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Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
12. It is completely unrealistic.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:00 PM
Feb 2018

The only answer. I repeat.
The only answer is to make the possession of weapons like the AR-15, the whole class of weapons a felony.

I visited my grandmother, the wife of a farmer, in the mid-1960s. She was joking about how, during WWII, they used to collect hemp and sell it so that the Navy could make rope out of them. She remembered exactly what a plant was worth, how much she had sold it for.

I had no idea what hemp or marijuana was. She had to explain to me what the joke was about.

But things that are at one time perfectly legal even valuable can be made illegal. Happened to hemp plants. And in some states, marijuana and hemp are again legal.

We need to make these horrifyingly dangerous instruments of mass death called automatic weapons illegal. No question about it in my mind.

I'm all for hunting rifles that are not automatic and don't kill people in droves. I like venison, love it in fact.

But no one needs one of these guns like an AR-15, and they should be outlawed.

Changing the age of eligibility to buy a gun would not have stopped the shooters in Las Vegas or at the night club in Florida.

And training teachers or others in the schools to use guns is a waste of money and the precious time of those trained. In addition, it probably would not prevent the loss of life that simply making the possession of such instruments of death a felony, a serious crime.

Guns should not be in schools. Period. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #1
Meh... Baconator Feb 2018 #4
It is completely unrealistic. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #12
I agree. Make it a felony. Total ban and confiscation of these killing machines is the only way johnpowdy Feb 2018 #21
Setting aside the politics of banning AR 15s, J_William_Ryan Feb 2018 #28
It's questionable as to whether the they can even be banned outright DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2018 #29
But if the average shooting last less than 5 minutes, is that enough time skip fox Feb 2018 #2
Depends... Baconator Feb 2018 #7
What the idea of having school personnel trained and armed in order to deter Sophia4 Feb 2018 #13
They were rational in the sense of understanding the consequences of their actions... Baconator Feb 2018 #16
Many young people do not understand the risks and rewards of their conduct. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #25
I can't help but feel that if Ilsa Feb 2018 #3
I'll give you all of that... Baconator Feb 2018 #10
And if school employees shoot someone, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #5
Same standards as LE I suppose... Baconator Feb 2018 #6
I suggest that you come to Los Angeles or Miami and visit a) the county hospitals Sophia4 Feb 2018 #20
Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #26
So arming teachers gets shot down and NRA comes up with something else to preserve sickos' access Hoyt Feb 2018 #8
As I said in the OP... Baconator Feb 2018 #9
Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #11
You think way too much of yourself... Baconator Feb 2018 #17
Sorry kids... no microscopes for the biology lab... we need new AR-15's. NT Adrahil Feb 2018 #14
So let's say I'm an authorized shooter and an event happens. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2018 #15
Percentages I admit... Baconator Feb 2018 #18
It's going to give people a false sense of security. I just heard on MSNBC pnwmom Feb 2018 #19
An Assault Weapons Ban is not enough johnpowdy Feb 2018 #23
Yes, I agree. Semi-automatic hand guns, too. pnwmom Feb 2018 #24
What happens if the teacher carrying the gun drops it and a kid picks it up and starts shooting? johnpowdy Feb 2018 #22
Just place guns in obvious locations throughout a school... dchill Feb 2018 #27
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