07-29-2012, 04:33 PM
While I can see that all those measures you suggest SOUND like good ideas, what they are in fact is limits and restrictions on out rights under the second ammendment and would in no time at all be used as a tool to deprive me of my rights all together. I concider myself to be of sound mine, some may disagree, but fuckem. I am also trained in the use and care of weapons and am not very likely to go on any sort of rampage and start shooting folks, much more likely to be the guy that returns fire, well controlled and aimed fire.
Your suggestion about "better training on gun handling" implies that many folks are being accidentally shot, while this may be true it is Very Rarely by someone with the requisite permit, something on the order of 1% of gun violence.
The very idea of "folks should have to provide proof of what they would be using a gun for" scares the shit out of me, Whos idea of what is an appropriate reason? What stops a person from stating it is to be used solely for target practice, then goes out and robs a 7/11?
I think Maggots interpretation of CNNitis is pretty spot on, EVERY time someone white kills someone with a gun the sheep start to bleat about more gun control.
While our gun controls are not perfect, we do have them in place in most of the country. I think we should be enforcing more of them IMHO though. Most of the gun crimes on the street are comitted by criminals who broke about 10 laws just by picking up a gun.
Tracking and traceability would have gone far to prevent some of this back in the day, but now there are far to many guns on the street to be able to get a handle on it. That boat has sailed. I think the best we can do is be aware of what the hell is going on around us, if you see something wrong, say something. If you see some asshole has a gun and you know he shouldn't, fucking report it.
I think the asault weapons ban was a good thing, it shouldn't have been repealed. I think gangs and anything gang related should be banned. I think 1 appeal and then you get the needle if convicted of a capitol crime is the ticket. I think that if an illegal is stopped for any reason he should go directly to the bus and back accross the border. I think that if you pump out 1 kid on welfare its cause for mandatory steralisation. These are things that would reduce crime on the street. They will not however stop some crazy fuck from making a pipe bomb and tossing it into a crowded train station. If they decide to wig, they are going to wig. Watch for the crazy fuckers.
rant off...
Banning guns has never been the answer, there is no "Silver bullet" to the problem.
Your suggestion about "better training on gun handling" implies that many folks are being accidentally shot, while this may be true it is Very Rarely by someone with the requisite permit, something on the order of 1% of gun violence.
The very idea of "folks should have to provide proof of what they would be using a gun for" scares the shit out of me, Whos idea of what is an appropriate reason? What stops a person from stating it is to be used solely for target practice, then goes out and robs a 7/11?
I think Maggots interpretation of CNNitis is pretty spot on, EVERY time someone white kills someone with a gun the sheep start to bleat about more gun control.
While our gun controls are not perfect, we do have them in place in most of the country. I think we should be enforcing more of them IMHO though. Most of the gun crimes on the street are comitted by criminals who broke about 10 laws just by picking up a gun.
Tracking and traceability would have gone far to prevent some of this back in the day, but now there are far to many guns on the street to be able to get a handle on it. That boat has sailed. I think the best we can do is be aware of what the hell is going on around us, if you see something wrong, say something. If you see some asshole has a gun and you know he shouldn't, fucking report it.
I think the asault weapons ban was a good thing, it shouldn't have been repealed. I think gangs and anything gang related should be banned. I think 1 appeal and then you get the needle if convicted of a capitol crime is the ticket. I think that if an illegal is stopped for any reason he should go directly to the bus and back accross the border. I think that if you pump out 1 kid on welfare its cause for mandatory steralisation. These are things that would reduce crime on the street. They will not however stop some crazy fuck from making a pipe bomb and tossing it into a crowded train station. If they decide to wig, they are going to wig. Watch for the crazy fuckers.
rant off...
Banning guns has never been the answer, there is no "Silver bullet" to the problem.