Post by rachelcarson1953 on Feb 25, 2018 22:01:46 GMT
Yeah I gotta admit I am beginning to go Storms way and say guns are not the issue, it's the law enforcement that needs work.
But the bigger picture, and I'm just 'what-if-ing', is that mentally unstable people don't need a gun to do violence. What if everyone who bought kitchen knives had to register them? This shooter took out seventeen people; there are serial killers, running under the radar, that have had higher body counts.
So many things can be used as a weapon. Rope, rat poison, knives, vehicles; the list is endless. The mass shootings get more media attention. But the real issue is, humans are going to hurt other humans in any society; how can we legislate a completely safe society and still be free?
How to deal with violence is part of the human condition. It has been ongoing as long as there have been humans.