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In reply to the discussion: This Gun-Nut has had enough. [View all]bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)The government should announce that those who have guns that are not registered and those holding those guns who are not background checked would have 3 months to get registered and background checked or turn in your gun. The consequences of not doing so is jail time if caught.
I know .....the problem is who has those 40% of guns not registered. Well if we can get the public to annoymously tell on some sort of hotline that they know of a person who has a non registered gun...as time goes by I think more and more guns will be registered. It would take some time.
I don't know just trying to find a way to stop this madness. The map I saw yesterday showed the USA with the most mass shootings of any where else in the world. Something has to be done.
If your child is showing mental health problems there has to be a better way to make sure he is seen by and evaluated by mental health professionals and cannot get guns until he is cleared by a professional of his illness if that is possible...in this case she had guns in the house she should not have had them where her son had access if she knew her son was having mental problems. But then who am I to judge she may have had them locked or somewhere else but he got them somehow.
I know I'm just thinking and maybe not correctly but just some thoughts to put down. Those children deserved better safety. My grandson is in a school that is not secure and I have complained about it. He is in Kindergarten and his teacher called me yesterday. We both know the school is not secure. I will be calling again the school district to get some action and I will tell them if they don't have the budget damnit call on the feds but get this school secure. Anyone can walk into this school grounds and hide in a small child's bathroom or a 5 year old walking to the office alone could be snatched. I know each circumstance is different but somehow we can make it less likely somehow. This is a scary time and I am totally pissed with ......."well I've been working here for 20 years and nothing has happened" bs. Yea sure!