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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would certainly love to see gun control measures passed but I worry the most about traffic safety. We are a car-obsessed country.  [/quote]

That's a mistake, as gun deaths have now passed traffic deaths as the biggest cause of death for kids. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/14/magazine/gun-violence-children-data-statistics.html[/quote]

If you look at the data, the biggest increase is in gun homicides among Black teens.  Tripled since 2013.  [/quote]

Yes, and let's look at Chicago a city which has the most draconian gun control laws, yet experiences the highest incidence of gun violence, especially in the black community.  So yes, gun control is a great topic to spout off about but does it really work?  Are we then going to take away all the knives and sharp objects?  If an evil person, and that's who the nashville shooter women was, wants to cause harm and use physical violence they will find a way.  I think it's much better to properly secure our buildings and stop declaring these places as gun free zones which only encourages people like the nashville shooter.  She knew it was low on security and she could get in there easily.  JFC, let's be smart and protect our children with the technology and knowledge and man power we have, it's easier then you might think.  And if society would stop demonizing every single cop as a horrible person our children could find some comfort in their presence.  We need to be smarter and pro active, this constant cry about taking legal guns away from legal gun owners is never going to work.  [/quote]

This is an unintelligent argument. Clearly no one taught you critical thinking. A few points.

Most Chicago gun violence is due to gangs, and most of those guns were purchased in Illinois. Roots of gang violence include poverty and racism, among other things.

Gun control does work. Look at countries like Japan where guns are permitted but there are tight requirements to get one. The country of 125 million had 9
Gun deaths in 2019. Yes, 9. How many did the US have? Nearly 40,000. Including nearly 3,400 children.

No of course you don’t take away knives and sharp objects. Because those items cannot literally kill dozens of people in a matter of seconds. Assault rifles were designed to murder people as quickly and easily as possible with no chance of survival. That is why they are so deadly. If you take those away and make gun control laws tighter you will save thousands of lives.

Having worked and volunteered at many public and private schools, there is simply no way to ensure the kind of security you think is possible without a budget upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars or more per year per school. There are multiple entrances, multiple people coming and going at any given time, and no budget anywhere to implement the type of staffing and surveillance needed that you think would prevent an act of violence like this. The reality is that every place in our country is vulnerable to a crazy person with an assault rifle. There is no safe yoga studio, classroom, church, mosque: synagogue, bank, preschool, grocery store, bar, concert, movie theatre, etc. that is immune from the risk.

Sure, evil people will always find a way. But with a knife or baseball bat, or even a shot gun, she is far less deadly.

Do you value human life? Then you should care about protecting people’s right to live without being murdered, Children’s right to grow up, and all of our rights to live in a society where we cans grocery shop, go to a movie, go to work and school, worship, and live our lives without the threat of being a victim of a psycho with an AR-15.

Having lived abroad I can assure you that the rest of the world does not understand the Us. They think we are crazy to allow so many of our citizens to die every year without enforcing tighter gun control laws. They don’t understand why it’s harder to get birth control here, or Sudafed.

The answer to this problem is not to outlaw guns. Personally, I hate them and think people should only own them for war or hunting, and then only with massive hurdles to obtain one, but I am realistic and know the answer lies in the gray. Allowing guns, but making them harder to get and outlawing things that make them more deadly and capable of mass murder quickly. That is the gray. That is what most American believe and want, not just unfettered access to any Tom, dick, or harry who wants an assault rifle and forcing the majority of the population to forego their safety and mental health to facilitate that. 
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