That's so sad. There is something that much more disheartening about someone brand new, likely going in with the most noble intentions getting gunned down. Just like when there are school shootings or kids are killed, there is just something that much more gut wrenching about losing someone with such a open future.Cops first day on the job. (tweets are listed newest to oldest, so start at the bottom and read up.)
If you've ever been in a country where 8 year old kids carry assault weapons around, you'd understand Sly's point...gun control is a wide subject with a lot of fine lines to address...sort of like nuclear weapon control...we have nukes but that 8 year old kid can't have them..so..what's the argument here? Mentally ill folks also are not your normal everyday duck hunter...I don't get the point of avoiding these discussions whenever guns are involved in a tragedy..to me..that's the civil thing to do..look at the issue and address it. If you have issues with the politics of the area you live in, you may want to live elsewhere or lobby for change in your demographic.
I don't really consider, ignoring the Constitution a valid political position for any area.
That's fine but the fact is Marz...the constitution was designed to be amended and has been repeatedly, even still today. If you are truly a constitutionalist..you'll see amendments to freedom of speech, prohibition, and lots of changes throughout history. Whether you agree with them or not...until 1961 there were several states that required a religious test to run for political office. If you don't accept amendments, someone could scream insane things at you from the street 24 hours a day and be within their constitutional rights...the Supreme Court has reinstated amendments and gutted them throughout history..it's an ongoing process. Do you stop amendments in 1925, 1961 or 2010...all years when major amendments were reinstated or scrapped? Example...and I hope it's just taken as discussion, not angry debate
actually the length of a blade, crossbows and swords have all been discussed as well. It's not exclusive to guns..I couldn't legally own a crossbow when I was young in our state, although a bow was fine..and I really wanted a crossbow!
OK....nobody's taking away my booze damnit!
Yeah.....people abuse things like alchohol....what's probably even more staggering though would be loss of life through anger. We had prohibition and crime thrived...crooks got rich and powerful.
good line
It's more a matter of this being an appropriate topic to have a discussion around. I know that I was on a stop-smoking medication a while back that had certain known side effects that included suicide ideation. I felt compelled to think about suicide all the time (although I was never really close to doing it) and a week after I went off the medication I never had those types of thoughts again. There are certain meds, for all sorts of maladies, that make people unstable. Many of the shootings turn out to be done by people on these meds. Perhaps one should have to postpone their rights to own or carry firearms as long as they are on these meds, or perhaps they should be required to see a therapist while on these meds. At minimum, the discussion should take place in a public forum, perhaps a congressional hearing, with experts being examined by congress.
A test, like a driving test. A check of safety protocol and ability. They have these in some states, but perhaps it should be more universal. It's a bar that's set, not my level or your level, but s set standard which should be met.
