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What’s your opinion on gun control? Be nice! Everyone has the right to their opinion! No one has the right to be rude

[b]I think it’s important to keep the conversation going. No matter what your option is, let’s all “agree to disagree” and just talk about it. Let’s be kind and Caring and treat each other with respect because kindness is when real change happens. [/b]

It’s incredibly heartbreaking that this keeps happening and I try to get inside the mind of the families of the victims and try to understand the pain and imagine if it was someone I knew and loved.

Evil exists in this world. It always will. Elizabeth smart said In her first book something that really spoke to me. After the horror she endured for nine months she has this unbelievable strength and wisdom.

This is what she said.
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“I don’t think what happened to me was something that God intended. He surely would not have wished the anguish and torment that I was about to go through upon anyone, especially upon a child. But since that time, I have learned an important lesson. [/b]

Yes, God can make some good come from evil.
But even He, in all His majesty, won’t make the evil go away. Men are free. He won’t control them. There is wickedness in this world.Which left me with this: When faced with pain and evil, we have to make a choice.
We can choose to be taken by the evil.
Or we can try to embrace the good.

I don’t think it’s as simple as removing the guns. Yes guns play a role in these crimes but the Problem is so much deeper. Every single shooter has had some sort of mental health problem. Mental heath gone untreated is terrifying. Even the people who kidnapped Elizabeth were mentally insane.

Not everyone with mental heath struggles is a threat. I myself have struggled with depression and anxiety. By having better mental heath resources available! We can make a major change!!! Getting better mental heath background checks and with that it will help get the guns out of the hands of people who are mentally unstable.

I honestly don’t know what to think because I believe we have the right to bare arms. I myself don’t see myself ever wanting to own a gun but as a women I feel unsafe to even go for a run by myself. So if what happened to Elizabeth happens to me I might feel just a little bit safer having a gun. Especially since one of her kidnapers just got out of jail. I would not be able to sleep at night if I was her.

Yes!! All of these shootings never should have happened. However I believe, If it’s not guns, its bombs. If it’s not bombs, it’s chemical warfare. People can murder by a hit and run. People can murder by simply using a kitchen knife. Everyday children are kidnapped, raped, murdered by mentally ill individuals. Evil exists in the hearts of human beings not guns.

Again. You have the right to your option, please be kind. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
4meAndyou · F
I have been thinking about gun control lately in terms only of controlling the AR15 rifle. Recently I watched a video showing the bullet from a hand gun going through ballistic gelatin which is very similar to a human body.

The bullet from the handgun drilled straight through the gel. The health care professional being interviewed stated that sort of wound is straightforward to repair in a human.

Then they showed the ammo from an AR15 rifle going through the ballistic gel, and the bullet from the AR15 goes in and then basically explodes, creating a balloon shape of damage which is extremely complicated to repair.

The AR15 rifle was developed as weapon of war for the military, and the ammo was designed to inflict maximum damage and make sure the enemy went down and stayed down.

I wonder to myself why it is necessary for private citizens to possess military weapons that are designed specifically for the military. As we have seen all too often recently, the AR15 in the hands of a madman will mow down citizens at an alarming rate and those citizens can not be easily repaired because of the ammo.

I think we need to examine very carefully the legalization and sale of military grade weapons.
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Virgo79 · 61-69, M
@4meAndyou there should be videos of that on YouTube.
Hollow point bullets expand.
Just sayin
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Enforce the existing laws
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MKM22 · 26-30, F
@Overwatch6 Thank you!! Agreed. criminals do not obey laws and never will. Thank you for keeping the conversation going.
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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
I come at this from a very different background/approach. When I was a teenager, I was a boy scout and earned my rifleman merit badge. I learned the 10 commandments of the National Rifle Association. Firing at a target and accomplishing several layers of marksmanship was very gratifying. I never felt a need to have my own weapon though. I had the use of a rifle when on the range.

Fast forward and I went to medical school. From the first day observing in an emergency room I had the chance to see the devastating injuries from weapons that were available back then, over 50 years ago. Fast forward some more and I saw innocent CHILDREN shot by friends or relatives gaining access to unsecured, loaded weapons in their homes. Many were hit and injured or killed by a single bullet. Then fast forward and my emergency room is treating victims injured by numerous bullets from "semi-automatic" weapons. I saw these bodies in the medical examiner's office. Often so damaged that it was impossible to identify what organs were damaged. Many were innocent bystanders who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

How do I stand? I wonder why someone feels the "need" to have his/her own weapon. I learned in the Navy that my sidearm was not a very effective defence except at very close range. So I really don't see a pistol as useful for that. I see the statistics showing that those with a weapon in their home are more likely to be injured by it than prevent their being injured by a home invasion. So, in summary, I don't understand the argument. If someone has a valid reason to own a weapon, sure, but then, such a weapon owner has the responsibility to keep it secured so it can not be incorrectly used. The technology to produce smart weapons, that require some form of identification of ownership to be fired. They should be required at the very least to be locked up.
Virgo79 · 61-69, M
Think you pretty well covered the problem.
coolnudist · 70-79, M
Parents today need to teach their children to respect life and a gun! That was the way I was brought up, to respect life and a gun! I was taught the only time you use a gun was to protect your home and life!!! I think if parents do this today, there would be less shooting and killings!!!
I think government has the right to limit the arms that individuals may possess.

for example it is generally agreed that "arms" means firearms of one kind or another.

few would argue that people should possess hand grenandes, bombs, or other weapons of mass destruction.

I think with the recent mass shootings the wisdom of limiting the size of magazines is a good thing.

I just heard on the news that Colt was going to stop making AR15 altogether.

I also wonder why someone would need thousands of rounds (bullets) for personal use.

so limitations are reasonable in a populated society
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@JAYS21 yes it was. but the framers could not anticipate the range or weaponry available for purchase these days.

PRGs, ied's, bombers, bazookas and other items don't belong in the hands of the general population (according to my way of thinking - your mileage may vary).

The closest I can think of to owning armaments is canons and warships.

canons were owned by a militia/town and warships were allowed to private citizens for use as privateers but only with government approval.
If every psychopath on earth can seem to get a firearm I should be able to keep mine as well
MKM22 · 26-30, F
Amen. thanks for keeping the conversation going. @ExperienceDLT
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Gotta kill the companies that make them.
Gotta jail the servicemen who bring them back and sell them.
Gotta make it an offence for any politician to receive funding from a gun company or the NRA.
If you're not just paying lip service to the LATEST innocent victims, and you don't want to mess with the constitution, the LEAST you can do is not make it so CERTAIN that this time NEXT month you're not back here discussing it after ANOTHER one !
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MKM22 · 26-30, F
@Stereoguy Thank you for sharing your opinion and continuing the conversation. I definitely agree.
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Virgo79 · 61-69, M
For all who's for it, there's places that already have it.🤷‍♂️
CathyUK · 56-60, F
Ban guns after a certain date with an amnesty to hand them all in. Any used by the public after that against a person means death penalty.
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Montanaman · M
A valid and important discussion.
You all know I feel about it. No need to rehash what others have stated.
But it's a valid debate that needs to continue without partisan biases.
The wisdom according to MM😎🤠
HeyRouben · 41-45, M
Am for gun control, period

 
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