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@Bad Habit:
Thank you for your reasonable reply. I do not agree with everything you wrote, but ok. Maybe later. One thing, though: Did you read what you had written before you posted this?

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These psychotic idiots keep getting it wrong. The first person they should shoot is almost invariable the last one that they do shoot (themselves).
Cowards, afraid to go out alone.



A lot of name calling and not very 'less pedestrian' than that what you accuse others of. Hence, my retort of 'setting an example', which you can hardly call 'a personal attack'.

Back to topic.
School shootings are lame in my opnion. It does make me wonder how someone can still be an NRA member and talk about 'the Right to bear arms', when things like this happen on a very regular basis. It´s one of the very few things I dislike about American society.




In my defense, this is a very emotional issue and not always subject to logical responses. So, yes, my posting was visceral and lacking in originality.

As a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment, I find the criminal use of firearms reprehensible.
I am not, however, a believer in the concept that if one person fucks something up then everyone should suffer for it. After all, there are very few things in this world that cannot be mis-used. We would soon be outlawing, banning, and prohibiting just about everything if this concept was applied across the board.

Personally, I prefer the individual approach, where the person who uses a firearm in a criminal endeavor is removed from society permanently. You don't see MADD advocating the banning of all automobiles to stop drunk drivers (which would work wonderfully), you see them pressing for harsher sentences for those who abuse the privilege.

The only absolutely guaranteed cure for violent felons that I am aware of is the rapid injection of approximately 55 grains of lead directly onto the brain. Preferable with a Glock or a SigSauer.

That said, avoiding suicidal cowards who feel the need to take innocents lives with them when they go would not be any easier in a world sans guns, given the ease of making explosives or poisons from off the shelf supplies at your local Home Depot.

Of the thousands of firearms related deaths reported by the Justice Department every year, a large number of them are justifiable homicides: LE in the line of duty and citizens protecting themselves and their families. Another significant portion are gang, or felon on felon, crime and I just can't seem to get all teary eyed over those "losses". Suicides, crimes of passion, and accidents make up most of the rest.
This leaves a very small percentage left over that are the true random acts of gun violence that seem to get the lead on every major news outlet, giving the impression that they happen more frequently than reality dictates.

I would be dead myself if not for the tool perfected by Colonel Colt. I have used firearms to protect myself and others on at least half a dozen occasions. Twice, I have shot at people who have shot at me first. My hands shake just thinking about it and it is not a situation that I would wish on anyone.
But like all Rights, there have to be reasonable limits. Your right to Free Speech does not give you the right to to create panic, incite a riot, or threaten bodily harm to another. The right to bear arms needs reasonable restrictions as well. It is ludicrous that someone under medication for continuing mental health issues was able to legally obtain firearms. That, in and of itself, is a crime that needs rectifying.
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