Agree there should be charges levied against his parents. Interesting Fact: The Parkland shooter bought his gun legally with a background check. Another Interesting Fact: Both of the synagogue shooters (Pittsburgh and San Diego) bought their guns legally with a background check. |
1) do you support a universal background check? 2) do you support stiff penalties for people who do not secure their guns properly? Such as in this tragedy. |
If this information is correct, I do not believe the parents should be charged with negligence:
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/stem-school-shooting-suspects-smashed-into-locked-gun-cabinet-to-steal-weapons-source-says |
yes, some people pass background checks. Although, there is reason to believe at least the Parkland psycho NEVER should have been able to amass an arsenal. So many warning signs. So very many. |
If two kids were able to smash into it then it doesn't sound very secure. Lock the parents up. |
Because they must be demhumanized. |
Only if national concealed carry, with very, very few limitations on where you can lawfully carry, is part of the deal. No national concealed carry? Then no background checks on private sales. |
That word. I do not think it means what you think it means. |
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Let's break this down:
Highlands Ranch, CO is heavily conservative leaning, Trump won that area by almost 20 points. "Mental Health" has been a conservative talking point to deflect away from gun control. No coincidence there. Now that we have that out of the way, suppose I agree on the issue of mental health? What are you conservatives actually going to DO about the mental health question? I'm putting you on the spot. Dealing with mental health is a resource issue. A lot of mentally ill people don't have the financial means to get treatment because their mental illness makes it hard to get or hold down a job. That means someone else, YOU AND I will have to pay for their healthcare. Also, what are you proposing to ensure that mentally ill people can't get their hands on guns? I won't accept "mental illness" thrown around as chaff with no real intention of doing anything. You might think it can get you off of the hook for gun control but in doing so you put yourselves on the hook for universal healthcare for the mentally ill and on the hook for mental health screenings for gun buyers and gun bans for the mentally ill. |
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Duh... the event was held a gun control group!
Hero kid would not be dead if people didn't idolize guns so much. And yes, I am a gun owner. |
Still waiting on these. |
1. Ban automatic/semi-automatic weapons - and stop the deflection by gun nuts on exactly what those terms mean. Nobody needs that kind of firepower for hunting or self protection. That might at least help cut down on mass shootings. 2. Require serious background checks. If you want to buy a device whose only purpose is killing, then you should be willing to be thoroughly investigated to determine if you are a danger to other people. I don’t give a damn if it temporarily inconveniences gun owners. 3. Require that gun owners secure their guns, and implement severe penalties for those who don’t. Parents who don’t adequately secure their guns that are then used by their offspring to kill should be charged with murder. 4. Stop the glorification of guns in our culture. Kids in a movie theater should not be able to ‘play with’ fake automatic weapons in an arcade. That is just sick. 5. Not that the gun nuts really care about this, but start addressing the serious mental health issues that we have in this country, especially with young people. |
How are all these “mentally ill” people getting guns? Sounds like lax gun laws if we are allowing the mentally ill to buy them. |
Exactly. The screenings for mental health are nonexistent. Thousands of violent domestic abusers get to buy guns each year, thousands of dishonorably discharged sketchy Rambo wanna-bes get to buy guns each year and then go off and join "Patriot Militia" dumb fvck groups each year. Thousands of complete sociopaths get to buy guns each year. |
NP. I support both. I carry a gun every day, but I have extensive training. If you want to buy a handgun, some level of training should be required. |