Anonymous wrote:Imagine living in DC and thinking guns are the problem. I'm out here in VA surrounded by people with guns and there hasn't been a single shooting in a two mile radius of my house for a decade

Anonymous wrote:Imagine living in DC and thinking guns are the problem. I'm out here in VA surrounded by people with guns and there hasn't been a single shooting in a two mile radius of my house for a decade

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We need a ban on any firearm that is not a hunting rifle (with hunting permit).


We need to enforce the ban, and aggressively collect these firearms.

Hunting rifles are actually sniper rifles - the most accurate type of gun there is. You really want nothing *but* sniper guns out there? Sounds like a terrible idea.

Lol this is why we don't let people that don't really know what they're talking about other than "guns bad" make laws

I come from a hunting family and DO know what I'm talking about. Hunters can continue to own hunting weapons with a hunting permit and thorough background check. All other weapons are banned. I promise you it WILL drastically reduce the number of deaths. Most deaths are accidental, when idiots buy handguns to "protect their family" and the very family they are trying to protect is killed while playing with it. There is a barrier to entry with hunting gear. Most people won't bother.

+ a million

Guns are for hunting, period.

I’m sorry to say that children and adults alike are being hunted in America.

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We need a ban on any firearm that is not a hunting rifle (with hunting permit).


We need to enforce the ban, and aggressively collect these firearms.

Hunting rifles are actually sniper rifles - the most accurate type of gun there is. You really want nothing *but* sniper guns out there? Sounds like a terrible idea.

Lol this is why we don't let people that don't really know what they're talking about other than "guns bad" make laws

I come from a hunting family and DO know what I'm talking about. Hunters can continue to own hunting weapons with a hunting permit and thorough background check. All other weapons are banned. I promise you it WILL drastically reduce the number of deaths. Most deaths are accidental, when idiots buy handguns to "protect their family" and the very family they are trying to protect is killed while playing with it. There is a barrier to entry with hunting gear. Most people won't bother.

+ a million

Guns are for hunting, period.

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to say it, but this sounds like suicide by cop and a mental health issue more than a gun issue. The fact that he fired as many rounds as he did in the manner that he did (if you have seen the video, you know what I am talking about). His victims were almost incidental to his getting attention. And then posting the taunting messages to the police after the shooting but not turning this into a situation where more people were killed.

It looks like suicide by cop by a mentally disturbed individual.

Oh and great job by the authorities by the way. We are quick to jump on them, but they seemed to do great yesterday afternoon. And finally, great job by the EB staff and students. What an evening.

Best wishes to all of the victims for speedy recoveries and to the students for their quick mental recoveries and potential return to school.

I didn't even read his message as taunting , but I'm not sure what the acronym was. It sounded like he was saying please come get me. When we will address mental health in this country? Integrative health? Between addiction and mental illness, how many need to die?

The mental health issue is even worse than it was. Even if you have all the money in the world and agree to seek help, there just aren’t enough providers.

I know. We need a movement to address mental and integrative health in this country, like the effort and attention put towards climate change. It needs to be an all in approach, including SEL in schools, healthy lifestyle. investment in community structures like clubhouses and group activities (as people have pulled away from organized religion, what's replaced that?), access to therapy, and commitment including involuntary.

Get back in your clown car, NRA shills. These programs already exists and are huge money pits. Also, organized religion is still a dominant structure in many American's lives. We need fewer guns and better gun control, as well as licensing--much like driving a car, owning and using a gun should be a privilege, not a right.

I posted this and I agree with you on many points. I am not an NRA shill and I also think there is a case to be made for looking at the points of alienation in American society, and how that intersects with mental health in youth. Their "community" is increasingly online (I'm not saying anything new here) as opposed to communities that actually have physical gathering places IRL. Contrast to Finland where each town has a community center where people gather and vote on commun activities, or group sauna, or Italy with piazzas. It's a fact that participation in organized religion has fallen in America - what is replacing "the church" as a gathering place? This kid is from Fairfax? Where is community colocated there? Tysons? Just give it some thought - it's a conversation, not combat.

