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At a certain age, say 65, gun possession and carrying of one should come into question. Is it doing more harm than good being armed?
Elderly on medications and just plain old/slower decision making should be reexamined.
I'm pro gun but common sense should prevail when it comes to elderly and guns.
Retirement age is set for a reason. At a certain age, memory begins to fail.
That is all
I would venture to guess this guy was just as much of an a-h@le at 55.
Saying something rude to a person is one thing but reacting with a gun is out of line. Seriously, I wonder what the most realistic way to handle local gun violence is.
There is none because nobody wants to give up guns even if it is illegal. Look at the New Jersey law about limiting banana clips. My father, a LONG TIME gun owner dont get why people even need banana clips, yet gun rights advocates are entirely in favor of it.
At a certain age, say 65, gun possession and carrying of one should come into question. Is it doing more harm than good being armed?
Elderly on medications and just plain old/slower decision making should be reexamined.
I'm pro gun but common sense should prevail when it comes to elderly and guns.
Retirement age is set for a reason. At a certain age, memory begins to fail.
That is all
I am 70, taking college classes and have a 3.9 GPA. I also would have no chance to fight for my life and cannot run. So you would be taking my only protection away from me. I don't think so.
There is none because nobody wants to give up guns even if it is illegal. Look at the New Jersey law about limiting banana clips. My father, a LONG TIME gun owner dont get why people even need banana clips, yet gun rights advocates are entirely in favor of it.
The entire debate has been shredded by evidence of the average firearms user swapping smaller capacity MAGAZINES almost as fast as having one large one.
That and the fact that there are so many in existence it's rather ignorant to think a criminal won't have a larger capacity MAGAZINE.
Perhaps. I grew up in Texas and now I live in Florida. I have never seen a real gun except on a police officer (and that is rare.) So guns in general are not a concern to me. But to equate a golf club to a gun is silly.
You've never seen a gun on someone in Florida? Do you live in a retirement community? Even in AZ I constantly see handguns on people hips that obviously aren't LE. Same as any other when I'm traveling for work in GA, FL, NC or TX.
You've never seen a gun on someone in Florida? Do you live in a retirement community? Even in AZ I constantly see handguns on people hips that obviously aren't LE. Same as any other when I'm traveling for work in GA, FL, NC or TX.
You've never seen a gun on someone in Florida? Do you live in a retirement community? Even in AZ I constantly see handguns on people hips that obviously aren't LE. Same as any other when I'm traveling for work in GA, FL, NC or TX.
No. I have never seen a gun on a private citizen. I have friends who own guns but I have never seen them. I am sure they are around but they are not obvious. I have seen guns in Germany (police again) and Romania. In Romania, those were American soldiers.
Not the first time an old foggie looses it Fl. I never heard any more about the retired cop on the movie theater who shot that man for texting n popcorn. The other one for loud car music went to jail.
I live close to Parkland where the shooting happened February 14th, 2018. A gun is different from a van, arson or something else. Students went into lockdown and still got shot in the classroom. Students on the opposite side of the building running away from the shooter on the third floor close to the stairway still got shot by the shooter. Multiple people. It is very hard to drive a van up to the third floor. It is very hard to throw knives through doors and walls to reach students in the classroom.
Elyn02, that is a ridiculous and disingenuous response to a serious issue.
Yes, if the person tried to use the van on kids inside the school it would be less effective than a gun.
I guess that means guns are safer than knives because if you're both swimming then they can't fire it at you.
Perhaps. I grew up in Texas and now I live in Florida. I have never seen a real gun except on a police officer (and that is rare.) So guns in general are not a concern to me. But to equate a golf club to a gun is silly.
Perhaps you should consider your lack of diversity as a challenge to better understanding this complicated topic?
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