people with ideas other than mine scare me, and I have to attack them to keep from having to question or reevaluate my position on something that I have placed so much of my beliefs in!!

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people with ideas other than mine scare me, and I have to attack them to keep from having to question or reevaluate my position on something that I have placed so much of my beliefs in!!

If we could save just one life we should take away every ones guns, cars, lighters, knives, hammers, and everything else that kills more people than a semi auto rifle. Cowards are hard to stop when they go on a killing spree.

Why do I need to reevaluate my beliefs? This was a law enforcement failure.

Take away that scary gun and he would have carried glocks. Does your proposed solution cover glocks?

If you don't like guns then don't buy one...isn't that the liberal mantra on abortions?

how is there a conversation when the only answer is "pry my AR from my cold dead hand"? thats what makes people take gun control to the extreme. No one said anything about banning all guns, but thats where it immediately goes, so the other side is forced to bring up nuclear alternatives like the changing the 2nd amend.

I will buy a dozen of them from you.

1. never mentioned any gun control at all. the only option that would have any effect is ammo control and not all ammo. In 5-10 yrs it would be hard to get certain rounds. I am not talking about TAKING anything. Note, I thought Obama was gonna do that.
2. no option will stop EVERYTHING, but that should not be the litmus test for every idea. NOTHING works 100%. I am suggesting slowing it down.
3. restricting ammo does not violate the 2nd. You would have that precious AR and enough ammo to defend yourself at least if you already have a good stock of ammo.
4. yes handguns can be used, but unless someone is pretty skilled like the guy in VA you stand a much better chance.

Thank you for outlining your thoughts.

1) What calibers do you think need to be controlled? Rifle rounds only? Just .223/5.56? There are other types of guns that shoot .223 besides ARs, right? You�re talking about restricting the ammunition, which is a backdoor way of banning guns, so not taking anything is semantics. Also, I don�t appreciate the Obama quip. I don�t see the need for it.
2) I agree that nothing will stop 100% of it, even confiscating guns. Something else will be used. It�s really not hard to build a bomb, according to some people, and it�s certainly not difficult to turn your car into a murder weapon and mowing people down while they walk down the street. But slowing mass shootings down, is what you mean, right? They are still relatively rare, thankfully. I disagre that more gun laws are needed to slow down mass shootings.
3) restricting ammo is a back door way to limiting firearm rights. It is, and you continuing to say it�s not is semantics.
4) was he skilled? He chained the doors together in a large academic building and went classroom to classroom killing as many people as he could. He walked up to them and shot the in the head. No one could get in or out of the building. There wasn�t much skill involved. Also, he showed signs of being mental unstable and should have been evaluated long before he killed 32. One of his professors showed administrators some of his writing and nothing was done. His roommate and RA also knew he was crazy. He should have been expelled.