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You somehow think that is some type of justification?
Yes -- your same huge and very intrusive government can't stop tons of drugs from being imported every single day. Nothing would stop those same smugglers and traffickers from hiding a few hundred high power weapons under the bricks of cocaine when they ship it in.
All you are proposing is to move weapons to the black market where no background checks are done, no forms filled out.
You somehow think that is some type of justification?
You think that some wacko shooting people is justification to take away other people's rights. When a drunk kills someone driving is that justification to take away your car if you've done nothing wrong?
Does any other area of Cali ever get shut down after one of many gangland shootings or is it business as usual?
"Originally Posted by mwruckman This is the perfect example of what the 2nd Ammendment means. It gives me or anyone the GOD GIVEN RIGHT to murder anyone I choose at the time of my choosing."
Only if the ability to read and comprehend is was never achieved.
Dem legislators have overcome that problem by simply passing legislation to find out what's in it. Like Obamacare and Pelosi and the now tragic video of a CO legislator claimimg that as more 'magazines' were fired the less there would be available to use.
As a gun owner, I don't want to stop law-abiding, responsible citizens from having guns. But I do think we need to take some steps to prevent people with mental health issues from getting hold of them.
From the latest I read, they still don't know where he got the weapons from, and how, given the fact that Zawhari was mentally troubled.
Also, the fact that an armed guard at the Santa Monica College campus was able to stop this guy before he could have killed or injured more people is further proof that arming decent law-abiding individuals, and/or having armed guards in schools and other public facilities, is an effective way to stop such horrendous acts.
Don't blame the guns or us decent law-abiding gun owners, blame the crazy individuals, like Adam Lanza and this guy in Santa Monica last week, and the others who went on those senseless shooting rampages in recent times.
What the pro-gunners don't get, is that having a gun is no protection. Someone who's going to shoot people doesn't usually give a warning. And by the time a person could get their gun out, they're already dead.
The best way to avoid shootings is to remove guns.
peace.
brian
I beg to differ with you on this (bolded text), ask the many who have used guns to protect themselves against criminals in many situations, this happens everyday in the United States and often without firing any shots, but you won't hear about it in the biased media.
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With the millions of firearms in the US, that's impossible.
Next solution?
I agree, I can't imagine anyone with a criminal record willing to give up their guns, disarming law-abiding citizens will only leave us vulnerable.
The Next and the ONLY logical solution is, keep criminals where they belong, locked up so they won't get guns illegally.
When it's possible that people have been killed or injured it's usually a good idea to leave politics out of things for awhile.
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People are dead. A horrendous thing has happened. This is a tragedy for who knows how many innocent families. And you can't wait to give your colorful description of liberals. Unreal.
Your mom real proud of you is she?
You might like to know that Santa Monica CC is a school full of young people who are trying their best to get an education. It's a school with students of every possible background. There's a good chance a student will not be going home tonight. My sympathy goes out to those families.
But you just keep on keeping on if talking about weenie liberals (when the bodies are still warm) makes you feel like you're doing something positive with your life. God knows the students of SMCC are trying.
Ohhhh..... the IRONY.....
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I'm sure the NRA is gleeful because incidents like this only further drive gun sales.
Did the NRA start selling guns? When did this transpire? Last I checked, the NRA didn't sell guns, and couldn't care less whether you bought a gun or not.... just so long as you DONATE.
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