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In reply to the discussion: Time for some new ideas for stopping school shootings. What's yours? [View all]handmade34
(23,794 posts)41. a few ideas.... Registration and National gun database...
and....
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we should not settle for feeble attempts by gun people to pass some minor regulation and call it ok... we must have comprehensive laws and changes...
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we need universal National gun laws! reinterpret the 2nd Amendment or maybe repeal???
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active work to change cultural acceptance of guns... there is a very distinct pattern of young men showing off guns and spouting angst online... we need to make this not cool at all...
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socially we need to be mindful of the depression, angst, anger and loneliness of many students and others... we have the knowledge to assess and we need to act on that knowledge... we need to pay attention to others and SHOW CARE and concern (see EVAN below)
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...more thorough Background Checks
(22 percent of guns are obtained without one)
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...Protection Orders
(Keep men subject to domestic violence protection orders and troubled teens/young people from having guns)
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...Ban Under-21s
(A ban on people under 21 purchasing firearms- for those states that don't already)
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... require Safe Storage
(These include trigger locks and guns and ammunition stored separately, especially when children are in the house)
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...Straw Purchases
(Tighter enforcement of laws on straw purchases of weapons, and some limits on how many guns can be purchased in a month)
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....Ammunition Checks
(background check for anybody buying ammunition)
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...End Immunity...End immunity for firearm companies
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....Ban Bump Stocks
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....Research Smart Guns
(Smart guns fire only after a fingerprint or PIN is entered, or if used near a particular bracelet)
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Time for some new ideas for stopping school shootings. What's yours? [View all]
rgbecker
Feb 2018
OP
First things first. Like cigarettes, no firearms for anyone under 21 years of age.
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2018
#2
I bet it would impede a few. You wont get 100% effectiveness. 20% would be meaningful.
Hoyt
Feb 2018
#11
The solution is to ban the guns. This only happens in America for a reason.
onecaliberal
Feb 2018
#12
I agree wholeheartedly. It has to start somewhere. It feels like the tide may be turning.
onecaliberal
Feb 2018
#49
After Sandy Hook, I sarcastically attributed the phrase "our freedom to own firearms...
LanternWaste
Feb 2018
#17
Reopen the NFA registry and register semi-autos just like full autos were from 1934-1986.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2018
#16
Holy Moly... I'm counting a dozen plus folks who would throw constitutionality to the wind...
Baconator
Feb 2018
#52
We think alike. If we as a nation are incapable of restricting gun ownership (and that does appear
Still In Wisconsin
Feb 2018
#53
yes, true... I asked my high school niece recently (who has gone through a traumatic year)
OhioBlue
Feb 2018
#70
Lock doors and have a "check in" room, where people have to be let in by a buzzer on camera.
cbdo2007
Feb 2018
#60
Sorry, gotta ask. Is your school predominately black? I'm convinced these suburban schools
rgbecker
Feb 2018
#61
nope...it is probably close to 99% white. It is an elementary school though. I dont know if they
cbdo2007
Feb 2018
#62
It's not just schools. Whatever you do at schools to keep them safe from mass killings.
TeamPooka
Feb 2018
#69