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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I watched the POTUS speech last night in response to the campus shooting in Oregon.
He thinks that changing laws would lesson or stop this kind of awful event.
I don't.
I think only good people would comply. There are enough guns in circulation that bad people would get them and use them for their nefarious causes. AND that people who need to protect themselves could not protect themselves. If I were the person who had to carry cash to the bank for a business, I would want to have a gun. If I lived in a high crime area, I would want to have a gun.
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Depends on how you approach it. This looks like a very long term problem which can only be solved through long term strategies. CBS News on 10/01/2015 had a discussion on prevention through pediatricians in various programs who catch troubled teens in their development of these kind of sociopathic actions. Public health policies seem to be the answers.
It seems like what is needed here are more people involved with looking out for one another rather than technological changes like blocks on rifle chamber clips, etc.
This also applies to the Villages IMHO. Road rage and the like can be curbed by using the same kind of community development educational programs here in the Villages as well.
Staying Safe Around Aggressive Driving - Driver Safety - AARP
We need more doctors and health professionals involved in addressing these kind of problems rather than lawyers and politicians IMHO. And more local based approaches rather than those coming from DC.