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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
The solution to stop mass shootings at schools is so blindingly obvious. Mass shootings always happen in gun free zones like malls, schools etc.
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Call me crazy but the blindingly obvious thing is malls, schools etc are where there are MASSES of people. Sort of the prerequisite for a mass shooting.
Need I remind you that there were 13 peoples killed and 29 injured on an freaking army base 3 years ago. The perpetrator fired 214 bullets in less than 10 minutes...and he was actually intentionally aiming at soldiers (not civilians) and not just shooting randomly at everyone. He was able to shoot for 10 minutes on a base where guns are close at hand to nearly everybody before someone took him down.
People having guns isn't going to stop a mass shooting, especially one where the guy is intending to end his life afterwards. MAYBE it would have reduced the death toll in the latest incident from 20 to 10 or something but how is that OK? Perhaps not providing easy access to guns that can shoot hundreds of rounds in minutes would be a better solution. Or at least a major part of the solution. Make these idiots jump through hoops to try to get a gun in the first place and hopefully pushing them to the illegal gun market where there is a much better chance you stop them in their tracks before the incident occurs.
Criminal on criminal gun violence is not going to be stopped by increased gun control in all likelihood. That ship may have sailed or at least will take a long time to get that aspect under control. Then again if idiots want to shoot other idiots during the course of "business" I'm not that concerned. I most concerned with the idiot that is shooting masses of innocents and that can certainly be controlled.
God in the classroom...it's the typical evangelical cry when anything happens. Very large contingent that feels God concerns himself with everyday goings on of everybody. I don't think some of these guys realize how close they are in belief system compared to Westboro.