EasternVol
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Why are you for banning AR's? Or is that already posted in the gun control thread in the PF?I am all for banning AR's. I am also all for the Vols football winning national championships in football, basketball (both teams}, softball, baseball, tennis and golf.
But, while we work on those goals, give guns to more people in the school system. Or, pay to have a snipers revolving on roofs. A drone over school border. Cameras everywhere. Fortify the schools. Same as air marshalls...there doesn't have to be one there every time. Just the threat of it, will send these sicko's on to other public places away from the children.
I don't need a concrete bunker. If you shoot out a door window and enter my house, I will drop you in the threshold.
If someone on school staff wants to go armed for defense of the school, and is suitable and well trained, why not? It's one more safeguard. Discounting defensive measures and going solely straight for an unconstitutional gun ban isn't going to help anything.Please. Turning schools into armed fortresses doesn't solve the problem, does it? Yea, really intelligent: Let's give more guns to more people---in schools and everywhere else, since mass shootings happen everywhere nowadays--so that we can protect ourselves from all the maladjusted people walking around America with guns! Yea, makes total sense.
This is conservative thinking: "Well, Harriet, we've got so much gun violence now that I'm going to build a concrete bunker in front of our house and put a machine gun in there. That'll show them." Guns are the problem. The idea is to build a //more civilized// society--not a less civilized society. A society that doesn't have the good sense and responsibility to ban assault rifles is a society that's jumped the shark. Actually, American society hasn't gotten shamefully irresponsible--a large majority of Americans want to ban assault rifles, and they oppose permit-less carry (another incredibly stupid, irresponsible idea)--but GOP politicians do not care. They not only do not care about public safety, they've passed laws that clearly make American increasingly less safe. Ask law enforcement officials how they feel about permit-less carry. They've said the obvious--it will make states more dangerous--which is obvious. I used to live in Japan. There is no gun violence in Japan--none, zero--because there are no guns in Japan.
If someone on school staff wants to go armed for defense of the school, and is suitable and well trained, why not? It's one more safeguard. Discounting defensive measures and going solely straight for an unconstitutional gun ban isn't going to help anything.
Look at the big picture. What changes in the last 30+ years have resulted in all these school shootings? Let's address that, and defend the schools, before we go on a misguided witch hunt.
All these mass shootings involve assault rifles that are capable of killing multiple people in a very short period of time. Nobody needs them and nobody should have them. They are very dangerous--and they should not be for sale in America. They had been banned for, I think, about 10 years---but it was a temporary ban, probably the price Democrats had to pay to get Republicans to vote for the ban. Now of course assault rifles are easily available again.
It's a disgrace that Republicans haven't voted to ban assault rifles given all the mass shootings in America and the regular murder of students in their schools. A disgrace. It's a disgrace that young students have to walk out of their schools and march to statehouses to plead with these fat GOP cowards to start regulating dangerous weapons. These GOP clowns pretend to shocked and alarmed by mass shootings, but they do nothing--and have a long history of doing nothing and trying to blame the problem on everything but guns. They're not fooling anybody.
In fact, guns are one big part of a two-part problem. The second part is that there is a HUGE number of people in America with mental-health problems of one kind or another: Depression, anger issues, drug and alcohol addiction, along with a broad range of more serious psychological problems. The vast majority of people with mental issues are not even diagnosed, much less treated. Many people don't have insurance, many people don't want to get checked out by doctors/psychiatrists, and insurance plans that cover mental-health counseling/treatment have tight limits. This isn't going to change anytime soon--if it ever changes. Indeed, Republicans vote against bills to expand mental-health treatment programs as they vote against most things that seek to solve problems. You combine a vast number of people with mental troubles with the easy availability of dangerous weapons and it's pretty easy to see why we have an epidemic of mass shootings in a country that is supposed to be "advanced" but clearly isn't anymore owing to a bunch of pusillanimous politicians more worried about their cushy jobs than the safety of the public. Fact.
