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Originally Posted by Guest
Why don't we be honest and tell it like it is!! The problem isn't guns... the problem is the people that fire them!! I believe that statistics will show the majority of gun vilolence incidents are perpetrated by men!
Here in The Villages, recently, I can site 3 cases:
1. Murder/Suicide... A man killed his wife and then himself. She was a regular at line dancing, she told her friends she was afraid for her life but she had nowhere to go...
2. A veteran was upset with his treatment at the VA Clinic so he came back with a gun and started shooting! When he finished he said do you believe me now?
3. A married man had designs on the woman next door! She rebuffed him so he put a few rounds thru her front door.
We go ring around the rosy every time this happens!! We regulate most everything why not some types of guns and gun magazines?
COPUFF no longer out west.... release the hounds!!!
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Again, we can ALWAYS place blame somewhere......
The challenge is instituting solutions that minimize gun violence.
Yes, women are statistically, are the most victims of gun violence perpetrated by men, mostly known by the victim. One of the proposed actions to minimize that kind of violence (notice I said MINIMIZE- there are NO ABSOLUTES in any action that may be taken) is to refuse gun ownership to people who have been charged/convicted of spousal abuse, and/or stalking, and/or have an order of protection that has been made upon them. Again, there are many facets to this situation and many possible actions that could mean the difference between life and death.
We all need to look at first steps, and then improve them, or change them if they don't work.