My heart bleeds for the victims and their families...
Get rid of the F**KEN GUNS. Tighten Gun Laws, Change some Policies, Crack down on Illegal Fire Arms, raid the places you have to raid, Do something before the next victims are your own family or children...COME ON AMERICA!
God be with you all.
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Very Sad that happened 20 miles to my North . As a child getting ready to enter high school next year . It really hit to close to home this time. I donβt think taking guns away is the solution. Criminals will always get a gun. We need to figure out why is it happening . What is leading these kids to doing this. This starts I believe with the Parents.
You have a very good point there @richard. What happens in the home really impacts on all of us. Perhaps in America it's beyond the point of gun confiscation. I come from a country(New Zealand) with very tight gun laws and fire arm restrictions, a person is shot in my city less than 5 a year.
There seems to be an increase in diagnosed Mental illness and depression around the world which is something very troubling and I believe this is a big factor in people's break downs and taking it out on others.
Take away our guns and only criminals and our benevolent (?) governments will have them. Foolish. Schools are attacked because the scum know guns are not allowed on campus (in most places). They are left defenseless. Simple solution. Stop herding easy victims into deathtraps. Arm the teachers/employees at the schools.
Exactly, 100% spot on. The left making schools "gun free zones" only made them soft targets. Just idiotic feel-good statist bullshit.
Distribution of more guns into American communities? So that less people get hurt? Perhaps that's the mentality that led to America's gun culture getting out of hand. Governments and law givers have been chosen by the people to serve and protect. Teachers are employed to teach not to be body guards. In practice governments can be corrupt and law enforcement can be useless but hopefully we learn from these tragedies and find better solutions. Thanks for sharing your views @jackshorebird @mattmaccauley
Guns are not distributed in America. We buy them in stores. Less people are hurt, raped, burglarized etc., because we shoot back or just point them at the bad guys. But those statistics are not often reported in the media. There is no gun culture in America. That's all BS. Our burglary rate is lower than Europe. Even the UK has had nuts shooting up their schools -- and they have strict gun control. Go figure. America is a right to self-defense culture. Get it right. Some cities don't allow self-defense. NYC etc. Law enforcement can't be in every home or school. And you would not need to arm all the teachers, just the smart ones. Thanks for sharing your false hopes.
Guns are distributed or else how else would people get them? If you arm everyone you think there'll be less crime? Less death? Of course America has a gun culture that's why you're promoting it. It's a part of who you are, you fall back onto the constitution despite the brutality of it all. Advocates for more guns in your country have become desensitised to gun use. It's become NORMAL. Well here's a reality call for you mate, it's not normal to pull out a gun anytime you think someone's a threat, it's not normal to shoot at people because it's your 'perceived' God given right, God has nothing to do with it... Its insecurity and fear which guides your persistence to maintain this freedom.
Giving guns to teachers... Um... Only the smart ones? ...lol
Not sharing False hopes bro I just call it how I see it.
Guns are "purchased" in the U.S. Big difference. They are not distributed. The fact is, there is less crime in the US. Less rapes, burglaries, theft etc. Less death? Give me some evidence. What verification do you have that shows the more people owning guns increases rapes, burglaries, theft, murder rates -- on a national scale. Does not happen. It's not about being desensitized, brutal, God fearing (I'm an atheist) or about our constitution. That's simple propaganda. I doubt you are from NZ. More like Iran or North Korea maybe. It's about one thing: self-defense. What you are saying is humans have no right to defend themselves. You want a world of defenseless victims, where any thug with a gun trumps you. A nation open to any foreign invasion. That is the result of your philosophy.
The school shootings could have been prevented, if the gun control on campuses was lifted. Any nut with a rifle would not have the balls to step onto a campus where people are allowed to defend themselves. Thugs have no guts. They prey upon the weak. The defenseless. Those who have no rights.
You live in fear. A world filled with brutes that can rob you at any moment, because they know you are not armed. You are a potential victim of your own arrogance. Playing Russian Roulette with thug's guns.
Good luck to you.
Stop watching all the "fake news."
I don't agree with most of what you are saying and I'm glad not all Americans share your view. I hope we can agree that life is precious and that putting more lives at risk is not the solution. http://abcn.ws/2CsroxK
Disarming the innocent will only serve to empower the criminals.
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IΒ΄m a sports shooter here in Germany.
If the gun control was like in germany, there would be a lot less guns in the US.
Here in Germany its not that easy for you to get a gun for sport shooting.
And thatΒ΄s good!
ItΒ΄s too easy to get a gun in the US.
Wether if its an semi-auto, or not.
ItΒ΄s just too easy to get a gun. ThatΒ΄s a fact.
IΒ΄m not a fan of gun bans because of my sport activities.
But there has to be a more strict gunlaw.
Take care!
Yea same here in New Zealand Sport shooters are considered experienced professionals who know what they are doing. It's definitely better that obtaining a gun is made difficult unless qualified. Thanks for sharing your view @hasenmann
Right, Germany has a long History of tight gun control and that helped enable Hitler to easily take you people over and the surrounding, largely unarmed populations of the nearby countries you guys invaded and enslaved as well.
From what I read, you have a huge assault, rape and murder problem thanks to all of the Muslim immigrants you have imported and you people are largely impotent in terms of defending yourselves from their crimes.
So, no thanks, keep your gun control, wherein the State has the guns and the people do not and cannot defend themselves. More people are killed in the US annually due to being hit by lighting than are killed in school spree shootings. Giving up the advantages of self-defense because of that makes no sense. Besides, guns are a lot of fun to shoot just for the hell of it and hunt with and a big part of our culture, so gun control is very unpopular here, embraced primarily by women and the effete left.
I notice your post is just emotional venting, no specifics. What does "get rid of the fuckin guns" mean? What does that look like in real life? "Tighten gun laws", how, exactly? Change what policies?
Be specific. What you who advocate government-only ownership of guns never seem to do is provide specifics. Keep in mind our Constitution memorializes our God-given right to keep and bear arms. You socialist countries do not have that freedom.
I second that. This poster is just riding publicity for Steem. No substance.
Freedom of speech bro @jackshorebird lol I don't need your approval for my opinion. Or to provide you with the Substance you are seeking. Go read a newspaper? Lol
Yup true it's an emotionally charged post @mattmccauley. Not really intended to look at the specifics of why America has so many gun related deaths.
More to address these issues... GUNS KILL, AMERICA HAS A LOT OF GUNS IN CIRCULATION, THERE ARE A LOT OF GUN RELATED DEATHS IN AMERICA.
I don't really feel the need to dive into gun related death statistics in the US for it to be apparent that it's a big problem.
I also don't feel the need to dive into your policies on guns in America why? Because it's quite obvious that whatever the current situation is and whatever active laws/policies are in place in regards to firearms... Theyre not working.
For those who need evidence... Heres an interesting statistic.
6,787 Gun related incidents in the United States since January 1st 2018.
http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
The American consistution was written in the context of that period(1787). "The right to bear arms" also implies criminals/corrupt cops/mentally insane have the right to bare arms?...correct me if I'm wrong please.
I don't advocate 'Government only ownership' of guns, neither does my country, only properly licenced and experienced people may own and hold guns.
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