Shooting of the Day
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CZ4 - why can't you buy guns back? Why can't you impose harsh penalties for illegal possession?
So, let's just lock everywhere down, is that the answer? Security guards trained in some 1 week course weilding Glocks. Yeah, that makes me feel comfortable. They'd empty as many rounds at panicking teenagers as they would at any would be assailant.
The "hero" logic is flawed, and honestly, extremely selfish and naive. This notion that just because you own a guy, go to the range every 6 months, that you can someone decipher who the assailant is amongst of screaming crowds, scrambling for cover is insane (selfish and naive). Then, remaining calm, aim and fire. Yeah, right. They'd kill more than the gun man in their own panic.
Now imagine that citizens whipped out their own guns. My God, talk about a horrible scene.
Stopping....how do you think you are going to "stop" someone on a suicide mission?? Have you seen suicide attacks on military stations? There is virtually nothing you can do without having forewarning.
A security guard watching the metal detector would just be the first to go, certainly no deterrent there.
There is no 'one' solution, but to turn your back on the first and most obvious approach, the items that ENABLED him to quickly, impulsively, go on a rampage, is just stupid.
Security, yes, we need that too. How about gun tracking? Detection of when it was discharged? All possible. Make every gun built have a GPS chip inside (easy to take out, but like this case and all the other massacres, the guys just don't care, so knowing anything would be helpful).
I don't know, I just know that all the effort to protect guns is just beyond me.
Further, the passion some hold to carry arms is crazy (did we not just see a 7 year old killed by his father's gun as his dad was getting in the truck? Stupid shit happens when you are carring a deadly weapon. It just does).
As I said before, I own a handgun, have owned many guns, for nothing more than I have always loved guns, particularly assault weapons. I was against limiting mag capacities, wanted my class 3 license to own a full auto, almost got my permit. So I am not just some gun hating person. I truly love the guns.
BUT all these killings have turned me. If there's a buy back, I'll be first inline with my weapon.If there is a big increase in gun purchases (which there will be if there are not extreme new laws), then I'll probably get a firearm to carry to protect myself against all the hero idiots who think they can "save the day" whenever they, and surely they are great judges of character and intent, deem it good to whip it out and start firing, ask questions later.
I'll be shooting at them, forget any crazy lunatic.God, or someone, help us all.
- Whoa. I need to take a break. Signing off...good riddance!formed