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Originally Posted by Trayderjoe
Actually I did not leave out your quote, I missed it-big difference. If you normalize the two, then the difference between the two is as you indicated, one does have testing requirements (DL) and that purchasing a gun does not require training or testing.
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Thank you
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However, your statement: "Compare the two. Obviously, Texas is very afraid of people driving on their streets, but if you want to kill children - no so hard". is inflammatory and does nothing to help move the needle forward. Is it a good idea to own a firearm and not get some sort of training? No, as tragic accidents can and do happen.
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You are right, and I was wrong to use that inflammatory wording.
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Do you think these monsters care If a training requirement is an impediment to acquiring a gun legally? They have already decided to break the law, so what is to prevent them from acquiring a gun illegally?
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I don't know. Ease of access? Why risk it. If these murderers could ONLY purchase from illegal sources, it would be "easier" to run sting operations to catch the illegal purchasers. But, as it stands now, they don't have too - and that is a point. Making it less easy will not deter responsible gun owners from buying, they will simply plan for it. But, someone wanting to murder children in two days may have to find an illegal deal and take the risk of it being a sting.
Not a cure, but a step - a little help.
Imagine if these shooters were captured, and offered plea deals to give up their seller or get the death penalty. Then the illegal seller is charged with murder and hung. It would certain not stop illegal sales but again every little step helps.
I saw a post early on in this thread that "at least he is dead, saves on the cost of the trail". I disagree with that. My personal favorite punishment for these murders would be publicly lowering them into a tree shredder feet first slowly. And stream the event on the Internet and require all OTA media to air live coverage with audio.
Not very liberal of me - is it.