I kinda teared up a couple of times today. The one interview with a little kid I saw where the kid thought it was a wild animal inside the school that was eating other kids was just so fucking sad because you just know in his mind that was the most scary thing he could think of.
I don't know about the rest of you, but a bunch of mortality statistics is just the salve I needed to make me feel better about today.
Yeah exactly. Think of a nightmare, multiply it by 20, and experience it in real life. I can't even fathom...
and at one point the school intercom system was turned on and screams and gun fire were broadcast throughout the school. Just so fucking horrific.
Well, now you know what its like to live in the hood on a DAILY basis. The thing is, when thinking about the ghetto, all the crackaz turn the other eye about gun violence but when it hits "close to home" only then is it a tragedy.
OK, I'll put it a different way. Criminologists who study crime and gun violence do not favor banning gun ownership. The opposite is true. Like this life-long democrat: http://rinr.fsu.edu/issues/2009winter/cover01_a.asp
Gun banning isn't the issue. All that does is make the black market flood with gun purchases. Also, criminals will know they can do a home invasion, knowing the owner doesn't have a gun. What really needs to happen is studying the common occurrence with all that were involved. Find ways to see warning signs. Schools will need a armed guard on staff. Whatever. Taking guns away won't help at all. Sorry I just disagree
"I want gun owners to admit that guns amplify the ability of people to kill." That's batshit crazy ... from a linguistic perspective (will you admit that?), but then, I have a gun and a CC too. "Gun as kill amplifier" ... that's an odd metaphor ... I'm guessing it fits in with an equally odd argument against gun control. LOL. "I want them to recognize this shit and deal with it." Or else what ... you'll shoot them? Look, you've nothing to worry about, if I am at the mall and a perp starts shooting, I can legally take him down if I feel my life is in danger or that of another, like you, maybe.
"Let's drive to work in our AK-47" Oh, that's right. Unlike cars, which we have BECAUSE THEY'RE USEFUL, guns are designed specifically to kill people. Your analogy is particularly cretinous because if the shooter hadn't "controlled" his gun and used it well, the kids would be alive. Do you really REALLY think that more innocent people would die if guns were totally illegal? No, you don't. Because that would be insane.
My awesome support for my argument. We'll just have to disagree, but the supreme court agrees with me that the Bill of Rights guarantees people the right to own guns.
You know... as high-stakes as it is, fighting back against a bully is most effective as a concept (the "ignore it" strategy was always bullshit in my mind anyway; I got better results after fighting bullies). But putting guns in the hands of the very people I disdain as stupider than me seems so distasteful.
Oh, thank Christ for that! My life will be protected by some gun-packing nutball who thinks he's Dirty Harry. Hallelujah.
EDIT to my post above - I also favor severe penalties (prison) for using a gun in any situation the person is committing a crime. ANY crime.
