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Are any of our kids at this school that had the shooting?
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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 568649" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I'm reading with interest your discussion on guns. First let me state, I come from a family that hunts and I own a gun. However, I don't see the need for the general public to have assault rifles and the kinds of guns that are made only to kill a lot of people in a short time.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine, last night on Facebook, said that this is progress; people used to kill each other with rocks. I pointed out to him that it would be very difficult to kill nearly 30 people in a short time with a rock. I don't think many people in this country would ever suggest that we should get rid of ALL guns but why do we make it so easy to do these things?</p><p></p><p>If you look at the statistics from all over the world (as was stated above) either guns are the problem or else Americans are horrible, blood thirsty nuts who go around killing their own more than any other nationality. I have to believe the first is true and not the second.</p><p></p><p>ON one hand, this is modern life in America. We have these mass killing occasionally and controlling guns will not totally eliminate the problem but you can't tell me that if we made it harder to get a gun and regulated the kinds of weapons people could have, that it would not help.</p><p></p><p>I also agree with those of you who have pointed out that it is a mental health problem. We are absolutely awful at making help available for people who need it. They often don't get evaluated, they don't get treated, they don't get medicated and facilities to help them are not available. Perhaps, given the power of the gun lobby and the futility of trying to get anything done on that front, the mental health issue is one we should all be focusing on first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 568649, member: 135"] I'm reading with interest your discussion on guns. First let me state, I come from a family that hunts and I own a gun. However, I don't see the need for the general public to have assault rifles and the kinds of guns that are made only to kill a lot of people in a short time. A friend of mine, last night on Facebook, said that this is progress; people used to kill each other with rocks. I pointed out to him that it would be very difficult to kill nearly 30 people in a short time with a rock. I don't think many people in this country would ever suggest that we should get rid of ALL guns but why do we make it so easy to do these things? If you look at the statistics from all over the world (as was stated above) either guns are the problem or else Americans are horrible, blood thirsty nuts who go around killing their own more than any other nationality. I have to believe the first is true and not the second. ON one hand, this is modern life in America. We have these mass killing occasionally and controlling guns will not totally eliminate the problem but you can't tell me that if we made it harder to get a gun and regulated the kinds of weapons people could have, that it would not help. I also agree with those of you who have pointed out that it is a mental health problem. We are absolutely awful at making help available for people who need it. They often don't get evaluated, they don't get treated, they don't get medicated and facilities to help them are not available. Perhaps, given the power of the gun lobby and the futility of trying to get anything done on that front, the mental health issue is one we should all be focusing on first. [/QUOTE]
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