RE: High school shooting in Parkland FL
February 16, 2018 at 1:56 pm
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2018 at 1:57 pm by Aegon.)
(February 16, 2018 at 11:30 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(February 16, 2018 at 10:00 am)Aegon Wrote: The answer actually is: he would have slammed into brick or a concrete and nobody would've been hurt. Its easier to get a car rather than a gun (at least a tad) but he chose to use a gun. Guns are deadlier, easier, to kill, work better for the goals.
"Nobody would've been hurt" is distinctly overoptimistic. People get hurt in vehicle/building collisions. You're also assuming that he would not have expressed his murderous rage elsewhere. Of course guns are more efficient killing machines. My point is that too many people see further gun restrictions as a cure-all (see the 1234 guy above).
(February 16, 2018 at 10:00 am)Aegon Wrote: I can't think of a single reason that we have this problem other than WE HAVE SO MANY GUNS EVERYWHERE. It's common sense at this point.
Of course, we're in agreement about that. No need to go all-caps on me, bud.
Further legislation on access to firearms isn't going to (and isn't supposed to) stop murder or violent crime. Just lower the ease with which this type of violent crime can be committed and lower the rate at which they occur. Definitely is not the ultimate solution for why kids want to kill all their classmates.
I didn't mean to direct that second post at you. Forums feature to prevent double posting hooked them together.