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

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CopperCicada · M

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.