I’m genuinely courious. Do you own a gun? If so is it for defense or sport? Have you ever been in a fight defending yourself or someone else? Have you served in our military?All these mass shootings involve assault rifles that are capable of killing multiple people in a very short period of time. Nobody needs them and nobody should have them. They are very dangerous--and they should not be for sale in America. They had been banned for, I think, about 10 years---but it was a temporary ban, probably the price Democrats had to pay to get Republicans to vote for the ban. Now of course assault rifles are easily available again.
It's a disgrace that Republicans haven't voted to ban assault rifles given all the mass shootings in America and the regular murder of students in their schools. A disgrace. It's a disgrace that young students have to walk out of their schools and march to statehouses to plead with these fat GOP cowards to start regulating dangerous weapons. These GOP clowns pretend to shocked and alarmed by mass shootings, but they do nothing--and have a long history of doing nothing and trying to blame the problem on everything but guns. They're not fooling anybody.
In fact, guns are one big part of a two-part problem. The second part is that there is a HUGE number of people in America with mental-health problems of one kind or another: Depression, anger issues, drug and alcohol addiction, along with a broad range of more serious psychological problems. The vast majority of people with mental issues are not even diagnosed, much less treated. Many people don't have insurance, many people don't want to get checked out by doctors/psychiatrists, and insurance plans that cover mental-health counseling/treatment have tight limits. This isn't going to change anytime soon--if it ever changes. Indeed, Republicans vote against bills to expand mental-health treatment programs as they vote against most things that seek to solve problems. You combine a vast number of people with mental troubles with the easy availability of dangerous weapons and it's pretty easy to see why we have an epidemic of mass shootings in a country that is supposed to be "advanced" but clearly isn't anymore owing to a bunch of pusillanimous politicians more worried about their cushy jobs than the safety of the public. Fact.
I’m genuinely courious. Do you own a gun? If so is it for defense or sport? Have you ever been in a fight defending yourself or someone else? Have you served in our military?
All these mass shootings involve assault rifles that are capable of killing multiple people in a very short period of time. Nobody needs them and nobody should have them. They are very dangerous--and they should not be for sale in America. They had been banned for, I think, about 10 years---but it was a temporary ban, probably the price Democrats had to pay to get Republicans to vote for the ban. Now of course assault rifles are easily available again.
It's a disgrace that Republicans haven't voted to ban assault rifles given all the mass shootings in America and the regular murder of students in their schools. A disgrace. It's a disgrace that young students have to walk out of their schools and march to statehouses to plead with these fat GOP cowards to start regulating dangerous weapons. These GOP clowns pretend to shocked and alarmed by mass shootings, but they do nothing--and have a long history of doing nothing and trying to blame the problem on everything but guns. They're not fooling anybody.
In fact, guns are one big part of a two-part problem. The second part is that there is a HUGE number of people in America with mental-health problems of one kind or another: Depression, anger issues, drug and alcohol addiction, along with a broad range of more serious psychological problems. The vast majority of people with mental issues are not even diagnosed, much less treated. Many people don't have insurance, many people don't want to get checked out by doctors/psychiatrists, and insurance plans that cover mental-health counseling/treatment have tight limits. This isn't going to change anytime soon--if it ever changes. Indeed, Republicans vote against bills to expand mental-health treatment programs as they vote against most things that seek to solve problems. You combine a vast number of people with mental troubles with the easy availability of dangerous weapons and it's pretty easy to see why we have an epidemic of mass shootings in a country that is supposed to be "advanced" but clearly isn't anymore owing to a bunch of pusillanimous politicians more worried about their cushy jobs than the safety of the public. Fact.
What is an "assault rifle?" What about assault pistols? Or assault knives? Or those scary assault vehicles the police SWAT units drive?!?!Please. Turning schools into armed fortresses doesn't solve the problem, does it? Yea, really intelligent: Let's give more guns to more people---in schools and everywhere else, since mass shootings happen everywhere nowadays--so that we can protect ourselves from all the maladjusted people walking around America with guns! Yea, makes total sense.
