I wonder why is it so hard to get a bipartisan consensus by our elected officials and the population in general on this gun issue that can lead to a "reasonable" gun rights policy, unless it's true, and I don't want to believe it is, that all, or a significant majority of people on the right are gun worshipping fanatics. How can any mature, law abiding (and owning a gun legally is law abiding), reasonable, thoughtful human being be so opposed to fair and reasonable gun safety (and here comes the bad word for most on the right) regulations. I personally own guns, don't want to give them up BUT I'm 100% behind responsible gun safety and ownership. Nor have I ever heard the President say anything remotely, no matter how you spin it, that he has some hidden agenda to take away the 2nd amendment which states "... the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Now, no law, act of congress or the President, - locking every school house down like Fort Knox, or having "a good guy with a gun" Mr. La P would not have absolutely saved the lives of twenty babies and their teachers . All we can do is "take reasonable" steps to keep people safe, especially our young and most vulnerable. Now, I will easily agree that much more should be done on the Mental health side of this problem, and lets just say we put a "good guy with a gun" in our schools. How many? One? He/she can only be in one place at a time. So how's three or four? Still, one place at a time and 3-4 live firearms moving around an elementary or middle school yard. A little uncomfortable for me.
But, can't we reasonable people explore other options like:
1) Requesting toy gun manufactures not make their products so almost identical to the real thing. Do the children really have to have it identical. Can they really tell the difference. They're children!!
2) How about the color? The show 20/20 did a piece on children playing with guns the happened across in the home and found in public areas. Why does a real firearm, an admittedly dangerous/deadly weapon need to be painted pink like a toy?
3) Is it to much to ask, are we being totally unreasonable to ask that if you purchase a fire arm legally that you MUST learn how to use it. You don't have to become a marksman. But you must complete X amount of hours of training before you receive it, with a locking device.
One lady called a radio show making the argument as to why she needed a 20 round clip for her "assault rifle. She said "I'm not the best shot and some shots are going to miss" so I guess she should have a one hundred shot clip so 99 things outside of her house could die so one will hit the intended victim. It's to unreasonable to require her to learn to be a better shot. I don't get it. Where's her responsibility????
Everyone is required by law in every state in this country to pass a drivers test, both written and on-the-road, before they are issued a drivers license, another potentially dangerous/deadly weapon. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
COME ON PEOPLE, CAN WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
Myron M.
myronsnlndr95.blogspot.com
myronsnlndr@hotmail.com
But, can't we reasonable people explore other options like:
1) Requesting toy gun manufactures not make their products so almost identical to the real thing. Do the children really have to have it identical. Can they really tell the difference. They're children!!
2) How about the color? The show 20/20 did a piece on children playing with guns the happened across in the home and found in public areas. Why does a real firearm, an admittedly dangerous/deadly weapon need to be painted pink like a toy?
3) Is it to much to ask, are we being totally unreasonable to ask that if you purchase a fire arm legally that you MUST learn how to use it. You don't have to become a marksman. But you must complete X amount of hours of training before you receive it, with a locking device.
One lady called a radio show making the argument as to why she needed a 20 round clip for her "assault rifle. She said "I'm not the best shot and some shots are going to miss" so I guess she should have a one hundred shot clip so 99 things outside of her house could die so one will hit the intended victim. It's to unreasonable to require her to learn to be a better shot. I don't get it. Where's her responsibility????
Everyone is required by law in every state in this country to pass a drivers test, both written and on-the-road, before they are issued a drivers license, another potentially dangerous/deadly weapon. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
COME ON PEOPLE, CAN WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
Myron M.
myronsnlndr95.blogspot.com
myronsnlndr@hotmail.com
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