i am by no means a leftist gun control psycho, neither am i your typical right wing gun whacko. i generally tend to fall in the middle of these sorts of conversations as i can see the validity of both arguments. however, in this case, im starting to lean a little bit to the left, im not saying that respectable, mentally stable, law-abiding citizens should not be able to own guns(be it handgun, assualt rifle or otherwise doest really matter to me, a gun is a gun) BUT i do think some changes need to happen with our current system that would allow for gun dealers to better recognize potential threats. people with a history of mental illness or a criminal background should not have access to guns. ever. period. end of story. in the case of this adam lanza dude who supposedly was using fully legal and registered firearms(they were registered to his mother) i dont know how gun control laws would have prevented it. but maybe if his mental illness had been better documented something could have been done to prevent him from having access to the guns in the first place. this is more of a failure on the part of his mother and the doctor's that saw after his care, then the gun laws in place. but that doesnt mean we cant learn from this situation and try to fix the broken system that allows for these types of situations to happen
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