This is conservative thinking: "Well, Harriet, we've got so much gun violence now that I'm going to build a concrete bunker in front of our house and put a machine gun in there. That'll show them." Guns are the problem. The idea is to build a //more civilized// society--not a less civilized society. A society that doesn't have the good sense and responsibility to ban assault rifles is a society that's jumped the shark. Actually, American society hasn't gotten shamefully irresponsible--a large majority of Americans want to ban assault rifles, and they oppose permit-less carry (another incredibly stupid, irresponsible idea)--but GOP politicians do not care. They not only do not care about public safety, they've passed laws that clearly make American increasingly less safe. Ask law enforcement officials how they feel about permit-less carry. They've said the obvious--it will make states more dangerous--which is obvious. I used to live in Japan. There is no gun violence in Japan--none, zero--because there are no guns in Japan.
Welp. Only last year:Please. Turning schools into armed fortresses doesn't solve the problem, does it? Yea, really intelligent: Let's give more guns to more people---in schools and everywhere else, since mass shootings happen everywhere nowadays--so that we can protect ourselves from all the maladjusted people walking around America with guns! Yea, makes total sense.
This is conservative thinking: "Well, Harriet, we've got so much gun violence now that I'm going to build a concrete bunker in front of our house and put a machine gun in there. That'll show them." Guns are the problem. The idea is to build a //more civilized// society--not a less civilized society. A society that doesn't have the good sense and responsibility to ban assault rifles is a society that's jumped the shark. Actually, American society hasn't gotten shamefully irresponsible--a large majority of Americans want to ban assault rifles, and they oppose permit-less carry (another incredibly stupid, irresponsible idea)--but GOP politicians do not care. They not only do not care about public safety, they've passed laws that clearly make American increasingly less safe. Ask law enforcement officials how they feel about permit-less carry. They've said the obvious--it will make states more dangerous--which is obvious. I used to live in Japan. There is no gun violence in Japan--none, zero--because there are no guns in Japan.
You must be from the burbs. Gun owners, with very few exceptions, are not illogically paranoid. Get out more and see how people are.I'd call him intelligent. You don't think gun owners are illogically paranoid? That's why many men buy guns in the first place--a crazy fear that a Muslim
terrorist or some "bad guy" is going to pop out of the bushes.
I own guns, and I'm not paranoid. It seems as though your every argument is coming straight from your political feelings from news you watch, because you have no clue about what facts are. You're literally trying to use politics to blame the gun violence on a particular party, when 99 percent of the gun violence is not from "right wing extremist". You think all the shootings in Atlanta and Chicago every day are republicans? You think the 5 recent arrests of transgenders are republican? The shooter in Nashville? I'm not even a republican, but you're trying to use that as an argument, and you're trying to state your political feelings as facts, and I'd guarantee you it's because of the news you watch. You're literally no different than the argument your making. My guns have nothing to do with fear, Muslims, the republican party, or anything you said. That's why you anti gun grabbers are so annoying, you haven't got a clue, you just spew political opinion, and it's wrong. All you want to do is attack legal, non criminal, gun owners, and we're not the ones doing this stuff. Not once, in any of your rambling or others like you, do you offer a solution for the people that's the actual problem, you only make false statements about people like me, and try to blame republican people. I agree, something needs done, so how about we start with you going downtown Atlanta, and removing guns from people who aren't supposed to have them? I'll go with you, and record the whole thing for the world to see how it goes. Every single day, literally, someone is shot in Atlanta by someone who shouldn't have a gun. So, let's do this, or are you going to be a hypocrite, and just sit here trying to make people like me the problem?I'd call him intelligent. You don't think gun owners are illogically paranoid? That's why many men buy guns in the first place--a crazy fear that a Muslim
terrorist or some "bad guy" is going to pop out of the bushes.
All these mass shootings involve assault rifles that are capable of killing multiple people in a very short period of time. Nobody needs them and nobody should have them. They are very dangerous--and they should not be for sale in America. They had been banned for, I think, about 10 years---but it was a temporary ban, probably the price Democrats had to pay to get Republicans to vote for the ban. Now of course assault rifles are easily available again.
