04-18-2013, 12:50 AM
^ Me too, Zero (and nrkerr).
Zero's pic is the little guy who died in the Boston bombing, I think.
One of the points that's come up several times in this thread is about how crazies will try to find a way to inflict mass destruction, if they're so inclined, with or without guns. It's one of the reasons that I don't think banning all citizens from certain kinds of guns or ammo is the answer, but do support stronger and more integrated measures to keep guns out of the hands of those known to be unbalanced or criminal minded.
I understand the frustration of Ms. Maisch, posted in Duchess's thread above yours. I'd rather have every gun recipient subjected to a background check (understanding it's an inconvenience and cost to a lot of law-abiding folks + a barrier to some non-violent mentally ill + a lot of bad people will still go undetected) than see blanket bans invoked against the whole of the population.
But, even if the universal background checks for guns get passed, then there are the bombers, and crowd knife-wielders, and arsonists, and subway-platform pushers, and, and, and...
Anyway, tears me up too.
Zero's pic is the little guy who died in the Boston bombing, I think.
One of the points that's come up several times in this thread is about how crazies will try to find a way to inflict mass destruction, if they're so inclined, with or without guns. It's one of the reasons that I don't think banning all citizens from certain kinds of guns or ammo is the answer, but do support stronger and more integrated measures to keep guns out of the hands of those known to be unbalanced or criminal minded.
I understand the frustration of Ms. Maisch, posted in Duchess's thread above yours. I'd rather have every gun recipient subjected to a background check (understanding it's an inconvenience and cost to a lot of law-abiding folks + a barrier to some non-violent mentally ill + a lot of bad people will still go undetected) than see blanket bans invoked against the whole of the population.
But, even if the universal background checks for guns get passed, then there are the bombers, and crowd knife-wielders, and arsonists, and subway-platform pushers, and, and, and...
Anyway, tears me up too.