Apparent active shooter at medical facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

@jackjjackson I personally LOVE the idea that every gun owner needs a license, and licensing requires passing a psychological stability test. But you gun fetishists would scream bloody murder at that, wouldn't you???

@ElwoodBlues Cant argue with those that believe that their vieuws are absolute. As I said, these people are zealots.

I do support the 2nd Amendment. I do have a carry permit. I don’t carry but like the idea of having the permit. I don’t use the shotgun and Glock except at the range to keep in practice. @ElwoodBlues

@Carla It is so hilarious to think that a person who flips out and goes on a killing spree wouldn't have done it if he had had firearm safety training, insurance and a license.

@Carla If people kill people and guns aren't the issue, I guess it's not vehicles that kill people, it's the drivers. And yet if you were to ask the guy who got pummeled with an F150, I'm sure he'd say he'd have preferred it to be a Schwinn.

I, too, am a gun owner. Not by choice, but it ended up with me. I'm trained and I keep trained on the workings, maintenance and use of the item. It makes me feel no safer, no more secure. It's a weapon of death within reach. It's unlicensed, unregistered and requires nothing to own or use it (and of FL can loosen those horrible restrictions, they will).

I also use to fingerprint and background all the 18-25 young men who came in to be concealed carriers. You don't want many, many of these people carrying groceries to your car, much less ordering Dunkin' with a 9mm, which I have seen.

Canada has guns, too. A lot of them. And regulation at every step so stringent it weeds out most all those who don't absolutely require a firearm. I'd agree to any regulation, but I'd even more happily surrender mine in order to figure out one of the largest problems this country has. We don't hunt. We don't live without locks on doors. We live in the age of information, when knowledge dispels the darkness a gun too often punctuates. We simply don't have need of guns.

We have more guns than citizens. If "good guys with guns" worked, we'd live in an idyllic paradise.

@Graylight i am in almost total agreement.
We live out in the sticks. Two women.
Ive had to use my gun against a rabid racoon, which broke me to pieces.
About ten years ago, a man showed up on my back deck. Walked right through my back gate(now all the gates are padlocked). The guy was obviously impaired, was belligerent and wouldnt leave. I got my little pistol, my gf called 911, he left, disappearing into the woods. It wasnt the call that chased him off, it was the pistol. Cops never looked for him. Typical.
Anyway...not a fan of a complete ban, but would comply if i was asked.

@eli1601 It wasn't the post. "Another" one can easily encompass one more than the next.

@MistyCee "Thoughts and prayers"™ works so well. Shootings are a daily occurance.

@Crazywaterspring Depends on what you're praying for. If you're praying for more deaths, it seems to work pretty well.

@Spunkylama Since in this case back pain kills, will the Republicans support outlawing back pain? Or just offer thoughts and prayers for the pain?

@DCarey Shut up repedocan.

@canusernamebemyusername How about answering my question instead of going ad hom.

@Diotrephes That, or this nation finally stops killing itself.

Do you really think gamers with guns will stop an overthrow?

@Graylight It is amazing what people can accomplish if they are willing to die for a cause. The funny thing is that the dead will never see if it was worth it and lots of the living who fought for the cause will never benefit from it even if their side wins. Look at all of the homeless veterans. Maybe they would have been better off if they had stayed home and watched tv instead of going off to foreign countries to kill strangers.

@jackjjackson Indeed. Would this be an appropriate time to discuss gun control?

Take a peek at the end I started on that earlier this week. Your input will be interesting. @CorvusBlackthorne

https://similarworlds.com/news/4348181-How-hard-are-some-minimum-firearm-rules

@Fukfacewillie Feels that way.

@CorvusBlackthorne Don't forget the patients! They need to protect themselves too.

@windinhishair And the visitors should be handed a weapon as soon as they enter the door.