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csziggy

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8. ATF should have a division with the mandate to to try and prevent future mass shootings?

Reply to LastDemocratInSC (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 1, 2021, 11:06 AM

Dec 2021

That would be in the public interest and would NOT directly cut into the "right to own" gins that prevents current investigations into the causes of those shootings.

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Perhaps mass shootings should be treated more like aircraft crash investigations. [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 OP

Yes, when that mass shooting in Georgia happened earlier this year and law enforcement... ck4829 Dec 2021 #1

It's a serious problem because law enforcement, mayors and other elected officials don't want.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #6

Absolutely ck4829 Dec 2021 #11

Each case is treated differently. jimfields33 Dec 2021 #2

I think because he is under age. Nt USALiberal Dec 2021 #4

So was Rittenhouse. Those kids who shot at cars in DC. jimfields33 Dec 2021 #5

"why did the van plowing a Christmas parade fall out of the news already?" brooklynite Dec 2021 #10

The NTSB has a mandate to try and prevent future accidents. LastDemocratInSC Dec 2021 #3

I can think of another but I think Republicans have almost castrated it. That is.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #7

ATF should have a division with the mandate to to try and prevent future mass shootings? csziggy Dec 2021 #8

How is a different form of investigation going to change future outcomes? brooklynite Dec 2021 #9

What's going on is not working though ck4829 Dec 2021 #12

If by "not working" you mean "not convincing others to conduct mass shootings".... brooklynite Dec 2021 #13

See my additions to the OP, above and thanks for the question! KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #14