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waitingman) wrote2021-06-14 10:40 am
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Another Day...
... another stupid person with a gun, doing something stupid
Imagine if this had been in California, where a gun-happy judge has just overturned the state ban on owning 'assault' rifles - the kid would have been shot in the chest half a dozen times & the outcome would be very different
The very name - assault rifle is enough to make you question so many things, not the least being why an ordinary citizen feels the need to own an assault weapon. The excuse that it's for 'self-defence' goes right out the window by definition alone
And as for a guy who thinks it's okay to pull a gun on someone he 'believes' is tailing him, well...
Guns don't kill people. People kill people? Sure, but what do you think they kill them with??!!
Imagine if this had been in California, where a gun-happy judge has just overturned the state ban on owning 'assault' rifles - the kid would have been shot in the chest half a dozen times & the outcome would be very different
The very name - assault rifle is enough to make you question so many things, not the least being why an ordinary citizen feels the need to own an assault weapon. The excuse that it's for 'self-defence' goes right out the window by definition alone
And as for a guy who thinks it's okay to pull a gun on someone he 'believes' is tailing him, well...
Guns don't kill people. People kill people? Sure, but what do you think they kill them with??!!
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And in a political system where everyone from Sheriff to President is elected, why not try galvanising people to vote for change. Political apathy is not a valid reason for gun ownership
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That way, crazy people don't get guns... or at least not in the overwhelming numbers that they can & do now
You think you're the only country with crazy people? Well, you're certainly the only country where the mentally ill are so well-armed!!!
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Restrict access to guns in general & 'assault' weapons in particular. It's worked everywhere else in the world where they've done it... why does the USA think it's so special & different that common sense just doesn't apply?!?!?!
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