RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
December 9, 2013 at 10:40 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2013 at 10:42 pm by Brakeman.)
(December 9, 2013 at 9:07 pm)TheBeardedDude Wrote: Gun philosophy instead of gun reality? You didn't understand anything I said, did you?Evidently not. It certainly sounded like you were starting at a point before mine. I said it was sad that someone couldn't have stopped him after he had a gun, all of your scenarios posited at a time before he got the gun.
(December 9, 2013 at 9:07 pm)TheBeardedDude Wrote: I propose we improve the gun laws and increase the difficulty of attaining a weapon but improve the was with which one can attain training. What do you propose? More guns as a solution to guns?
No, My proposal is to address the glamor and popularity of guns. Take away the social prohibition of showing dead bodies in order to pretend that gun usage in hunting and in crime is not as ugly as it gets. Sanitation of Hollywood's gun play is the first big evil to destroy. If my child is old enough to see a gun in use, she's old enough to see the horror of the real results.
It's not going to happen, I suppose as it would be way too unpopular, but if the man that shot those kids had seen the horrors of murder, maybe his conscience or that of his wife's or friends would have convinced him he didn't need to get involved with "disgusting" guns if his job didn't require it.
Secondly, I would make gun safety equipment, such as a safe, tax deductible because it serves the greater society at large. A gun not stolen is more likely not to fall into the wrong hands.
And lastly, teach young boys that they cannot and should not ever try to force anyone else to do anything. As these boys grow up, their desire for control is the overriding theme in so many of these tragedies.
Your proposal of making them difficult to obtain would generally only annoy law abiding citizens, and they would counter that politically, as they do.
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