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Originally Posted by graciegirl
When our kids were at home and invited to spend the night at a new friends home, I would call the parents and ask them if they kept guns in their house and if they did, I wouldn't let kids spend the night.
I am not a gun owner or an NRA advocate, and I don't look at either as loathsome. I am a realist.
If half the country does not want to give up guns all the rhetoric in the world, the best debaters, the finest arguments are not going to change their minds.
So I say; What else do we have to protect children who are going to go and enter school buildings nine months out of every year until they are eighteen?
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I have not heard one single person advocate "giving up guns" at any time.
That is political rhetoric who see it as a platform on which to get elected.
Guns need to be controlled in my opinion. I apply simple common sense as I see it. AR15's simply rip folks body to shreds and thus I have not been satisfied that a weapon like that is necessary.
I understand hunters, personal protection, hobbyists, etc.
Then if we as a country want so many guns, then lets at least scrutinize who has them. Not allowing social security recipients who have been judged to not be able to handle their own affairs by reason of sub par mental capacity should not have guns in my opinion.
This is for smarter and more "gun educated" folks than me, but seems the question is ......can we get our "leaders" to even talk about it.
Republican seem to be loathe to admit any failings with guns and I mention them specifically because they have ALL the control and there will no hearings or action without their support