What do you feel should be done about the misuse of guns in the US?
(This question is not just aiming for the side that feels guns should be banned. If you honestly feel other methods can be taken, share an opinion.)
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
There is no practical way to remove guns of any kind from the public. There are simply too many out there and the insecurities of Americans are too deeply joined to owning guns. So the problem has to be addressed through the owners. Make any crime committed with a firearm an extra 10 years if found guilty. But by itself that will achieve little. Then make the registered owner of any gun used in a crime a co conspiritor in that crime. Unless the loss or theft has been reported to the authorities. This will make people a lot more careful how they secure their weapons and report them if lost. And the next time a kid shows up at school with his parents weapon, the parent will be charged. Its a start.
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@whowasthatmaskedman These are sound suggestions...but the sad part is what we've done as a society to get/lead us to this point in the first place. We have all but thrown out the "old fashioned" ways and rules in the name of "progress". People need to wake up and start accepting that fact. The thing they now claim didn't work, actually DID work and our society has been getting more and more unstable and chaotic ever since.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@indyjoe I agree that society is ultimately the problem. But when you start any journey, you need to start from where you are now. America was settled on the gun, fought a civil war with the gun and treats the gun as a phallic symbol and a pacifier. I dont see it changing any time soon. But we can make owners more legally responsible and that will make most act more responsibly.
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@whowasthatmaskedman And I agree...What I was basically getting at is that it's not just the gun issue, it's about most things in our lives and society. I am against total repression and support change when it's necessary, but we have taken thing way to far in the opposite direction and the cracks are showing. I am all for rights and freedoms (that is at the very foundation of American society), but I am also firm believer that even right and freedoms need limits and boundaries placed on them. Attitudes have changed drastically and that affects everything we deal with each day. We now have way more questions than we have answers, and every attempt to fix a problem seems to only make it worse, and I seriously feel that it has a lot to do with what we have lost or even just tossed out.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M