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to say it, but this sounds like suicide by cop and a mental health issue more than a gun issue. The fact that he fired as many rounds as he did in the manner that he did (if you have seen the video, you know what I am talking about). His victims were almost incidental to his getting attention. And then posting the taunting messages to the police after the shooting but not turning this into a situation where more people were killed.

It looks like suicide by cop by a mentally disturbed individual.

Oh and great job by the authorities by the way. We are quick to jump on them, but they seemed to do great yesterday afternoon. And finally, great job by the EB staff and students. What an evening.

Best wishes to all of the victims for speedy recoveries and to the students for their quick mental recoveries and potential return to school.

I didn't even read his message as taunting , but I'm not sure what the acronym was. It sounded like he was saying please come get me. When we will address mental health in this country? Integrative health? Between addiction and mental illness, how many need to die?

The mental health issue is even worse than it was. Even if you have all the money in the world and agree to seek help, there just aren’t enough providers.

I know. We need a movement to address mental and integrative health in this country, like the effort and attention put towards climate change. It needs to be an all in approach, including SEL in schools, healthy lifestyle. investment in community structures like clubhouses and group activities (as people have pulled away from organized religion, what's replaced that?), access to therapy, and commitment including involuntary.

Get back in your clown car, NRA shills. These programs already exists and are huge money pits. Also, organized religion is still a dominant structure in many American's lives. We need fewer guns and better gun control, as well as licensing--much like driving a car, owning and using a gun should be a privilege, not a right.

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Anonymous wrote:


We need a ban on any firearm that is not a hunting rifle (with hunting permit).


We need to enforce the ban, and aggressively collect these firearms.

Hunting rifles are actually sniper rifles - the most accurate type of gun there is. You really want nothing *but* sniper guns out there? Sounds like a terrible idea.

Lol this is why we don't let people that don't really know what they're talking about other than "guns bad" make laws

I come from a hunting family and DO know what I'm talking about. Hunters can continue to own hunting weapons with a hunting permit and thorough background check. All other weapons are banned. I promise you it WILL drastically reduce the number of deaths. Most deaths are accidental, when idiots buy handguns to "protect their family" and the very family they are trying to protect is killed while playing with it. There is a barrier to entry with hunting gear. Most people won't bother.

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to say it, but this sounds like suicide by cop and a mental health issue more than a gun issue. The fact that he fired as many rounds as he did in the manner that he did (if you have seen the video, you know what I am talking about). His victims were almost incidental to his getting attention. And then posting the taunting messages to the police after the shooting but not turning this into a situation where more people were killed.

It looks like suicide by cop by a mentally disturbed individual.

Oh and great job by the authorities by the way. We are quick to jump on them, but they seemed to do great yesterday afternoon. And finally, great job by the EB staff and students. What an evening.

Best wishes to all of the victims for speedy recoveries and to the students for their quick mental recoveries and potential return to school.

I didn't even read his message as taunting , but I'm not sure what the acronym was. It sounded like he was saying please come get me. When we will address mental health in this country? Integrative health? Between addiction and mental illness, how many need to die?

The mental health issue is even worse than it was. Even if you have all the money in the world and agree to seek help, there just aren’t enough providers.

I know. We need a movement to address mental and integrative health in this country, like the effort and attention put towards climate change. It needs to be an all in approach, including SEL in schools, healthy lifestyle. investment in community structures like clubhouses and group activities (as people have pulled away from organized religion, what's replaced that?), access to therapy, and commitment including involuntary.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


We need a ban on any firearm that is not a hunting rifle (with hunting permit).


We need to enforce the ban, and aggressively collect these firearms.

Hunting rifles are actually sniper rifles - the most accurate type of gun there is. You really want nothing *but* sniper guns out there? Sounds like a terrible idea.

Lol this is why we don't let people that don't really know what they're talking about other than "guns bad" make laws