Gun Control

Enhance said:
This nebulous bullseye would alleviate only a small portion of gun violence deaths. The vast majority of gun violence isn't committed by people suffering from a sociopathic disorder. If memory serves, 20,000+ Americans commit suicide with a gun every year. Most gun deaths are actually perpetrated in our streets and in our homes, not in our schools. 

A comprehensive solution between accessibility and mental health care seems like a fair and balanced solution. The Right gets to achieve their noble cause of helping people with their mental health issues and the left gets to take some guns away. Everybody wins!
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Balanced position.  I've used the term "sociopath" with indignance for heinous actions.  More accurately - mentally ill and morally broken.  From there, some may be sociopathic.  

And the plurality of guns crime, if not majority, are not from AR's but handguns.  When looking at where, you see there may be a cultural issue the US has vs other places in the world.

 
commando said:
when was the last time doing nothing worked?
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The video of the unmanned bazooka...

Focus on the root issue.  There have been some viable proposals on guard railing who can own what.  The challenge is agreeing to the definitions "mentally ill people cannot own a firearm.  You are mentally ill because you think differently.  You're out."

 
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ZRod said:
So, why can't I have a bazooka no questions asked,
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Because we want to properly vet the mentally ill, or those that show risk to harm others, so innocents can stay safe.

You have to answer questions to own a .22.

What better questions can we ask to keep our world safer?  This is where it seems to get circuitous and monotonous "Why do guns even exist," "Why are you okay with people dying?" "How can we get rid of AR's" as if those re the best questions.

 
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DefenderAO said:
Because we want to properly vet the mentally ill, or those that show risk to harm others, so innocents can stay safe.

You have to answer questions to own a .22.

What better questions can we ask to keep our world safer?  This is where it seems to get circuitous and monotonous "Why do guns even exist," "Why are you okay with people dying?" "How can we get rid of AR's" as if those re the best questions.
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What would make there ownership of these arms any different than another?

This isn't a catch .22 bud.

 
ZRod said:
So you have no issue if there were no longer restrictions on purchasing a functional bazooka?
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Now that you're at your moment, a disclosure: Easy to see coming with the use of a clever and misleading pun.  I wanted to preempt you, but the ride was worth my restraint.

Since I've established a. I'm open to vetting people that makes sense, to protect others and b. I don't emphasize the inanimate object but the root cause of the issue:

Is your primary intent to save lives or regulate scary stuff?  If the former, how has the regulated bazooka worked?   If the former, why not focus on handguns which kill more people than any other firearm class?  If the latter, I might see why the AR is in your...crosshairs.

 
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DefenderAO said:
Now that you're at your moment, a disclosure: Easy to see coming with the use of a clever and misleading pun.  I wanted to preempt you, but the ride was worth my restraint.

Since I've established a. I'm open to vetting people that makes sense, to protect others and b. I don't emphasize the inanimate object but the root cause of the issue:

Is your primary intent to save lives or regulate scary stuff?  If the former, how has the regulated bazooka worked?   If the former, why not focus on handguns which kill more people than any other firearm class?  If the latter, I might see why the AR is in your...crosshairs.
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You’re not as clever as you think. 

 
What’s the proposal that these kids or the parents of these kids that told them to walk out have to prevent at least 50% of the school shootings?  
 

I really would like to know how they can be stopped by just going after AR platformed guns.  We all want to get school shootings to zero, but how does that happen outside of taking every single gun in the US away?  

 
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