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I am all for "gun control" (background checks, waiting periods, etc...) however, I do not think much could have prevented this, unfortunately. The guy was nuts, period. Stricter laws will not stop "bad" people from obtaining guns, as the only people who actually care about the gun laws are law abiding citizens. By the way, I am a crazy liberal....
+1 Hey skyegirl, at least you are a THINKING crazy liberal who obviously seperated the details of this incident and thought rationally instead of having the knee-jerk anti-gun reactions some of your compadres are having! I respect that, and your post.
That could be said for everyone and everything. How do we know that all the people buying cars are not going to go out, get stoned or drunk, and get behind the wheel? Or, just run people over for the hell of it? How do we know who is going to buy gasoline, and use it properly, or who is going to burn down a building, with people in it? How do we know who is going to use fertilizer the correct way, and who is going to use it to hurt and kill people? (McVeigh did exactly that) Who is going to be the next nutcase who will put poison in Tylenol? We don't put restrictions on, or track these folks, (well, not counting that silly over-the-counter thing for cold medicine Which I also think is goofy).
So then your answer is, everyone should have one. yea that will stop the violence.
+1 Hey skyegirl, at least you are a THINKING crazy liberal who obviously seperated the details of this incident and thought rationally instead of having the knee-jerk anti-gun reactions some of your compadres are having! I respect that, and your post.
Nea...Not talking about you specifically...I was generalizing about ultra-liberal anti-gun folks, both in the media and on boards. And kudos to you for thinking like a survivor (other post)...I know guns aren't the only solution, but they are one solution, and I would rather not be outgunned by the crazies.
So then your answer is, everyone should have one. yea that will stop the violence.
Please don't put words in my mouth. I did not say that everyone should have a gun. I was trying to make a point, apparently without success. My point was, how do we know who is criminally insane and who is not? And do we advocate regulating everything that people do, or might do, based on the possibility that they are might be crazy, and will misuse something, anything, so that they might hurt or kill other people?
how about a bomb? its pretty easy to make a bomb, is VT a bomb free zone?
Good post Silas, I'm thinking info (instructions) posted on websites on bomb making is more serious than trying to put restrictions on gun owners. This onfo is available to anyone.... even children.
Good post Silas, I'm thinking info (instructions) posted on websites on bomb making is more serious than trying to put restrictions on gun owners. This onfo is available to anyone.... even children.
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Which I also think is goofy).
My point was, how do we know who is criminally insane and who is not? And do we advocate regulating everything that people do, or might do, based on the possibility that they are might be crazy, and will misuse something, anything, so that they might hurt or kill other people?
