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Toby @Mary: Indeed a guidng hand in the home is the most important starting point, something many kids do not get. After that I would say it is sports and a range of sporting activities which can appeal...
Toby @HenryWalbesser Like Rich, I do not have answers but I will make just one obeservation: While we can debate whether adding more gun control laws will achieve gun control, we...
Nicole Ferraro As an insider, I'd like to throw my opinion with those who believe that automatic and semi-automatic weapons should be banned. They have literally no place in society, and even if a ban won't prevent...
richheap I will certainly give it more thought, though I can't promise any answers. Perhaps I read your comment as more hostile than it seems like you intended it. If only for a few minutes, I felt like Piers...
HenryWalbesser Thanks. I was hoping for a fresh set of ideas from someone not involved in this long running debate. Sometimes an outsider can provide clarity or at least the right question. And yes...
richheap Honestly? I don't know, I really don't. And I'm not going to pretend I know, as this is a long running debate and one I've admitted that I don't know a lot about, hence my original question. I'm...
HenryWalbesser Rich – Since you are a "bemused outsider" I'm interested in the "more controls seem sensible" comment. More than what? Right now criminals and several other groups are prohibited from...
richheap As the bemused outsider again, it seems crazy that the automatic versus semi-automatic weapons discussion is even on the table. That's a choice I only ever have to make in violent computer games,...
vhasfcleep Agreed, and eagerly awaiting civilization!
Mary Jander Oh dear. I have never seen the possible legal use of automatic weapons in civilized society.
vhasfcleep Automatics keep firing when the trigger is held; semi-automatics fire just once for each pull of the trigger, even when the trigger is held. That makes automatics far more lethal (until they run...
Mary Jander Good points, Henry. I recently have read a few articles and books that indicate that kids turn to gangs, crime, etc., sometimes simply because there is no other structure in place. Scouting introduces...
Mary Jander Rich, you make an important point about behavior that becomes part of a culture. I think it's that way with gangs, drugs, and other troubles. People learn from each other and the ante keeps...
Mary Jander @Henry, I agree that some of the horrible stories lately reveal persons who may never return to normal. But I'd venture they never were normal to start with. That makes it doubly hard to do anything...
Mary Jander @vhasfcleep: That distinction between automatic and semiautomatic weapons doesn't make sense to me.
vhasfcleep Hi Mary, I should clarify: there is a total ban on automatic weapons, but none on semi-automatics. The only obstacle in obtaining semi-autos is that some are difficult to get because of import co...
Toby @mary: you make a good point regarding the so-called war on drugs. The two are linked, guns and drugs, cleaning up one cannot happen without the cleaning up the other.
Mary Jander Wow, @vhasfcleep. It sounds like there's really no control on automatic weapons in SF from your first paragraph below. Updating is needed, indeed. At the very least, control of automatic weapons...
Mary Jander Wow, @vhasfcleep. It sounds like there's really no control on automatic weapons in SF from your first paragraph below. Updating is needed, indeed. At the very least, control of automatic weapons...
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Toby @Mary: Indeed a guidng hand in the home is the most important starting point, something many kids do not get. After that I would say it is sports and a range of sporting activities which can appeal...
Toby @HenryWalbesser Like Rich, I do not have answers but I will make just one obeservation: While we can debate whether adding more gun control laws will achieve gun control, we...
Nicole Ferraro As an insider, I'd like to throw my opinion with those who believe that automatic and semi-automatic weapons should be banned. They have literally no place in society, and even if a ban won't prevent...
richheap I will certainly give it more thought, though I can't promise any answers. Perhaps I read your comment as more hostile than it seems like you intended it. If only for a few minutes, I felt like Piers...
HenryWalbesser Thanks. I was hoping for a fresh set of ideas from someone not involved in this long running debate. Sometimes an outsider can provide clarity or at least the right question. And yes...
richheap Honestly? I don't know, I really don't. And I'm not going to pretend I know, as this is a long running debate and one I've admitted that I don't know a lot about, hence my original question. I'm...
HenryWalbesser Rich – Since you are a "bemused outsider" I'm interested in the "more controls seem sensible" comment. More than what? Right now criminals and several other groups are prohibited from...
richheap As the bemused outsider again, it seems crazy that the automatic versus semi-automatic weapons discussion is even on the table. That's a choice I only ever have to make in violent computer games,...
vhasfcleep Agreed, and eagerly awaiting civilization!
Mary Jander Oh dear. I have never seen the possible legal use of automatic weapons in civilized society.
vhasfcleep Automatics keep firing when the trigger is held; semi-automatics fire just once for each pull of the trigger, even when the trigger is held. That makes automatics far more lethal (until they run...
Mary Jander Good points, Henry. I recently have read a few articles and books that indicate that kids turn to gangs, crime, etc., sometimes simply because there is no other structure in place. Scouting introduces...
Mary Jander Rich, you make an important point about behavior that becomes part of a culture. I think it's that way with gangs, drugs, and other troubles. People learn from each other and the ante keeps...
Mary Jander @Henry, I agree that some of the horrible stories lately reveal persons who may never return to normal. But I'd venture they never were normal to start with. That makes it doubly hard to do anything...
Mary Jander @vhasfcleep: That distinction between automatic and semiautomatic weapons doesn't make sense to me.
vhasfcleep Hi Mary, I should clarify: there is a total ban on automatic weapons, but none on semi-automatics. The only obstacle in obtaining semi-autos is that some are difficult to get because of import co...
Toby @mary: you make a good point regarding the so-called war on drugs. The two are linked, guns and drugs, cleaning up one cannot happen without the cleaning up the other.
Mary Jander Wow, @vhasfcleep. It sounds like there's really no control on automatic weapons in SF from your first paragraph below. Updating is needed, indeed. At the very least, control of automatic weapons...
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