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Originally Posted by MDLNB

... you summed it up perfectly. And yet, there will be those that want to do something, anything so that they can soothe the guilt of their failure to make more restrictive laws that they think could have kept these things from happening. And there are those that will use this to promote their agenda of more restrictive oversight, and more control for the nanny state. They will attempt to make laws that will punish the decent/honest gun owners and will do nothing to stop the criminal or the mentally ill.

Originally Posted by Steve9930

I've read through most of these posts and it the same arguments. Reminds me of a Merry-Go-Round. A round and round we go. Look at the facts:

1) All these shootings occurred in a gun free zone by a mentally ill person. In all the cases the guns were legally obtained. Yep in a lot of cases they passed a background check.

2) Had the people had a chance to defend themselves or proper security was provided the out comes would have been different.

3) Its not the responsibility of the Government to make sure you are safe, its your responsibility.

4) There is not one suggestion made by those that promote gun legislation that would have prevented any of these tragedies.

5) The right to bare arms is guaranteed by the 2nd amendment of the constitution. There is nothing in there that says I can only have one weapon. Driving and other activities are not rights, but privileges. No mention in the constitution.

6) Switzerland issues a gun to every household. There are no mass shootings in Switzerland.

7)The most shootings are in places where there are very strict guns laws.

8) Criminals do not follow laws that is why they are criminals.

9) The weapons used are not assault weapons. They are semi-automatic rifles that are based on the frame of an assault weapon. They do not have the fire power of an assault weapon.

10) The current law does not allow you to make a living by selling guns at gun shows. This is a current law, its not enforced.


I could go on forever. This I know for a fact, it will happen again. It will happen again because the leadership of this country; first response; was to politicize the incident even before all the facts were known. I can understand the distrust because even though there is talk of no confiscation, the politicians are quick to bring up countries that have tried to solve their problem by confiscation. The current leadership is not interested in solving the problem, their interested in playing politics.

T

You are right on the money here!