RE: This day in active shooter history.....
February 17, 2019 at 6:39 am
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2019 at 6:41 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(February 16, 2019 at 9:00 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(February 16, 2019 at 8:51 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Why do you always have to post like an asshole?Pot meet kettle.
So, I'm ALWAYS a dick?
(February 16, 2019 at 10:42 pm)fredd bear Wrote:(February 16, 2019 at 9:19 pm)Brian37 Wrote: No easy solution right now, but cultural yea. Far too many Americans worship an object.
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.
