(03-27-2023 03:12 PM)MonarchManiac Wrote: (03-27-2023 03:08 PM)gdunn Wrote: (03-27-2023 02:19 PM)Kruciff Wrote: Let's try something new. Republicans get off their asses and actually do something that works, or we just take away all the guns. We've tried everything but that apparently.
Sure.. Get them from the criminals first.
Great. How do we do it?
Exactly. When a brilliant idea like, "Oh well take away all the guns".. Who does that punish? It punishes responsible gun owners. Those who use them to hunt or go to the range and shoot responsibly. The ones who buy the CCWs and follow the strictest letter of the law most times.
So when someone posts a great idea like take the guns away, I like to rebut with get them from the criminals first.. Start out in the bluest of cities like Chicago, LA, and NY and round them up from the criminals. When the gun crime in those cities drop to 0% in a year, I'll gladly give up any gun I have.
My plan is just as viable as Kruciff's because there's no action in either plan.
You want a plan for school shootings.. There are retired military and LEOs that are drawing their pension, and wouldn't take a high salary to walk around the school starting an hour before classes begin until an hour after to protect kids.
I'm a firm believer that some of this is because people were not taught to respect other people or the consequences of using a weapon in such a matter, and to help that is an unknown.. If it wasn't a gun, it'd be something else.