New gun laws I spend everyday working with felons and addiction issues. I have been doing this...

Budwick · 70-79, M

So, releasing criminals from jail, and not prosecuting criminals might actually tend to encourage crime?

Hmm - who would have guessed?

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

The name for disarmed citizens is targets

spjennifer · 61-69, T

Fascinating fact that most of the illegal firearms recovered by Police in Mexico are American made, there is only 1 firearms manufacturer in Mexico and dozens in the good ole USA so who's really encouraging the illegal weapons?

Carissimi · F

I heard that the cartels are openly driving around Texas now. If this is true, we can thank Biden for allowing our country to become an extension of Mexico.

Really · 80-89, M

@ mktonight; I'd like to say, the fact that you've been working with felons and addiction issues everyday for 20 years does NOT make my thoughts about gun control - or anyone else's - less worthy of consideration than yours. The ingenuity & intractability of felons is a separate subject from the possibility of controlling firearm availability. In the USA that will certainly be a difficult problem but if the political will existed for legislation and enforcement, progress could be made.

i'm sure we could all learn much from your work experience, which may often be far from pleasant but that doesn't invalidate other other peoples' thoughts - as you attempt to do with 'no matter what you think'.

Carazaa · F

Criminals aren't the ones who do most of the random school shootings and mass shootings. Too many legal guns to people who do not need a gun. The assault weapons have to go!!

OggggO · 36-40, M

Nice anecdote, meanwhile, gun laws work:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/us/everytown-weak-gun-laws-high-gun-deaths-study/index.html

soar2newhighs

Your comments will be reviewed by the committee and promptly swept under the rug!
Seriously, a very good post. Thanks

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Mamapolo2016 · F

We can't STOP the gun violence completely, and you have mentioned some of the reasons.

But we can impact the lives of school children by making it harder for the young to acquire a gun.

Most school shooters are under 21 (average age 17). Most of them are NOT hardened criminals or gang members. They are unhappy children having a tantrum.

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

Sounds more like both problems need to be treated at the same time instead of trying to fix either one or the other.

softspokenman · M

Can't we 'quietly' bomb Mexico, nobody will know it's us? That way we could make Mexico pay for a New wall or we will 'quietly' bomb them again. 😳

Changeisgonnacome · 61-69, F

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Changeisgonnacome · 61-69, F

That is a lie. You can stop gun and ammo production and sales.

SW-User

Far more than tens of thousands of illegal guns. I’d venture in the millions

ShellSeeker · F

What do you do?

Justenjoyit · 61-69, M

I think criminals in every country have weapons that will probably never change, just leting anyone just go out and buy a gun and hope for the best he or she does not want to fire it in anger is the big problem, untill a gun ban in the US is not introduced people are going to die needlessly.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

There are literally tens of thousands of illegal guns in our country that are readily available for snd in the hands of criminals.

Yes, but where did they come from? You can't tell me the criminals just conjured them out of thin air.

Laws that continue to release known criminals with existing laws being ignored and mental health issues also being ignored and not treated.

Okay, you've got my attention. What do you intend to do about it?

Criminals, gangs, and radical groups of every type do and will continue to have open access to weapons no matter what the laws allow.

See, again, you're assuming these illegal weapons just materialize out of nowhere in a vacuum.