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In reply to the discussion: How Will The American People React When The President Proposes Some Gun Safety Measures & The Repug. [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)nor do I want to know. So nobody can argue that with me. I'll leave that to the experts.
I do know what a majority of gun owners want...protection for the most part...and they don't need a degree to figure it out, either. But as to the all guns for all people of all caliber apologists, neither do you need to be a doctor to know that someone who is throwing up or green at the gills is sick. (analogy)
But when officials are seriously talking about arming teachers to protect their own students? It doesn't take an A student, even a first grade A student, to figure out his teacher shouldn't have to learn to kill a human being to protect him against some "multiple shot---mass murder---legal weapon" wacko, his classmates and herself.
Those are basics, my friend. Again, talk to me about the size of the holes as they pass through kids, (or adults) how many kids grouped up in a small room can be mutilated in a few seconds by any of those "gun basics" factoids...that's reality. What size is acceptable...you tell me because I'm purposely ill-informed about gun gore. I'll bet you don't know. I'n not going to play the parsing self-righteous gun caliber minutia. It's demeaning to our species. Clearly, those who mutilate have not been "banned".
I'm a moderate...if you feel the need to risk owning firearms to protect yourself and your family or go hunting...OK. Pay for the privilege, so the rest of us don't have to support the crazies who share your paranoia. And I don't care if it is a single shot or an AK whatever. Pay to clean it up.