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Originally posted by stevepaa
Pete, no i am not a gun person, so I would leave the definition up to people who know more, but maybe you have a solution without gun control?
But the gist of the pro-gun lobby is that the causes for that kid killing the bus driver are socio-econmic and cultural, and there is not a thing that we should do regarding guns to prevent the same thing happenign tomorrow. Except to arm everyone with guns.
They need to offer something better, if they want anyone to take them seriously.
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Did you hear a few weeks ago about how high school kids were polled and it was realized that a large percentage actually favored censorship of the media? This group of senators got together and declared that there needed to be better education here. I agree, but now replace the replace the 1st amendment with the 2nd and I wonder if there would be an outcry.
I am no more "pro-gun" than I am "pro-free speech". They are both rights guaranteed by our constitution.
Sometimes tools are misused. Cars are driven by kids that kill people and destroy property, but we seem to accept that as an acceptable risk.
There are loads of laws on the books concerning guns currently, we need to start by enforcing the laws we have. That would be a start.