Bojack Horseman
Wolverine22
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« on: December 07, 2015, 09:50:02 AM » |
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People need to realize that this whole "good guy with a gun" thing is nothing more than a myth. Columbine had an armed guard that didn't stop 13 people from being killed. Virginia Tech had a sworn and armed police force. If you're on a suicide mission, like most of these mass shooters are, they don't care whether or not people will be shooting back. They just want multiple victims in a confined space, which schools and movie theaters provide.
While there is no magic wand you can wave to make gun violence stop immediately, we can start by banning assault weapons and using terrorist watch lists to stop right-wing anarchist extremists from stockpiling weapons, as the far right is a much bigger threat to your life than ISIS or Al Quaeda, statistically speaking. Then we close the gun show loophole and institute universal background checks on every gun purchase, whether in a store, a gun show, or private ownership. Over time as arrests and other confiscations of illegal guns from criminals and terrorists occur, you will see the number of illegal guns and gun violence drop.
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