Question For Folks Against Gun Control Laws

[+washtenaut]

Let's say that you are the lone adult that is supervising a group of 5 or 6 teen boys on a camping trip. One of the kids comes to you with a nasty welt he's gotten on his face. He says that he was shot with a BB gun that one of the other kids has smuggled in.

 

What do you do to resolve the problem?

 

Do you take the gun away and devise some punishment for the shooter?

 

Or, would a better idea be to give all the boys BB guns so that they can be on equal footing with the shooter? Maybe .22's would put them in a superior position and then you could be sure that the BB gun owner wouldn't shoot at them anymore.

 

Which solution would cause less injury to the campers as a group? If you were the adult in control, which would you choose? Maybe you've got a better solution altogether. If it still applies to the gun control discussion, what is it?

 

 

(Recall, this is hypothetical. Before you jump down my throat, I don't want anyone to take away all guns from US citizens. See my earlier postings in this thread)

[cristinew]

No we teach our kids how to shoot and handle a fire arm ,, every one in our county has fire arms and 0 murders due to fire arms,

 

your logic is ill,,

[cristinew]

Most all of the teens in our county Hunt deer and own fire arms,,,

 

Our Sherrif goes into the school and teaches hunter saftey courses

Edited December 22, 2012 by cristinew

[Restorium2]

Most all of the teens in our county Hunt deer and own fire arms,,,

 

Our Sherrif goes into the school and teaches hunter saftey courses

They do that in all the counties where there have been school shootings. What's your point?

[Restorium2]

No we teach our kids how to shoot and handle a fire arm ,, every one in our county has fire arms and 0 murders due to fire arms,

 

your logic is ill,,

There were zero murders in the county that this just happened in.

[Restorium2]

First thing that needs to be done is to put the assault rifle ban back in, like in the 90's. (right along with the tax structure) What the heck happened here(America) anyway? Took some stupid pills or something.

Edited December 22, 2012 by Restorium2

[cristinew]

the point is 0 murders in our county due to fire arms,.... that is the point that you ignore

[cristinew]

ban wepeons like Heroin bright idea

[cristinew]

maybe if we ban cannabis too we would be safe

[cristinew]

how abuut cars they kill

[cristinew]

lets get on the Ban wagon

[Restorium2]

the point is 0 murders in our county due to fire arms,.... that is the point that you ignore

It was the same way in the county that had the school shooting. How does it matter?

[cristinew]

i just looked up the crime rate in that county it is one point less than the national average ,,, you seem to be lying

[cristinew]

Murder and Non Negligent Man Slaughter

3.7

4.8

http://www.homefacts.com/crime/Connecticut/Fairfield-County/Sandy-Hook.html

Edited December 22, 2012 by cristinew

[peanutbutter]

So .. a door to door nation wide sweep to make sure there are no weapons left in the US?

 

Or allow one person to be armed at the door ..

 

Who wants the nation wide sweep?

[cristinew]

They might as well ban Pickup trucks too,,,, someone could kill just as many kids on a play ground with a truck by running them down,..

 

what idiots

[cristinew]

So .. a door to door nation wide sweep to make sure there are no weapons left in the US?

 

Or allow one person to be armed at the door ..

 

Who wants the nation wide sweep?

 

good quote PB thank you,,,

[+washtenaut]

Cristine, take a breath.

 

PB, no nationwide sweep. Most Americans want to KEEP WEAPONS FOR HUNTING AND HOME DEFENSE. Please stop arguing the all or nothing angle as it is not in play.

 

I would like to ask those that want to have responsible gun ownership rights, how can we lessen the number of these tragic incidents where mentally unstable people get access to these powerful munitions and kill dozens of innocents? I agree that there are multiple prongs to this solution and only one of those involves gun restrictions.

 

What is that gun restriction though that could help the rest of us survive while still allowing you to sleep soundly at night?

[Restorium2]

the point is 0 murders in our county due to fire arms,.... that is the point that you ignore

Let's see if this is a fair comparison;

The population in Fairfield County, CT is 925,899, what is the population in YOUR county.

[Restorium2]

Cristine, take a breath.

 

PB, no nationwide sweep. Most Americans want to KEEP WEAPONS FOR HUNTING AND HOME DEFENSE. Please stop arguing the all or nothing angle as it is not in play.

 

I would like to ask those that want to have responsible gun ownership rights, how can we lessen the number of these tragic incidents where mentally unstable people get access to these powerful munitions and kill dozens of innocents? I agree that there are multiple prongs to this solution and only one of those involves gun restrictions.

 

What is that gun restriction though that could help the rest of us survive while still allowing you to sleep soundly at night?

1. Ban assualt weapons. Quit selling them and take them away when they turn up.

2. Make sure that every school looks at their security and compares it to what happened, start thinking.

3. Help the mentally ill people the best you can.

[cristinew]

gun restrictions. they had that at the sandy hook school....... see what it got?

[Restorium2]

gun restrictions. they had that at the sandy hook school....... see what it got?

What would it hurt to ban assualt weapons the way I described? Like it was before. Did America go to heck in a hand basket because assault weapons were banned?

Edited December 22, 2012 by Restorium2

[peanutbutter]

Cristine, take a breath.

 

PB, no nationwide sweep. Most Americans want to KEEP WEAPONS FOR HUNTING AND HOME DEFENSE. Please stop arguing the all or nothing angle as it is not in play.

 

I would like to ask those that want to have responsible gun ownership rights, how can we lessen the number of these tragic incidents where mentally unstable people get access to these powerful munitions and kill dozens of innocents? I agree that there are multiple prongs to this solution and only one of those involves gun restrictions.

 

What is that gun restriction though that could help the rest of us survive while still allowing you to sleep soundly at night?

 

What brought this thread up is a single person. In need of help with mental health issues.

 

We can't make it illegal to have mental health issues. We could reduce some of these events by promoting more mental health solutions, but that wouldn't prevent every single event.

 

Taking guns away from EVERYONE to address the single person isn't likely to work.

 

Please don't hurt everyone by trying to punish the single problem person.

Edited December 22, 2012 by peanutbutter

[cristinew]

too late for a ban , there are millions of sks and ak 47s in the USA now,,, way to late and most will not turn them in,,

 

if you want to make more people to be criminals , then you will have more crime,,,

[knucklehead bob]

It is only the combination of a fool , an idiot , and a moron that thinks and believes any type of legislation is going to correct what they perceive as a "gun control" problem .