Just blowing smoke

[ubet_cha]

It has been a few days since we have seen the news of a mad man walk into an Elementary School and murder almost two dozen children. Most of us are still reeling in horror from this. While we are a nation that is accustomed to being so busy that we do not have a moment to blink what happened in Connecticut has everyone sickened to the point of

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[ubet_cha]

"Some type of certification or training prior"

A lot of states do and it sounds like common sense to me. I remember that woman ( I think in Louisiana- Couldn't find the news article.) a few years back that killed a woman she was arguing in traffic about. She said, and I believe her, that it was an accident because she had no idea the gun could go off so easily.

Idiot. Frightening that this was possible.

[codekitten]

2) We need to start taking Mental Illness seriously. How many of us know people that we consider “crazy” but its ok since they haven't hurt anyone “yet”? Maybe we should do something about that?

definitely. also, the gun enthusiasts seem to be the same people that don't acknowledge/address (mental) healthcare.

great points here...i completely agree about locking them down, tracking, waiting period and age restrictions. all very common sense things that i think the NRA could meet in the middle about.

Geeking out

[ubet_cha]

Yep. And/OH one of the points I did a poor job of illustrating was when I called the Assault Weapon Ban “Fodder for the Mob” what I thought was wrong with it. Namely three things.

It spent too little attention on semiautomatic pistols. Yes, something is better than nothing - but I have always been a proponent of do it right.

It only outlawed the items mentioned within it from the date passed going forward. We need to get whatever we consider “ TOO dangerous without a special EXPENSIVE collectors permit” off the streets permanently.

It was set to expire after a decade. Lets try for two so we can get some hard data about what the before|after data is.