Sounds easy enough. Explain exactly how you would do that.True, we can't catch them all. But we can do our best. It also has to be done in such a way it does not trample the rights of responsible owners.
Sounds easy enough. Explain exactly how you would do that.True, we can't catch them all. But we can do our best. It also has to be done in such a way it does not trample the rights of responsible owners.
Realistically I don't see how that is close to possible. For each doctor who will state someone is unstable there is another who will disagree. How is a court supposed to decide? The medical profession has lots of trouble deciding just what is mental illness and then what is apt to lead to violent behavior. We would be convicting someone before they committed any crime and stigmatizing them for life by declaring they are "unstable" (meanwhile, felons who did not commit violent acts are prohibited from owning firearms).
And in the case of the LV shooter.....wasn't he a "responsible owner" until he massacred 58 people?
Sounds easy enough. Explain exactly how you would do that.
how come no one uses the term "going postal" anymore?
That's complete nonsense.nojokeuntil our penal system starts punishing those that break the laws instead of blaming guns, ammo... nothing will change... people that want to kill other people will use other means to do so.. just reflect back at some of the means beside guns that criminals use to kill people.. air planes -911 .... Oklahoma City - bombing... New York City - U-Haul truck.. (get the picture?) our penal system has been watered down to the point criminals do not fear any punishment because there is none... murders kill and sit in rest homes (suppose to be prisons) they have TV, basket ball courts, weight workout rooms, and so on.. lawyers, prison owners do not want the death penalty... simply because its a huge money making system.. check it out , just read it costs $30,000 on average to house a prisoner (OBSURD) .. so many states outlawed the death penalty... go back to the ole EYE FOR AN EYE punishment and watch things change...
That's not surprising. :gaah:Why do you say that? :dontknow: It sure sounds pretty reasonable to most of us.
Personal bias. Same as everyone else. nojokeSo: you have no reason for your statement...![]()
My previous lengthy attempts to articulate an alternative viewpoint have been for naught. Sooner or later the thread gets pulled and I have to start all over again. Got better things to do with my time.pete explain why you say that, i would like to know.
I've learned mis-direction and obfuscation from the master, Bob. nojokeYou could have said that a LONG time ago... :banghead:
So if you don't want to use incarceration as a deterrent: how many criminals are you willing to take under your wing, and re-educate? :dontknow:
Why do you say that? :dontknow:
It sure sounds pretty reasonable to most of us.
until our penal system starts punishing those that break the laws instead of blaming guns, ammo... nothing will change... people that want to kill other people will use other means to do so.. just reflect back at some of the means beside guns that criminals use to kill people.. air planes -911 .... Oklahoma City - bombing... New York City - U-Haul truck.. (get the picture?) our penal system has been watered down to the point criminals do not fear any punishment because there is none... murders kill and sit in rest homes (suppose to be prisons) they have TV, basket ball courts, weight workout rooms, and so on.. lawyers, prison owners do not want the death penalty... simply because its a huge money making system.. check it out , just read it costs $30,000 on average to house a prisoner (OBSURD) .. so many states outlawed the death penalty... go back to the ole EYE FOR AN EYE punishment and watch things change...
Having represented many unwanted clients in prisons and jails, I've seen the actual conditions and I agree with you and Orange Spyder Man on that issue. While **we** wouldn't like to be in prison, the living conditions there are frankly a big step up for many others in our society. This is wrong, it's not a deterrent if people don't mind going there. In SC, there was a prison riot thought to be related to cell phones (this from CBS, not Fox). We coddle our prisoners too much already -- it just boggles my mind why prisoners would ever be allowed cell phones.
Complete with RJD on vocals... :bowdown:just remember when you listen to fools the mob rules