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Originally Posted by Humerox
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Your being obtuse certainly doesn't do you any favors. I've articulated my position rather well. On the other hand, you haven't articulated any position at all except that maybe your belief in second amendment coverage is so sacrosanct there's no room for legitimate legislation...and even this you've implied, rather than state directly.
If in your mind the murder of 20 children and 6 adults in Newtown isn't a tipping point for a call to action, what would be? If one of the children was yours, maybe?
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Okay, first of all, calm the fuck down and drop the internet-forum, win-by-insult attitude. I realize this is a volatile subject, but this also ain't that.
I've been trying to articulate, but it's difficult with you dodging. I asked you to articulate, and the results are as expected: It's not the guns, it's the kids. At least that seems to be what you're saying, and if not, please clarify. I see your outrage, but my point (and several others) is that the gun is not the issue here, it's the outrage at the deaths of the children, with the emotion being taken out on the guns.
After all, it's easy.
Heck, not a single gun was used in 9/11, but thousands were killed. No background checks to get on a plane, no denial of flight if you've been committed to a mental facility or have a domestic violence conviction.
And not a single bullet was fired in Oklahoma, but look at all the orphans created in an instant. Look at the day-care that the asshole KNEW was in the building. No background check needed to rent a U-Haul, and still easy to get nitrogen-based fertilizers and diesel fuel.
Again, I understand your outrage, my point is your focus is misplaced.
It's not the guns, it's the nuts.
It's not the guns, it's the kids.
You want a hypothetical?
Okay, how 'bout we change the laws because not 20 kids, but thousands of kids every single year get killed, and we need to stop it.
Time to institute background checks on driver licenses.
Let's have fingerprinting for buying alcohol.
Let's license reproduction, and if you have any history of a domestic violence conviction, you're denied.