Did your views on guns change?
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Re: Did your views on guns change?
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People triggers to kill because they have guns. I guess, no guns-less crimes-less killings-less orphans.
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True...and a better world...surely?!
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I agree it seems like that’s the case in the US. I live in Australia and remember the gun amnesty after our last significant gun massacre, when many, many guns were handed in and collected by the government. I think there was a ‘buy back’ scheme, so people received money for handing them in. I am impressed by the current young people in the US standing up for more gun safety and removal of automatic weapons (at very least). Surely these steps should be able to happen?! Surely greater safety should be supported by all sides of politics and all people!
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Yes, I'm also impressed with the efforts of the young people to enact change. I was also happy to hear about Dick's Sporting Goods's decision to not sell assault weapons. I always thought it was ridiculous that a teen could buy an assault rifle without any background check. I know it's true because my son bought an AR-15 and a AK-47 right after he turned 18. He didn't have to do anything to buy either one. No background check, just a bill of sale. My son is not a criminal or a violent person. In fact, he's now serving in the U.S. Navy, but the idea that he could obtain the guns so easily scared me. Hopefully, they will do something about this problem soon on a national level. No one needs these types of weapons except the police and military. They are overkill for hunting and self-defense, and anyone who says that's why they need one is lying, in my opinion.
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Ahh, i see the idea of this book. It is very sad that due to the greed of money people will created something that either it helps or it certainly do harm. So sad for this wild generation. How much more for the next?R-g-R wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 23:58I agree it seems like that’s the case in the US. I live in Australia and remember the gun amnesty after our last significant gun massacre, when many, many guns were handed in and collected by the government. I think there was a ‘buy back’ scheme, so people received money for handing them in. I am impressed by the current young people in the US standing up for more gun safety and removal of automatic weapons (at very least). Surely these steps should be able to happen?! Surely greater safety should be supported by all sides of politics and all people!
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Agreed. There was literally a news story like a week ago about someone doing a gun safety demonstration and shooting someone. They are made to injure or kill (even when hunting animals).Sptlightstar wrote: ↑17 Mar 2018, 09:55 I'll admit, I was a bit freaked out by the notion that everyone around me could potentially be carrying a weapon, but all that did was make me believe more in my conviction that guns, as they are today, are not what our Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote the 2nd Amendment. I think the demonstration at the NRA at the end of the book proves the point: guns are never the answer. Take away all the guns in that room, and no one would have been killed, let alone hurt. Even people who are trained in gun safety make mistakes. There was a news story a year or so ago about a young boy who was killed at the shooting range because his father slipped up for a moment on gun safety. That should go to show people guns are dangerous no matter how much training you have.
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I am not sure exactly what you mean. Are you saying you do not think that we could ever be gun free in this country?
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The reality is that America is a place built on the use of guns, hence why the second amendment was created. The use of guns and other weapons have been used over hundreds of years to conquer other peoples. Until we become an evolved species that understands power and control isn't everything in a society, guns will not be so coveted and protected. With society conditioned in fear of guns and not having a gun, for many generations, has caused this problem we now face. I would agree with you, but our family uses guns for hunting or we have since the trade days when we acquired guns. Hunting can even be done without guns, and I wouldn't mind that. They are too loud and cause lead pollution in our water and animals. Thanks for your comment!britt13 wrote: ↑09 Mar 2018, 15:23 I have always been anti-gun. I think people rely too heavily on the second amendment and it needs to be changed. I hate the argument that criminals will still get guns because DUH criminals will always keep doing what they are doing. I do not think that means we need to arm more people. Even in this book, it talks about how a good person with a gun can harm others while trying to help.
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