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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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But that's just it.....you WOULD be able to have that gun in that high crime area because you would have passed the stricter gun laws.
We need stricter laws and stricter background checks. As you say Grace, some of the criminals will still get guns....but think about it.....if we can keep just a small percentage of guns out of wackos hands....we will possibly save a few lives, not all; but even one life is worth it.
Also, just as with car use.....once you reach a certain age, there should be testing......a shooting range to prove you are still capable in the use of a firearm.