Today's mass shooting in the US

dLockers said:
Finally, a forward thinker
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Jokes aside it might help if the USA had a better system to help with mental health issues especially in teens, that seems to be a greater issue than guns and is actually the root cause of these shootings, the guns are just the tools to do it, if they couldn't get a gun, they'd probably use some other method to get their made up revenge on the world
 
Minusorange said:
Jokes aside it might help if the USA had a better system to help with mental health issues especially in teens, that seems to be a greater issue than guns and is actually the root cause of these shootings, the guns are just the tools to do it, if they couldn't get a gun, they'd probably use some other method to get their made up revenge on the world
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Possibly, but unless they have access to explosives, their ability to spree kill is reduced hugely.
 
Am I correct in saying a lot of these school murderers are ex pupils ?

With over 400 million firearms privately owned in the US your never going to stop random nutters but here’s something that might just stop some of these mad moment.

Why not just raise the age of firearm sales to 30 and have a certificate of mental stability from a Dr to purchase. Never going to stop all the shooting but might go someway to it ?
 
Bald-Eagle22 said:
Am I correct in saying a lot of these school murderers are ex pupils ?

With over 400 million firearms privately owned in the US your never going to stop random nutters but here’s something that might just stop some of these mad moment.

Why not just raise the age of firearm sales to 30 and have a certificate of mental stability from a Dr to purchase. Never going to stop all the shooting but might go someway to it ?
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Because of the second amendment to the constitution:

“ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
 
Minusorange said:
According to a stressed @Dis86 they're incredibly easy to make
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If you are half-handy crude but effective explosives unfortunately aren't that difficult to produce - there is a lot of information out there including some "cook books". Fortunately most people don't seem to combine both being that unhinged and a mental aptitude for creating stuff themselves.

Bald-Eagle22 said:
Why not just raise the age of firearm sales to 30 and have a certificate of mental stability from a Dr to purchase. Never going to stop all the shooting but might go someway to it ?
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It would certainly help to reduce the number and along with other measures would probably reduce shooting incidents in the US by somewhere in the region of 75% kind of thing but some of these mass shootings are carried out with weapons taken from older family members, etc. in many cases these weapons were simply left lying around as well and/or the shooter knew the combination for the gun safe, etc. despite being a younger person. Then there is the aspect that it tends to be quite tribal with a lot of people either pro-gun or want to see every firearm ever eradicated - so those pro-gun are leery of any attempt to impose restrictions. It is rarely possible for a healthy moderate debate on firearms.
 
Its not like countries that removed certain guns over a period of time didn't have criminals who had guns either.
Over time those illegal guns cycle out of the system.

You need to start somewhere. Right now zero progress is made and every other month another mass shooting happens.
Its such a moot discussion when one side refuses any concession whatsoever.
 
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