Originally Posted by Rochard

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.



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.