Disarming people isn’t the answer. As a Native American I really don’t think its a good idea to take away peoples weapons. Just speaking from a family history stand point.
Seriously, can anyone give me a LOGICAL REASON for a civilian to own a Military grade KILLING MACHINE, since they are useless for hunting, more dangerous for “Self-Defense” then any imaginary attacker, and more likely to get the user shot by Law Enforcement?? And PLEASE, that tired old hackneyed phrase “I need to be able to shoot back when the Gubbmint’ comes to take my guns away” is NOT in any way a legitimate reason!!
I have NO PROBLEM with people owning firearms for sport use, or hunting, or self defense, but WHY does ANYONE need a weapon that can spray several hundred rounds a minute around ?? Hell, I live in Kentucky, where a large majority of the citizens are gun owners, and that includes almost all of my neighbors and friends. The hunting season is a big deal here, and safe use of firearms is no problem.
Marty, I don’t recall ever disagreeing with your message, but I will this one. The genocide against your ancestors, whether one shot at a time or by use of the Gatling gun is evidence enough that it is the person who murders, not the weapon used. While this school shooting doesn’t look to be racially motivated, it is still an act of someone attempting to dominate others. Supremacy is a fallacy that is a mental illness and should be treated as such. It is to be feared, but not ignored or misplaced, known so as to be defeated.
“…when fired into a human adult body, its bullets travel with such fierce velocity that they can decapitate a person, or leave a body looking “like a grenade went off in there,” as Peter Rhee, a trauma surgeon at the University of Arizona, told Wired.”If an “adult” needs to play with such a weapon to get their jollies, why not have a range where they pay to use one against various inanimate targets with the likeminded audience they so crave?
My opinion: There should be more people to help “ban” the people and less trying to ban the guns.
The reason there are so many shootings by males is because they don’t have good role models. Thier fathers left them, and they think that violence is “manly”.
If you do a web search of “terrorist-FBI” a link to the FBI page defining domestic and foreign terrorists will show up. All of the mass murderers I can remember fill the bill. Is it really necessary to make sure terrorists are armed with the latest and greatest mass killing tools?
I did an experiment over the weekend. I sat my SKS on the front porch, nothing happened. Sat my .22, both shotguns, a .50 Cal. still nothing happened. Put all my pistols, STILL NOTHING HAPPENED. I thought, maybe it might be the knives that gets the firearms in to do bad things, SOOO!!! I put the knives out there. NOPE, Still Nothing. After all day on the porch no got shot, I brought them all back in cleaned them and put them back in the safe. You can’t blame the firearm manufacturer or the firearm for stupidity. There is more deaths by automobile accidents everyday than with a firearm. Are you going to sue the auto industry? Sounds kind of stupid doesn’t it.
Daeder almost 2 years ago
There’s no reason for a private citizen to have access to that kind of weapon.
Concretionist almost 2 years ago
There is absolutely no ethical justification for selling those to the public. Particularly young mentally unstable men.
scote1379 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I for one Whole Heartedly agree to this , aslo a buy back program !!!
Will.i.am almost 2 years ago
Disarming people isn’t the answer. As a Native American I really don’t think its a good idea to take away peoples weapons. Just speaking from a family history stand point.
The Nodding Head almost 2 years ago
In any sane country…
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Seriously, can anyone give me a LOGICAL REASON for a civilian to own a Military grade KILLING MACHINE, since they are useless for hunting, more dangerous for “Self-Defense” then any imaginary attacker, and more likely to get the user shot by Law Enforcement?? And PLEASE, that tired old hackneyed phrase “I need to be able to shoot back when the Gubbmint’ comes to take my guns away” is NOT in any way a legitimate reason!!
I have NO PROBLEM with people owning firearms for sport use, or hunting, or self defense, but WHY does ANYONE need a weapon that can spray several hundred rounds a minute around ?? Hell, I live in Kentucky, where a large majority of the citizens are gun owners, and that includes almost all of my neighbors and friends. The hunting season is a big deal here, and safe use of firearms is no problem.
mourdac Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Just because the shooter in the last 15 mass killings used that particular gun, we should ban it? /s
piper_gilbert almost 2 years ago
Where are all the Pro-Life protesters?
Radish the wordsmith almost 2 years ago
Sponsored by the GOP and NRA.
Diamond Lil almost 2 years ago
And every person who thinks these weapons should be available is complicit in each murder
ncorgbl almost 2 years ago
Marty, I don’t recall ever disagreeing with your message, but I will this one. The genocide against your ancestors, whether one shot at a time or by use of the Gatling gun is evidence enough that it is the person who murders, not the weapon used. While this school shooting doesn’t look to be racially motivated, it is still an act of someone attempting to dominate others. Supremacy is a fallacy that is a mental illness and should be treated as such. It is to be feared, but not ignored or misplaced, known so as to be defeated.
sandflea almost 2 years ago
Nobody’s trying to take guns away. Just keep weapons of war out of the hands of civilians.
Radish the wordsmith almost 2 years ago
“Pot psychosis”: Laura Ingraham baselessly links marijuana consumption to mass shootings
Republiguns keep weapons of war legal, they have no respect for human life, vote them out.
Ikesmum almost 2 years ago
“…when fired into a human adult body, its bullets travel with such fierce velocity that they can decapitate a person, or leave a body looking “like a grenade went off in there,” as Peter Rhee, a trauma surgeon at the University of Arizona, told Wired.”If an “adult” needs to play with such a weapon to get their jollies, why not have a range where they pay to use one against various inanimate targets with the likeminded audience they so crave?
Nancy Simpson almost 2 years ago
Junior Trump says those children could have as easily been killed with a baseball bat. That’s the mindset the country is facing.
Willywise52 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Tell the QPubs that this rifle is just late-term abortion.Maybe they’ll think a bit differently.
Tomato Dog almost 2 years ago
My opinion: There should be more people to help “ban” the people and less trying to ban the guns.
The reason there are so many shootings by males is because they don’t have good role models. Thier fathers left them, and they think that violence is “manly”.
cdward almost 2 years ago
We really do need to protect the babies who are already born before we worry about the potential ones who aren’t any more than zygotes.
gantech almost 2 years ago
“If it takes 100 rounds for you to bring down a deer, maybe hunting isn’t your sport.” ~ Elaine Boosler
Joel Stein Premium Member almost 2 years ago
And let’s not forget all the GIs it killed by jamming during combat in vietnam.
Nancy Simpson almost 2 years ago
I admire this artist’s use of color.
oldchas almost 2 years ago
If you do a web search of “terrorist-FBI” a link to the FBI page defining domestic and foreign terrorists will show up. All of the mass murderers I can remember fill the bill. Is it really necessary to make sure terrorists are armed with the latest and greatest mass killing tools?
dalton9529 almost 2 years ago
The only tool Republicans approve of for committing abortions are assault rifles.
magicfever495 almost 2 years ago
I did an experiment over the weekend. I sat my SKS on the front porch, nothing happened. Sat my .22, both shotguns, a .50 Cal. still nothing happened. Put all my pistols, STILL NOTHING HAPPENED. I thought, maybe it might be the knives that gets the firearms in to do bad things, SOOO!!! I put the knives out there. NOPE, Still Nothing. After all day on the porch no got shot, I brought them all back in cleaned them and put them back in the safe. You can’t blame the firearm manufacturer or the firearm for stupidity. There is more deaths by automobile accidents everyday than with a firearm. Are you going to sue the auto industry? Sounds kind of stupid doesn’t it.