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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former DC teacher here, I worked in Ward 8, near Alabama Ave & Stanton Rd SE. I left mid October after I witnessed for the third time a speeding car chase happen, gunshots heard while I was on the playground with my kindergarten students and we had to lay on the ground all while MPD sirens went off. This happened between 10 a.m. and noon.

Trying to get 22 kindergarten kids to lay on the ground immediately is difficult as they often have questions. I left because I didn’t want to be held liable for the death of an innocent child, nor did I want to be shot myself but more importantly I didn’t feel like children that young should be trained as if they lived in a war zone from the Middle East.

No, I don’t blame legal gun owners as I have family members that are ex-military, FBI and CIA. I blame the criminals who feel entitled to guns and often are not properly trained to use guns responsibly. [/quote]

Can you explain why "ex-military" means that someone should feel entitled to a gun? In my opinion, just because you had use for one once, and had some training, doesn't mean that you're entitled to a deadly weapon.

If anything, seems to me that ex-military should be one of the big flashing warning signs restricting gun ownership. There's a high rate of mental illness among vets. Many of the homeless living on the streets are vets who are now mentally ill. Some of them poop out in the open, oblivious to the people watching in horror, because in their sick minds they are actually somewhere else entirely. They literally live in another world.

And the man who just murdered someone (and put two others in critical condition) in the Southern Californian Costco store is a current police officer who was off-duty at the time. The off-duty cop mowed down 3 innocent, unarmed people with his firearm that he felt entitled to carry around.

NOBODY is entitled to a deadly weapon unless the country requires you to have it on your person at the time you're wearing it, as part of your job. Anything else is unacceptable and is only contributing to the bloodshed.[/quote]

:roll: You do realize not every veteran is bat crazy? People have a right to defense & gun ownership but let’s be real here mentally ill people are in every profession & walk of life. Mothers & or nannies who drown children, for example. The problem is criminals and the mentally ill people will find a way to harm someone if their heart is set on it. If not guns, knives [see London], cars, fire, etc. The city should be investing in a mentally ill hospital and caring for those in need. DC used to have St. Elizabeth’s now it has nothing. Traumatized people hurt others. [/quote]

Such a lazy argument I’m disappointed to see here. Come on, get educated.[/quote]

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