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So in light of several mass shootings in America over the weekend what do you think?

Poll - Total Votes: 63
Restrict what kinds of guns can be purchased
Stricter background checks
Reduce NRA's political influence
Increase awareness of mental health and red flags
Restrict where certain types of guns can be stored/used
A constitutional amendment to the right to bear arms
Everytime there's a shooting increase the cost of ammunition and weapons to decrease desirability
Just ban them
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No point arguing about it, it gets nowhere so below are some options for what could be done to prevent further shootings

Vote on all you think would work

And please fight it out in the comments
raising well rounded individuals
socially adept
teaching them coping mechanisms
teach them the value of a life
why should they grow up to value a life
when life is so easily flushed down the loo?
teach them responsibilty
just look how proud you are about slinging guns around!
monkey see monkey do
MasterLee · 56-60, M
Reduce restrictions of firearms so the citizenry is not sheep to the slaughterhouse
Plenty of these ideas are good ones except an outright ban and a constitutional amendment. I don't think banning guns penalizing responsible legitimate gun owners too. And the current wording and historical context of the 2nd amendment is completely ignored so I don't see how a new one would matter.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow which is separate. No ambiguity. Might read heller.
@MasterLee Actually it is only considered separate because someone arbitrarily decided that centuries after the fact. It is not separate if one understands English grammar and if you actually read all the supporting historical record and don't pretend it is a religious text with no context that needs to be "interpreted." The current interpretation is basically a massive exercise in ret-coning to justify the current popular narrative popularized by the NRA hardly a neutral or even legal body.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow thats what people who do not like it say but it is settled law.
I have had somebody close to me killed by firearms. I guess I'm a cunt in maintaining that the answer to the problem is not restricting firearms. And I guess I'm also a cunt in maintaining that a firearm would have protected her. She had one. She was shot in the head at home. By her husband. If you have to carry sitting on the couch watching TV and petting your dog-- there's a serious problem.

The people who commit these shootings are all men. And their gun ownership was, in most cases, known to other fellow gun owners. In nearly every case there was some precedent that concerned people. Something about these men's behavior, things they said, things they put on social media-- concerned people. In some cases people voiced after the fact that the knew this would happen.

So, we need to mentor our fellow men better. In particular young men. Most particularly troubled young men. Mentor them as men, mentor them as firearm owners and users. This is larger than just mass shootings. It's about kids getting into guns. It's about domestic violence homicide. It's about suicide by gun. It's about being a horrible gun owner. Shooting too close to roads and houses, waving guns around like some tough guy, and so on.
SW-User
Nothing can be done. This country is doomed to repeat these terrorist massacres over and over again. It’s just a matter of time before we’re talking about the next one. This is what America has devolved into, and it’s only going to get worse from here.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@SW-User people who commit these crimes don't want to get shot so if you make it more likely they will be killed it becomes a deterrent. Most interviewed claim they did recon to find gun free zones. Take those away and you decrease the number of shooters.
SW-User
@MasterLee so everyone is armed that doesn't make me feel safer but if you think it will work
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@SW-User always has
curiosi · 61-69, F
Stop letting big pharma control the government.
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
Pandora’s box has been opened and there is no closing it now.
Melpomene · 22-25, F
I'm not American so my voice isn't that important but why don't you guys ban the guns, have more strict/complicated law when it comes to how to get it, and better security, especially for schools and such places? I've heard about protests so it looks like a lot of people are willing to change something about it.
Doomflower · 36-40, M
Guns are made for killing stuff.
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Montanaman · M
https://similarworlds.com/4589287-I-Love-to-Write/1945282-The-Bullet-That-Missed-The-screams-are-deafening
SerenitiesScars · 31-35, M
How about use military force to clean up street gangs and mafia cartels first to see where those dominos drop 🤷‍♀️

 
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