Originally posted by galveston75"At least 12 people, including children, are reported to have died in a shooting attack at a primary school in the US state of Connecticut, US media says."
I hope you gun people ar watching the news this morning with children being killed at their school.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-20730717
Stories like this certainly lend weight to the argument that ordinary law abiding people should have the right to own firearms so as to be able to protect themselves against killers like these.
Originally posted by galveston75Of course. But you might want to expand on what you want to say to those you refer to as "you gun people". Could one good shot by one of these "gun people" at the beginning of this absolutely horrible incident have saved the lives of as many as 26 or 27 children?
Absolutely horrible....
Originally posted by galveston75The gun did not kill those children. A very deranged individual did. It could have been done with any number of weapons. There is a deeper issue here other than guns, I would dare say that it is a spiritual matter. Would you agree?
I hope you gun people ar watching the news this morning with children being killed at their school.
Originally posted by galveston75These events wear away at the human spirit. They seem uncontrollable. They challenge our hopes and dreams that there can be a world of love and care. We know it will happen again. It is time once again to grieve. The least we can do is be loving and caring to those around us. Let us start our response with this.
I hope you gun people ar watching the news this morning with children being killed at their school.
14 Dec 12
Originally posted by boononIt is very unlikely he would have been as successful at killing as many as he did without a gun. Let's not pretend that guns are irrelevant.
The gun did not kill those children. A very deranged individual did. It could have been done with any number of weapons. There is a deeper issue here other than guns, I would dare say that it is a spiritual matter. Would you agree?
14 Dec 12
Originally posted by boononAs usual, guns seem to be an irrelevant ingredient in the almost daily mass shootings we seem to be experiencing. Funny how that works.
The gun did not kill those children. A very deranged individual did. It could have been done with any number of weapons. There is a deeper issue here other than guns, I would dare say that it is a spiritual matter. Would you agree?
Originally posted by FMFWith the awkward phrasing, seems like G75 could be on either side of this issue.
Of course. But you might want to expand on what you want to say to those you refer to as "you gun people". Could one good shot by one of these "gun people" at the beginning of this absolutely horrible incident have saved the lives of as many as 26 or 27 children?
Are you going on something other than the OP?
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneMy opinion is I hate guns period and wish they had never been invented.
With the awkward phrasing, seems like G75 could be on either side of this issue.
Are you going on something other than the OP?
Now that they are here it is simply too convienent and deadly for idiots and mentally ill people to use them in this kind of butchering of humans.
Sure if this bozo and the one that just killed 2 at the Mall ( his gun fortunently jammed or it would have been much worse ) 5 miles from where I live and have been to many times, could use a bat, and knife or whatever else their sick minds could use, would never do the damage a gun can do. And everyone knows it.
Originally posted by galveston75What would you expect when you Americans want to defend the 2nd amendment
My opinion is I hate guns period and wish they had never been invented.
Now that they are here it is simply too convienent and deadly for idiots and mentally ill people to use them in this kind of butchering of humans.
Sure if this bozo and the one that just killed 2 at the Mall ( his gun fortunently jammed or it would have been much worse ) 5 mil ...[text shortened]... else their sick minds could use, would never do the damage a gun can do. And everyone knows it.
to the letter, not only refusing to give it up but even refusing proper controls.
Outside of fundamentalist Muslim sects, there are more whackos
with guns freely available to them in America than any other country in the whole world.
Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyWhen that amendment was written, it was a different world. Obviously no one who wrote that law knew how things would change in the future.
What would you expect when you Americans want to defend the 2nd amendment
to the letter, not only refusing to give it up but even refusing proper controls.
Outside of fundamentalist Muslim sects, there are more whackos
with guns freely available to them in America than any other country in the whole world.
But they have and with the crazy state this country is in, the gun laws are not working and we now see the result of that.
14 Dec 12
Originally posted by galveston75I don't understand why they have not brought in
When that amendment was written, it was a different world. Obviously no one who wrote that law knew how things would change in the future.
But they have and with the crazy state this country is in, the gun laws are not working and we now see the result of that.
more controls, especially after similar incidents.
The Government should have learned this lesson
long ago. It does not matter who is in charge
be they Republican or Democrat, more controls
are needed to prevent whackos like this guy from
getting their hands on guns.
The NRA and similar gun lobbys have a lot
to answer for.