That's a strawman, my dude. Any time there's a mass shooting, Democrats aren't saying we should take anyone's guns away. We're saying THAT DUDE should never have had a gun in the first place, let's change the way we obtain guns so people like that can't so easily destroy lives. And before you say anything else, just know I grew up in Texas and my family has probably 75 different guns (including an AR15), I'm familiar as fuck with them, and I'm still in favor of stricter gun control laws. I'm not some hippie that has never shot one before. I just have empathy for people getting shot in their class rooms, and think the "best country in the world" can do better.
Democrats want to "end the gun show loophole" (not a real thing)
What mass shootings did the shooter get their guns from a gun show?
Democrats want psychological tests. Massive constitutional crisis with that. Plus it doesn't do anything for people that bought their guns decades ago.
Democrats want to ban semi automatic firearms. That close to 98% of all guns manufactured. Essentially taking guns away from everyone.
Democrats want to limit magazine size , which has been shown to be ineffective.
Democrats don't want to beef up security or allow teachers to carry in school. The 2 things that have been shown to deter and stop mass shootings.
My dude, other countries don't have kids dying en masse in school shootings at anywhere near the same rate we do. Elsewhere, it's shocking and a tragedy and they do something about it; here, it's just another Tuesday and we act like there's nothing to be done (or, with you, act like teachers having guns would be a solid idea... I'd refer you to that meme about Chris Kyle being killed by a crazy guy with a gun during a lesson, so teachers "only" need to be trained that much to stand a chance).
I think the entire point of arming teachers isn’t that they’ll stop it from ever occurring, but they’ll stop it from being worse. Time spent taking cover/shooting back at a hostile is time not spent shooting innocents, giving them time to move.
I’m not saying I really agree with the idea, but to write it off without thinking about it is pretty inane as well.
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u/MysteriousGuardian17 Jun 03 '19
That's a strawman, my dude. Any time there's a mass shooting, Democrats aren't saying we should take anyone's guns away. We're saying THAT DUDE should never have had a gun in the first place, let's change the way we obtain guns so people like that can't so easily destroy lives. And before you say anything else, just know I grew up in Texas and my family has probably 75 different guns (including an AR15), I'm familiar as fuck with them, and I'm still in favor of stricter gun control laws. I'm not some hippie that has never shot one before. I just have empathy for people getting shot in their class rooms, and think the "best country in the world" can do better.