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PoindexterOglethorpe

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27. Since these shootings are almost invariably done by white males,

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Thu Feb 15, 2018, 12:07 AM

Feb 2018

let's just take guns away from white males.

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Honest question, and a hard one, short of banning guns and collecting them..... [View all] USALiberal Feb 2018 OP

As others have mentioned it's about the size Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #1

It doesn't take much tech to make a bullet -- or smarts. Freelancer Feb 2018 #26

There are many things that need to be done. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #2

I agree with the lack of mental health help..... USALiberal Feb 2018 #6

Ban on any magazine holding over five rounds on long guns Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #3

Collecting the current magazines would be illegal I assume. Not sure. nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #12

I had suggested before the banning of newly manufactured and imported magazines Kaleva Feb 2018 #33

Come on, there are all kinds of models of gun control. Canada, Australia, all of Europe. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #4

We have a 2nd, they do not..... USALiberal Feb 2018 #8

The 2nd has been written and interpreted by people. It can be reinterpreted for the 21st century Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #16

"all" that is needed is will hfojvt Feb 2018 #25

that is true, but demand is a reality that can not be ignored; just like the War on Drugs; TheFrenchRazor Feb 2018 #31

Demand and will reunited Germany. Gun control is peanuts compared to that. One example. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #34

IMHO they are already revolting. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #22

2nd amendment does not guarantee the right to own WMDs uponit7771 Feb 2018 #39

Start here...it would make it much harder... Sancho Feb 2018 #5

Nice post! Thank you for the details. I 100% agree with tracking owners also!! nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #10

Great ideas. I'm glad you differentiate between mental illnesses of all kinds and those Sophia4 Feb 2018 #15

If you have to do a vision test at the DMV to get a driver's license... Sancho Feb 2018 #23

Thanks for sharing- very reasonable approach YessirAtsaFact Feb 2018 #45

Annual psychological reviews on gun owners. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #7

Well, banning guns and collecting them... sfwriter Feb 2018 #9

It seems that the average gun owner of today is a world different from the average Squinch Feb 2018 #11

So true, so different now. And the NRA scares the shit out of their idiotic members. nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #14

No they don't scare them. They give them cover to express their desire to kill the uppity people Squinch Feb 2018 #18

Most guys that really hunt are still like that. Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #19

And the average gun owner 250 years ago when the BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #21

Requiring a "need to own"? moondust Feb 2018 #13

There is no solution short of melting the motherfuckers to slag. Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #17

Let me add to my above answer: really want to ban guns? Have every black man in the country Squinch Feb 2018 #20

Anyone gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #24

Since these shootings are almost invariably done by white males, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #27

Small correction GaryCnf Feb 2018 #28

austrailia 1996 spanone Feb 2018 #29

Re-interpretating the 2nd amendment. Correctly this time. nt marybourg Feb 2018 #30

Your second sentence isn't entirely correct Kaleva Feb 2018 #32

"Normal hunting rifles" don't have 30-round magazines Spider Jerusalem Feb 2018 #35

We cant stop all mass killings but we can reduce the number of them wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #36

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #38

1. Billboards with massive amount of non-whites with assault devices 2. Permits and licenses for WMD uponit7771 Feb 2018 #37

Havta start with magazines imo. Adrahil Feb 2018 #40

Ban the manufacture, import, and sale of new firearms, parts, and ammo samir.g Feb 2018 #41

Outlaw the ammunition... GReedDiamond Feb 2018 #42

I still say walk through metal things at door marlakay Feb 2018 #43

Make it HARDER to legally obtain weapons that can kill dozens of people in seconds. nt pnwmom Feb 2018 #44