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k2qb3

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13. I'm not really in the middle...

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 10:04 PM

Dec 2012

But I think there's a huge difference between these two statements:

"The answer to the gun problem is more guns!"

"It's not such a good idea to create areas where people know for certain there won't be anyone else with a gun but them"

I also think the "Ban everything" peoples hearts are in the right place, the "no new laws" peoples hearts are in the right place too. We see the situation differently. Some want to retain the ability to stop such an event and others want to try to deny the perp the means to do it.

It all comes down to the question of whether you believe it's possible to deny all bad actors the ability to do damage in a free society.

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Anyone Here Kinda Sit Somewhere In The Middle Between "Ban All Guns" and "No New Laws"? [View all] WooWooWoo Dec 2012 OP

I suspect kinda most of us. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #1

+1 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #19

I think renewing the ban on automatic weapons is a definite possibility liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #2

reality. nt seabeyond Dec 2012 #3

You can bet NRA lobbyists have been busy contacting their hacks in Congress. Hoyt Dec 2012 #4

Guns can remain in the home as collector pieces. But ban them in the streets. Reframe the issue graham4anything Dec 2012 #5

I'm a gun owner and I could go along with that. n/t Bonhomme Richard Dec 2012 #7

That would work well Old Codger Dec 2012 #14

Yes ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #6

Maybe the guy that says he needs to carry a handgun when he goes shopping should.... Bonhomme Richard Dec 2012 #8

That's how it is in most things. "The middle" is typically fairly quiet. Igel Dec 2012 #9

No. Ban all guns. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #10

No. llmart Dec 2012 #11

Not in the middle. undeterred Dec 2012 #12

I'm not really in the middle... k2qb3 Dec 2012 #13

Perhaps the focus should be on the mental health system. TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #15

mental health parity definitely needs to be part of the national conversation liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #16

I'm on the fence AnnieBW Dec 2012 #17

I support a middle ground, too. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #18