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To be honest with you, nothing could stop these kinds of shootings, short of a total confiscation of all firearms, and constant weapons sweeps, and tight regulations on the equipment/materials you would need to "machine" a gun in a shop.
But the American people won't accept it, so it won't happen. All the ideas these liberals come up with, are total stupidity.
From my perspective, none. However, I expect to see the same litany of "suggestions", from registration , bans and "expanded" background checks. Mental health issues always.come up, and those who have an actual record of certain problems, who have been institutionalized, are disqualified from firearms ownership. Its the ones with severe issues, and no record, that are the problem.
The Oregon shooter bad a record of discharge from military service, that there isn't much information on, that maybe, just maybe, had there been, he wouldn't have been able to own guns to begin with. Idk. But, certain black marks on a service record do pop on a background check. If done correctly, a d not just shuffled into a general discharge, for brevity. So, laws that require certain mental conditions to be documented so they will show on a firearms BC at purchase, is one suggestion I would make.
Problem being, there is a HUGE potential for abuse of such a regulation, one that gives a lot of power and discretion to phsyciatrists. Many of whom are subsidized by federal and state funding. So, that suggestion is fraught with problems. Better discharge procedures by the military would help. Quit dumping phsyce cases back into civilian life under general discharge, and flag the DD214s of such cases, so they actually pop on a BC. Like a dishonorable discharge does. The latter bars one from buying a gun, legally.
There are holes in the system that could stand to be filled, so long as in so doing, innocent people don't get trampled. That's always a concern when talking about regulating a right. I'm not willing to grant the government carte blanche to just make any and all "mental illnesses" a disqualifying factor for gun ownership, and have fleets of doctors, on its payroll, disqualifying everyone who seeks help for something.
Every time there is a shooting in the US (except Chicago), there is aa call for "new" gun laws.
Can anyone tell me what new gun law would have prevented the Oregon shooting, or any other shooting?
No, because there are none. Murder is illegal but that hasn't stopped people. If he had set the building on fire would people be looking for gas can bans?
To be honest with you, nothing could stop these kinds of shootings, short of a total confiscation of all firearms, and constant weapons sweeps, and tight regulations on the equipment/materials you would need to "machine" a gun in a shop.
But the American people won't accept it, so it won't happen. All the ideas these liberals come up with, are total stupidity.
We should just have a prohibition on guns... Look how well it has worked on the war on drugs...
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