect place to go to shoot up a bunch of people and not be met with someone else with a gun to stop you.. The bottom line is this; we're going to have to learn to protect ourselves.. get over it.. That means train all willing teachers to carry a weapon, hire armed guards for schools, malls, etc.. Think of all the great jobs that will create, especially for vets coming home needing work. And they're already extremely well trained,, and will show up,, everyday on time.. You think that will cost too much? I don't think it will cost more than the folks required to get trained to give mental health tests, and do background checks for gun permits. Just my take on it.. Cheers

Yours is one of the few sensible answers and also one of the few that will work.

"Not a single gun bought and kept by a law abiding citizen has ever been used in a mass shooting."??? Actually the AR15 used last week had been purchased legally. Also the ones in the Las Vegas shooting for sure had been. If gun free zones are not a good idea I'm all for removing the metal detectors at the senate, congress and white house as well as all government buildings. They should be replaced by active shooter drills and lock down drills instead. If you can get the politicians to give up their gun free zones then you might have a point.

@Ktcyan You missed the point... If they're so psychologically demented to go shoot a bunch of kids in a school, or people at a concert, they are not law abiding citizens...
When terrorists attacked a school in Maalot in 1974, Israel did not declare every school a gun-free zone. It passed a law mandating armed security in schools, provided weapons training to teachers and today runs frequent active shooter drills. There have been only two school shootings since then, and both have ended with teachers killing the terrorists

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Clearly we do not have a "well regulated militia" when children are wiped out en masse.
People who argue that they deserve military grade weapons are simply confused ammosexuals that don't care we're turning into a 3rd world country.
Furthermore the family of the man who designed the AR speaks : [time.com]

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More bullshit because some people think their dick is much bigger if they have a gun. how can intelligence, wisdom and compassion and common sense ever be an equal to fucking stupid mono thinking?

Aw! Come on, Leigh! When you got an AK you are twenty feet tall and you weigh a ton!!! Badass to the max!!!

well there is that lol

Hey Honey, is that a Glock in your pants or are you just happy to see me??? LOL

lol

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The argument that more people need to be armed just doesn't hold water - mainly because a lot of the very people that would need to be armed for it to work (i.e. teachers) absolutely don't want to be armed. They wouldn't have the training to defend themselves, let alone the children under their care, simply because they don't want to have to do it and many find it morally abhorrent that they should be asked to shoot people.

I know quite a few teachers who can handle a gun very well. How many people are going to get killed before we realize gun free zones are a joke and a disaster waiting to happen.

@Trajan61 That's only if everyone else in the world were like you - confident using a gun and happy to carry one. But I'd guess that most teachers are more likely to vote Democrat and not be massive gun owners ... I know, just a generalisation but I bet statistically significant. There won't be the number of teachers happy to carry weapons to make the system work. Also, how well do you think a poorly trained and unconfident teacher will do going up against a person armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle? Also, who is going to pay for these guns? Pay for the training and storage etc? Tax-payers I guess? The teachers?

We spend millions protecting our sporting events, airports and government officials. Why shouldn’t we spend a little protecting our kids.

On the other hand, there are beaucoup teachers who are ready and willing to carry on the job.

@Trajan61.... There are around 132K schools in America. Have any idea what it would cost to effectively put enough people on the job to protect the kids? And then you would bitch and moan because the president is pissing away taxpayer dollars, going wildly over budget, etc. In the last twenty years there has been 138 school kids killed. That comes to seven a year. There are 50 million kids enrolled in schools. Your child has a greater risk of being struck by lightning that being shot at school.

@Jim222bo Very true - I don't doubt that a few would carry, but if they weren't experienced and well-trained gun users I think they would be just putting themselves in danger and adding to the statistics when we know how easy it is for someone to get a semi-auto assault rifle. Even the cop on duty at the school seems to have failed to engage the shooter when the chips were down. I'm maybe too cynical but I just see the idea to arm teachers as yet another way for Republicans to keep us scared and to funnel tax-payers money to their friends in big business, just like the "war on terror" stripped away personal privacy and sent billions to big corporations. Voters need to put it all into perspective and make more sensible decisions.

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Yeah, they just don’t get it that we’re not going to take their guns away. If you’re a responsible, law abiding citizen, you can still have your guns!

So far, no NRA member has shot up a school. No person with a carry permit has shot up a school.

They’re too busy lining politicians pockets and making sure no sensible laws are passed. @Jim222bo

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You were doing great until this:
GCO: YOU CAN'T TAKE MY GUNS AWAY!

Then you went too far from the actual arguments on both sides.

My experience varies greatly from yours.

@GrantSmith I find it amusing how many folks here resort to "it's true for me". I did not see it coming when I joined

I'm a news reporter. I report on 10 seperate radio stations in my area. I sometimes hear from dozens of people a day on social media, telephone, and email. Lots of people sharing their thoughts on things and THE most common thread among the people against gun control is that any regulations lead down the slippery slope of confiscating their precious weapons.

And you won't take guns away!! Never! Ever! Can't be done!!!!!! May as well join the happy throng.

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Children shouldn't need to go to school under armed guard. This is America! What next, armed guard in the work place? Where will we finally be safe? Will those that can afford it, hire an armed guard for their home! This is insanity, pure and simple! I wonder if the 78 years before I was born, went into dacay the way the last 78 years have gone in America? All because we value guns more than life itself! Having 500 people injured and 50 odd people dead just attending a concert, didn't move the needle. Beautiful young people shot at their highschool, 17 to be exact! Now those young people intended to move the needle...took to their statehouse, only to find the polticians voted no for any kind of gun control! They are in for s rude awakening! Human life does not count very much! We care more for animals now, than we do our humans! There are people in prison for cruelty toward animals! Things are upside down in this country!

You're right

@Rudy1962 OMG...she is pretty low on my approval list, anyway! This is insane!

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Mind you by the end you most likely are considered the need to take their guns away as they are obviously a bit paranoid and obsessed with guns, and that is never a good sign.

Kimba Level 7 Feb 21, 2018
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Yep, pretty damn accurate as I see it.

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