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Yeah and let's get rid of prescriptions too, after all abusing opiates is already against the law.
Funny you should mention that, back when they cracked down on prescription opioid drugs, overdose and drug related deaths skyrocketed...thanks to all the addicts switching to heroin, so yes, those laws did more damage than good.
As it is here in Massachusetts, I can take a Saturday gun safety class where I finish by firing a six shot clip...
I have to question the quality of that class. In the very first sentence of your post, you called that device that holds the rounds a "clip". There is a difference between a 'clip' and a 'magazine'?
I wish the participants in this national debate would use correct terminology. Such as calling certain rifles an "assault weapon", when they do not meet the definition of one..
I have to question the quality of that class. In the very first sentence of your post, you called that device that holds the rounds a "clip". There is a difference between a 'clip' and a 'magazine'?
I wish the participants in this national debate would use correct terminology. Such as calling certain rifles an "assault weapon", when they do not meet the definition of one..
Again with the semantics... (I believe I used both terms and later, admitted to not using the correct terminology.)
Further, if you read the whole thread you would have also seen my point that none of the trivia matters, it's about lessening mass murders.
As far as being a far left liberal, I am. I have no problem with social issues, gay, trans etc.
I also believe in the 2nd amendment (I know fox news tells you that's not possible, all libruls ar ethe same to them).
I know people who didn't like Hillary OR Donald but chose him because his stance on firearms. I believe if there had been a rational deal made on gun safety many voters would have been comfortable staying democrat.
The kid was a weird fu-k who was pretty likely to do something like this. He was
Adopted at birth, likely from junkie parents.
His adoptive parents were decent thankfully but, they both died.
His girlfriend dumped him for another dude, no teenager reacts well to this.
He was on "mdications", so were many other school shooters now that I check.
Police were sent to his house, because of him, over 30 times.
His school expelled him.
He was referred to the FBI.
The "friends" that took him in were just gaming for part of his inheritance money.
The cop who was supposed to be the rightful owner of a gun in this scenario punked out, bad!
...but sure let's blame the guns first, instead of the cascade of failure on the prt of literally everyone else.
Now, I actually agree that guns should be much harder to purchase. That weird kid should never have been allowed to own a ballistic device of any kind. I have met dudes personally that shouldn't be trusted with a slingshot. However, this incident in Florida totally negates any validity to the idea that "only law enforcement should have guns", he punked out!
Who am I to say that right? Well, I was in the Army for 7 years, and actually have been in a firefight (Bagram, Afghanistan, 2010). Not the most hectic, an Apache did most of the work. Many Soldiers have done harder stuff, far more often. ...well that probably is not a relevant point.
Also, we are arguing about tighter gun controls or, tighter mental health regulations... why not both? Still, the greater fault by far lies with people not doing their jobs.
Most firearm-related death is not from mass murderers. Far more common is the inner city violence scenario, and the accidental death that goes along with it from stray bullets.
I have to question the quality of that class. In the very first sentence of your post, you called that device that holds the rounds a "clip". There is a difference between a 'clip' and a 'magazine'?
I wish the participants in this national debate would use correct terminology. Such as calling certain rifles an "assault weapon", when they do not meet the definition of one..
Many of the misconceptions in all these discussions are related to terminology. The firepower of the dreaded black ugly military looking gun is exaggerated in the public mind by calling it an assault weapon.
One defender of the 2nd insists the gun is overrated because it is just a ".22 caliber" Notice please the decimal they put in front of the "22 caliber". That would be a really tiny bullet, eh?
I'm having a discussion there about the difference between bore and chamber.
Congress appears ready to restore the 1994 law which described certain weapons. They are going to be very upset when the find they plan to outlaw 97% of the guns in public hands.
"Who will disagree with that idea?"
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