Re: The Elephant in the room
This is how I feel...I have always believed in the right to bear arms as a civilian, HOWEVER, coming from someone who lived right next door to a cocaine addict who loved guns and owned an ozzie....I don't think these types of guns should be available for civilians. (unfortunatley bad people will always get assault weapons) My x-neighbor opened his trunk one evening, took out his ozzie machine gun and emptied it into the 17 acre field that borders our property...just for fun...
That neighbor lost his home because of gambling issues and died in a head on collision...he loved to drive fast and was one of the most reckless human beings... Personally, I have never heard of a mass killing with guns coming from an emotionally stable individual. Treatment of mental health is another major problem...
My oldest son is extremely well read...when he rattled off the statistics of death by guns in the USA vs. everywhere else in the world, I was stunned, numbed...ENOUGH is enough...something has to change.
I'm in research mode, I'm not a gun owner, but that doesn't mean its wrong for others, BUT laws have to be tightened, who needs assault weapons...what civilian needs rapid firing deadly types of guns??? My first read will be Time's article that I put aside in my pile to read...by Joe Klein...How Guns Won...Why Americans have turned against gun control....
PEACE on Earth and goodwill to all...I'm not sure I'll re-visit this debate...
rpic wrote:Gun ownership is one thing, but what civilian needs an automatic assult weapon?
I'll stick with this.....See ya'll on another page.
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