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Originally Posted by Byte1
Why do you feel there has to be an either/or? School safety should be physical security. Target shooting should never be illegal, and is no different than shooting hoops with a basketball, if done as a game/sport. One mentally ill person should not dictate the actions of the majority of law abiding citizens.
I understand some folks' fear of firearms. I get it. Being ignorant of a subject can cause fear. Those of us that have owned guns for decades, consider a firearm as a tool and do not fear them. To stop a person for killing someone due to DUI, you do not close down the bars and liquor stores and outlaw booze because of a minority of those that cannot handle liquor.
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I don't and my post was snarky. I apologize. It seems so many one liners, I thought maybe that is all some can focus on.
And uh, yes, we DO close the bars, there are operating hours.
And uh, yes, the AR-15 is just a tool that is the tool of choice for killing children in schools. Only HERE, no where else in the world (at our rate).
And no, removing all AR15's (can't be done) would not solve the problem, and I have NEVER advocated that. I would like it, but I know it is not possible. So, instead I am for things like universal background checks - n o responsible gun owner can come up with any explanation why they is bad - but many try with things like "the government has no rights to do that, I have a right to a gun". And so, for what 50 years now, we have been arguing while children die.