School Shooting Newtown CT

[DubaiSis]

Here's my 2 cents:
1-any gun for private ownership should have to be reloaded after 6 shots.
2-a person should only be able to buy a limited amount of ammo at one time. Yes, they could stock pile it, but that would mean they'd have time to think if this plan is really a good one, and maybe reconsider. If you have to take out 9 boxes of ammo to go hunting, you might want to try lessons before hunting again.
3-any idea that legislating for slight (lightning strike) situations is ridiculous. Airplanes are legislated at every stage and upon every accident. 1 failed shoe bomb equals you have to take off your shoes for every flight (stolen from interweb, but it's true). Children killed while at school is WAY more common than bombs on airplanes and yet anyone who travels knows how many crazy steps we have to go through because of a lightning strike threat.
4-being sympathetic about one civil tragedy doesn't let you off the hook of the rest. The OKC bombing was a terrible thing. Lucky for you it didn't involve guns so you don't have to feel bad about anybody else being a victim of gun violence.
5-mental healthcare reform has to be an element of the change that needs to happen in our society. Reagan's biggest legacy is when he dismantled the mental health institutions because apparently people enjoyed living in nuthouses and took advantage.
6-teaching civility and conflict resolution has to be another thing changed in our society. Would it solve anything? No. Would it help? I believe it would.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Here's my 2 cents:
1-any gun for private ownership should have to be reloaded after 6 shots.

I imagine the two armed robbers breaking in to my house at 0300 would agree. Or the team of 3 who rob my bank while I'm in line. Would they limit themselves?

2-a person should only be able to buy a limited amount of ammo at one time. Yes, they could stock pile it, but that would mean they'd have time to think if this plan is really a good one, and maybe reconsider. If you have to take out 9 boxes of ammo to go hunting, you might want to try lessons before hunting again.

Can you explain how one would practice? It's difficult enough to practice with "range ammo" (ball, full metal jacket, for health reasons at indoor ranges) and know that the self-defense ammo one carries (ball ammo is more dangerous as it is more likely to go through the target and cause additional damages) shoots differently.

I regularly shoot 150-300 rounds at the range. That's how I know I could hit what I must, when I must.

3-any idea that legislating for slight (lightning strike) situations is ridiculous. Airplanes are legislated at every stage and upon every accident. 1 failed shoe bomb equals you have to take off your shoes for every flight (stolen from interweb, but it's true). Children killed while at school is WAY more common than bombs on airplanes and yet anyone who travels knows how many crazy steps we have to go through because of a lightning strike threat.

Bringing in TSA procedures hardly helps anyone's argument. An example of another government bureaucracy four times as large as it needs to be to provide the essential (debatable, but that's another post) service.

4-being sympathetic about one civil tragedy doesn't let you off the hook of the rest. The OKC bombing was a terrible thing. Lucky for you it didn't involve guns so you don't have to feel bad about anybody else being a victim of gun violence.

The worst school incident -- a bombing in Bath Township, MI, in 1927 -- didn't involve guns. It, too, killed elementary-school children.

5-mental healthcare reform has to be an element of the change that needs to happen in our society. Reagan's biggest legacy is when he dismantled the mental health institutions because apparently people enjoyed living in nuthouses and took advantage.
6-teaching civility and conflict resolution has to be another thing changed in our society. Would it solve anything? No. Would it help? I believe it would.

Conflict resolution, yes. But also individual responsibility.

And reality. One cannot go through life believing one is just as good as the next guy at everything. Self-esteem is important, but everyone has strengths and weaknesses; those who never learn that never learn interdependence and often build resentments against those who excel at something.