School Shooting in Broward County, FL

And yet homemade bombs, cyanide, and using any sort of weapon on a plane are all illegal.

Particularly in the case of the box cutters, we didnt spend years sending out thoughts and prayers after 9/11. Security was instantly tightened and made it almost impossible to sneak any sort of weapon on a plane now.

Its almost as if people routinely choose guns as their weapon of choice because of the ease at which they can legally obtain and use a gun.....

 

Probably because they offer the most bang for the buck.

 

I never said we don't need gun control. I support gun control. Even so far as to limit what a law abiding citizen should be allowed to own.

 

Godless society has: need for metal detection ports at schools. A flourishing bulletproof backpack trade. Schools investing in bulletproof schoolboards your kids can hide behind rather than the people accepting the simple fact that their gun culture is what made society like this. We over here don't have need for any of that. I'm so glad I'm not in a godless society like you.

 

You obviously didn't look into what it costs to make homemade bombs

 

so as far as metal detectors, are kids supposed to stop having recess? Not to mention the fact that not all schools are completely enclosed. Population growth around here has led to portable classrooms being placed outside. The middle school I attended had disconnected wings and you had to walk outside to get from one wing to another. How would metal detectors help in those instances?

And as far as arming teachers...no, just no. Cant even believe this idea is floating around. Teachers aren't even provided basic supplies, they have to use their own money for classroom supplies. And yet there will be money in the budget for guns? Or will they have to spend their own money on those as well? What happens the day a teacher is pushed too far and turns their gun on a student? Teachers are humans too and some deal with mental illness just like anyone else, should mentally ill teachers also have guns? What about all the teachers who don't feel comfortable with guns and dont agree with this proposal?

 

It probably went to safety measures like metal detection ports and bulletproof blackboards...!

Anyone who's arguing for a solution that's about more guns at this point should see a doctor.
Can't believe Aeri's actually behind the stuff she shared in this thread. Just look at other countries. We have evil people too. And nutcases. But we don't have these problems.
A school shooting here is an anomaly. Shouldn't that tell people who refuse to see its a gun problem something...

 

Yes in a perfect world, we could keep guns out of the hands of anyone we wanted to. However when you have 300,000,000 out there with no legal means of tracking them, that can't be undone by starting to change the rules now. If today you can have a law that every new gun can be tracked, you still have the 300,000,000 others that aren't.

No longer a viable option.

 

This didn't play a role in the 2 other mass shootings by young men I can think of from the top of my head already (and actually took notice of parents as well).
It doesn't seem the essence of the american cultural phenomenom of young men shooting up a lot of people.
Kids go through puberty with all its insecurities, anxiety and frustrations in my part of the world too. Plenty of abysmal parenting. But if one goes this loopy they stab a person to death or something like that. They rarely go through all the effort of preparing a mass killing, because options are simply limited.

 

I used to believe that too.

But then I realized the lives of school children were more important than my right to the type of firepower usually reserved for the military

 

I disagree. I found this article that sheds some light on the NRA's "People Kill People" logic.

That's only part of it, but it makes an enlightening point!

More at "Guns Don’t Kill People, People Do?"

 

Repeal the damn second amendment. These shootings don't happen without easy access to guns.

 

Until you see words that I compose and type out myself there's no use in attempting to talk about what you believe I back.

 

Like it said in your quote of mine, I did not dare to make an assumption yet.
It looks like you share words you agree with. I can't believe you would be that stupid though.
Maybe you should clarify why you share what, if you don't want people to assume the wrong thing

 

So let's go with this logic. Say tomorrow you repealed it. How do you find the 300,000,000 guns that are out there that have no requirement to be registered? Then let's just say that law abiding citizens turn in these now illegal guns. Whose left holding the millions upon millions that weren't turned in?

 

There are a shit ton of these things floating around social media. Those two are a very scant sampling.

I share things that I think make some valid points.

There are some people who've made up their minds absolutely, and then there are people like me who see some good points being made on each side.

I don't pretend to have an answer, nor would I want the responsibility to come up with THE answer.

Like you pointed out, I obviously don't even know what it costs to put together a homemade bomb.