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The amount of gun-related injuries and deaths in the United States is staggering. It makes terrorism seem like tee-ball compared to firearms being the all star players in MLB.
Tighter restrictions won't eliminate the black market (I mean, it's called the black market for a reason, no?) but... restrictions will drive up costs, and that will greatly impact the low-level criminals.
People say also that the mental health system needs to be better. That will never change because god forbid you tell your boss that you think your co-worker has some issues. Then the finger pointing and ruining peoples lives because someone said they were crazy and ended up being not.
Right? I mean, it has to be.
The amount of gun-related injuries and deaths in the United States is staggering. It makes terrorism seem like tee-ball compared to firearms being the all star players in MLB.
And thank goodness. When you make laws based on exceptionally emotional events you get exceptionally stupid laws. Many people actually wanted to arm teachers after that happened, as if that wouldn't cause way more deaths than the occasional looney.Here's what I learned about gun violence in America: after Sandy Hook, we did nothing. Children were literally slaughtered and that wasn't enough to make us take a serious look at our problem with gun violence.
And thank goodness. When you make laws based on exceptionally emotional events you get exceptionally stupid laws. Many people actually wanted to arm teachers after that happened, as if that wouldn't cause way more deaths than the occasional looney.
Pretty much nailz it.
About 40 years ago, drunk driving was a huge problem in America, but we didn't just throw our hands in the air and say "people are gonna drink and drive anyway so fuck it" did we? No. We cracked down on it, enforced strict laws against it, and since then the number of people killed by drunk drivers has plummeted. We must do the same thing with guns. I'm all for banning guns but I realize that's not realistic. All I know is we need some serious new gun control laws. Whether people like it or not, theres a huge problem with guns in our country. Open your fucking eyes
As a gun owner I railed against any kind of gun control for years. But after so many school shootings, workplace massacres and such I've changed my tune drastically. We NEED to do something in this country. Even if we just start with assault rifles. I don't care what your argument is, no one, myself included, needs an AK47 or an AR-15 with a two hundred round drum magazine. Do I own one, yes. Do I need one , no. I would gladly give up all my guns if it meant no more parents burying there young children because some deranged asshole with gun decided to take out his insanity on the general public.
Be the change you want to see. Get rid of your OP guns, I dare you.
And then tell us why you didn't.
Do we have a problem with gun violence? The answer is yes. Is there a way to curtail this violence while still adhereing to the constitution? I don't know. I am an avid gun owner, I have guns not only for self defense, but also because I like to go shooting on weekends, plus I have to have a sidearm, and rifle for my duties in the Texas State Guard and I do have multiple 30 rd magazines for the rifle and 17rd magazines for the sidearms I don't think anyone needs any magazine larger than 30 rd or even 20rd. Plus people have to get it out of their minds that the letters AR in AR-15 stands not for Assault Rilfe, but ARmalite a gun manufacturer. Guns themselves are not the problem, the problem is the person that pulls the trigger. I have been to numerous gun shows with thousands of weapons of all sorts on display, and not once has any of those weapons jumped up and shoot someone, same with going to the shooting range, the only thing that gets shot are a bunch of paper targets, and at out Guard meetings there are a couple hundred Rifles and side arms and still no one gets shot. So the problem is not the inanimate gun but the person who is holding that weapon. I for one think there should be expanded background checks to try and weed out people that under no circumstance should have a weapon, and how can this be done? I don't know, it needs to be thought out and debated and a plan formulated by people in the know, not just politicians(most of them have no clue which end of a gun is what). It is not the law abiding citizen that is at fault, it is the criminal and the mentally ill. Still no matter what you do the criminal element and those deadest on killing someone will get a gun somehow, it's not like Diane Feinstein said "If an armed robber enters a room where no one else has a weapon he will put his weapon down and leave" never gonna happen, that is a paradise for him/her. If the gun background check law was obeyed by every business or person selling a weapon that in itself would cut down on some of the wrong people getting guns. I bought my guns at the Ft Bliss PX and the process was about 2 hours, of forms and then you had to wait for the background check to come back they checked city, state, federal. Then you could buy the gun, and when you left someone from the gun dept carried the gun for you to your car, and you could not buy ammunition from the PX at the same time you bought the gun. Yes there is a problem with gun violence, there is also a problem with violence of all sorts. I don't know what the answer is, but I know it is not making owning a gun illegal(that really worked well on drugs and alcohol during prohibition). There are going to be some who will disagree and probably hate me for my beliefs, won't be the first time.