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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
the issue is political, not about guns
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This is an issue about mental health and how millions of people live on the edge of society while everyone hopes they don't do something stupid.
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Originally Posted by crockett
The issue is about taking responsibility. It's made into a political issue because those that want unrestricted rights to firearms fail to accept that as a society we have the "responsibility" to do everything we can to keep those guns out of the hands of criminals.
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We have a complete and total lack of responsibility. If you are a responsible firearm owner, great. But I bet you 80% of us aren't.
The mother of the shooter in the Sandy Hook shooting is a perfect example. She thought she was a responsible firearm owner. But she knew her child had issues - he had seen a head shrink in high school, had multiple forms of autism, was unemployed, depressed, and spent most of his time in a dark basement playing violent video games surrounded by posters of military hardware. Days before the shooting she told a friend she was "loosing him".
How many kids have found loaded firearms in the past week and shot and killed someone by accident? How the fuck does anyone show off a loaded handgun to a friend when there is a child in the house?
Years ago when I was a kid my older cousin brought in a loaded shotgun he recently purchased into the house to show off. When my father discovered it was loaded he kicked him out the house.
This is the problem - a complete lack of responsibility.