:) That's funny! I don't think Canadians are substantively different than Americans. We're just more spread out, and as a result don't generally get on each others nerves. ;) I'd like to see stricter requirements for firearms training. In Canada, you have to take a day long course....it's not much, but at the end you at least know which end the bullet comes out, and have some basic safety skills. Doesn't mean you can shoot, or have a brain...but it's a start.
The stats here show gun violence has been going down for decades...more a reflection of an aging population than anything else.
(Hmmm. When I said "That's funny" I meant the link, not your comment on mental health awareness.)
I agree for the most part. The only down-side I see is that there are a lot of idiots out there, and idiots + guns is a good recipe for accidental shootings.
If more people on school campuses were armed, would we see more deaths from accidents than lives saved? And is it simply a numbers game? I don't know.
But I do know that the attempted abolition of guns doesn't work. That's been proven over and over again.
Yep. I'm not saying more guns are a solution. But in general private organizations that are given the opportunity to be responsible for their own security do a far better job than "public" institutions that have to rely on the government to protect them. I'm not even suggesting that teachers should have to be armed. I'm pretty sure I had a couple of teachers that would have shot me, given the chance. But the choice should be there, with strict training requirements, and regular range re-qualification.
While accidental shootings are tragic, I place them in the same category with farm machinery and industrial accidents...keep your eyes open, think about what you're doing, RESPECT your tools...it's all you can do.
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I moved my weapons 'offsite' after "that police raid" looking for such weapons failed to find them.
What is needed in the US is better mental health awareness and care.
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That's funny!
I don't think Canadians are substantively different than Americans. We're just more spread out, and as a result don't generally get on each others nerves. ;)
I'd like to see stricter requirements for firearms training. In Canada, you have to take a day long course....it's not much, but at the end you at least know which end the bullet comes out, and have some basic safety skills. Doesn't mean you can shoot, or have a brain...but it's a start.
The stats here show gun violence has been going down for decades...more a reflection of an aging population than anything else.
(Hmmm. When I said "That's funny" I meant the link, not your comment on mental health awareness.)
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If more people on school campuses were armed, would we see more deaths from accidents than lives saved? And is it simply a numbers game? I don't know.
But I do know that the attempted abolition of guns doesn't work. That's been proven over and over again.
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I'm not saying more guns are a solution. But in general private organizations that are given the opportunity to be responsible for their own security do a far better job than "public" institutions that have to rely on the government to protect them. I'm not even suggesting that teachers should have to be armed. I'm pretty sure I had a couple of teachers that would have shot me, given the chance.
But the choice should be there, with strict training requirements, and regular range re-qualification.
While accidental shootings are tragic, I place them in the same category with farm machinery and industrial accidents...keep your eyes open, think about what you're doing, RESPECT your tools...it's all you can do.
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