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Are any of our kids at this school that had the shooting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 568685" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I can understand that the right to carry a gun arose out of the ethos of the early pioneer days in America. Although I do not agree with it personally, I can also understand why people might think it made sense for people to have guns to protect themselves. What I do feel certain of, though, is that if you put a dangerous weapon within easy reach of people, they will use it more readily than if it were not. There is something about the anonymity and frightening "distance" of a gun that also comes into play; those who would never have the gall to murder people with a knife or some other way that involves physical contact have merely to squeeze a trigger for death to ensue... Who can say for certain that this tragedy in CT would never have happened if the young man responsible had not had ready access to a rifle, but it seems more than likely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 568685, member: 11227"] I can understand that the right to carry a gun arose out of the ethos of the early pioneer days in America. Although I do not agree with it personally, I can also understand why people might think it made sense for people to have guns to protect themselves. What I do feel certain of, though, is that if you put a dangerous weapon within easy reach of people, they will use it more readily than if it were not. There is something about the anonymity and frightening "distance" of a gun that also comes into play; those who would never have the gall to murder people with a knife or some other way that involves physical contact have merely to squeeze a trigger for death to ensue... Who can say for certain that this tragedy in CT would never have happened if the young man responsible had not had ready access to a rifle, but it seems more than likely. [/QUOTE]
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