This day in active shooter history.....

[fredd bear]

Pot meet kettle.

So, I'm ALWAYS a dick?

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THE main problem that I see, as an outsider is what seems to me to be a wilful misinterpretation of the Second Amendment to the US  Constitution. 

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." .

. This was written in the eighteenth century, when the country had just fought the War of Independence. The people who did the fighting were free citizens, not a standing army..  It was reasonable to assume there might  soon be other armed conflicts., when those citizens may need to fight again. 

A major problem is also the National Rifle Association,  which as a lobbying group a has far more power than its membership might suggest.

But hey, what do I know.I'm just an ignorant foreigner.----from a country in which it is difficult to own a hand gun and where the number of gun deaths is not a national embarrassment

And ardent gunners are not likely to join a well-regulated militia anyway. Their toys are more important to them than the security of the free state.

 After writing that, I hid under my desk. I was expecting to be attacked by enraged American gun owners. NO that wasn't the reason for the post.  I thought my perception might be appropriate. But then, my views are hardly original. I understand that the majority of Americans are in favour of radical gun laws.

ME? Ex grunt, rated marksman with 7.62 SLR. Also qualified with: Armalite, M60 machine Gun, Bren Gun, F1 sub machine gun, M26, M36 grenades.

I have nothing against guns. I like guns (don't own any) But civilians with guns care the crap out of me; far too many of them are far too ignorant and far too stupid to be allowed near any firearm. I've formed that opinion from various people I've met who are gun owners. Mainly from the fatuous nonsense  spewed by the NRA and other dickheads  after say a church shooting. OR that bastion of reason, president Trump, who actually said  a school shooting would not have happened had teachers bene armed. 


Jim Jeffries, Aussie comic very popular in the US, on guns:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0