ACTIVE SHOOTER: MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN PARKLAND

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  1. BAY0U BENGAL

    BAY0U BENGAL I'm a Chinese Bandit

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    If you couldn’t feel the sarcasm, I feel sorry for you friend
     
  2. BAY0U BENGAL

    BAY0U BENGAL I'm a Chinese Bandit

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    Mine would be a .45 long Colt. And I would fan it faster than anyone else in the West.
     
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  3. HalloweenRun

    HalloweenRun Founding Member

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    I agree 100% with you. So . . . If society is no longer the same, maybe access to guns, or mags, or bump stocks should not be the same, either. If we can’t fix the root cause, we are faced with either ignoring the issue, or doing what we can. I own many guns, including semi autos, but I am also a father, and I taught in a middle school for 12 years. It is inconceivable to me to just wring my hands.
     
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    Bengal B Founding Member

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    What if you have a shootout with the East Coast Kid?
     
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    Bengal B Founding Member

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    You giving up your guns won't prevent a single mass shooter incident but it may one day prevent you from defending yourself and your family. Such incidents are tragic, yes but what good would it do to pass some ineffective laws and pat yourself on the back and tell yourself "We did something."
     
  6. HalloweenRun

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    First of all “cars” are never a good arguments in a gun debate since you have to be licensed to drive one, you must register them, annually, and in NC, maddeningly, they must be inspected annually - hope you guys don’t have that. I won’t hold the car analogy against you.

    My view, which has changed over time, is that it is kind of a “common good” kind of thing. IRT guns, I am willing to give up some of my rights to make things safer, for all. Just a personal opinion. The solution isnot just guns, it’s society (care and treatment of mentally ill) and it’s, what I think is the neglected aspect, deterrence via timely, cruel and unusual punishment for offenders of any crime in which a gun is used.
     
  7. HalloweenRun

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    The answer is EFFECTIVE laws.
     
  8. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    What would that effective law look like?
     
  9. BAY0U BENGAL

    BAY0U BENGAL I'm a Chinese Bandit

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    The answer is effective enforcement and prosecution
     
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    Mental health issues are definitely something to look into. But I am not sure limiting rounds would have stopped it, only reduced what he could do, unless he used more than one weapon at a time
     

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