It's a disgrace that Republicans haven't voted to ban assault rifles given all the mass shootings in America and the regular murder of students in their schools. A disgrace. It's a disgrace that young students have to walk out of their schools and march to statehouses to plead with these fat GOP cowards to start regulating dangerous weapons. These GOP clowns pretend to shocked and alarmed by mass shootings, but they do nothing--and have a long history of doing nothing and trying to blame the problem on everything but guns. They're not fooling anybody.
In fact, guns are one big part of a two-part problem. The second part is that there is a HUGE number of people in America with mental-health problems of one kind or another: Depression, anger issues, drug and alcohol addiction, along with a broad range of more serious psychological problems. The vast majority of people with mental issues are not even diagnosed, much less treated. Many people don't have insurance, many people don't want to get checked out by doctors/psychiatrists, and insurance plans that cover mental-health counseling/treatment have tight limits. This isn't going to change anytime soon--if it ever changes. Indeed, Republicans vote against bills to expand mental-health treatment programs as they vote against most things that seek to solve problems. You combine a vast number of people with mental troubles with the easy availability of dangerous weapons and it's pretty easy to see why we have an epidemic of mass shootings in a country that is supposed to be "advanced" but clearly isn't anymore owing to a bunch of pusillanimous politicians more worried about their cushy jobs than the safety of the public. Fact.
I have a legal Armilite Rifle AR-15. I am a law abiding gun owner. Why do you want my gun, I did nothing wrong? I will not debate why I have one or if I should have one because thats not applicable to the problem. If you ban AR-15's it will simply create a blackmarket for the weapons and they will actually become more easily available than before. There are so many guns out there that gun laws or even bans will not stop the killing. Propose an an action that is feasible and that will stop the killing and I will jump on your bandwagon. Crying for weapons ban is not a legitimate solution.
Same here. I have owned guns my entire life and neither myself or my guns have committed a crime. Why should honest, law abiding citizens be impacted while society get's softer on crime and criminals? Most people crying for gun control can't provide a definition of an AR. Plus, the second amendment guarantees us the right to own firearms without having to provide a need or reason. The problem is the condition of the heart & soul, not guns. Our society started down the toilet when when the traditional family, discipline and other christian values were pushed aside.
I have a legal Armilite Rifle AR-15. I am a law abiding gun owner. Why do you want my gun, I did nothing wrong? I will not debate why I have one or if I should have one because thats not applicable to the problem. If you ban AR-15's it will simply create a blackmarket for the weapons and they will actually become more easily available than before. There are so many guns out there that gun laws or even bans will not stop the killing. Propose an an action that is feasible and that will stop the killing and I will jump on your bandwagon. Crying for weapons ban is not a legitimate solution.
My point was, while I am a steadfast 2nd amendment guy, I would do anything that would assure me tomorrow my kid was safe in school. I am on the side of the kids. These advocates of gun control are acting like banning AR-15's is the solution to the problem. Its not, the killers could still use hand guns or other weapons purchased legally or illegally. I need a real solution that solves the problem right away and so far there is only one.
My point was, while I am a steadfast 2nd amendment guy, I would do anything that would assure me tomorrow my kid was safe in school. I am on the side of the kids. These advocates of gun control are acting like banning AR-15's is the solution to the problem. Its not, the killers could still use hand guns or other weapons purchased legally or illegally. I need a real solution that solves the problem right away and so far there is only one.
I have a legal Armilite Rifle AR-15. I am a law abiding gun owner. Why do you want my gun, I did nothing wrong? I will not debate why I have one or if I should have one because thats not applicable to the problem. If you ban AR-15's it will simply create a blackmarket for the weapons and they will actually become more easily available than before. There are so many guns out there that gun laws or even bans will not stop the killing. Propose an an action that is feasible and that will stop the killing and I will jump on your bandwagon. Crying for weapons ban is not a legitimate solution.