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mopinko

(73,675 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 04:11 PM Jun 2014

guns, mental health, and the elephant in the room. [View all]

here is a little gift from the clue fairy-

what is the first step to going on a shooting spree?

you start stockpiling guns.
and ammo.
and fertilizer.
and......

so homeland security- try this- somebody who buys x guns in x days should get a visit from a nice person with a soft voice and a glock in their boot. or at least a google.

seems pretty simple.
unless the nra has their thumb on the scale.

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guns, mental health, and the elephant in the room. [View all] mopinko Jun 2014 OP

Without significantly expanding the powers of homeland security hack89 Jun 2014 #1

that would be the resting place of said thumb. mopinko Jun 2014 #2

You have an interesting view of shooting sprees. ManiacJoe Jun 2014 #3

many of the massacres samsingh Jun 2014 #11

Define X ... oldhippie Jun 2014 #4

i would presume that would be the subject of global talks. mopinko Jun 2014 #5

Global talks? oldhippie Jun 2014 #6

because i presume the gun makers would make it an international trade issue. mopinko Jun 2014 #14

what's incredibly sad is that the gun samsingh Jun 2014 #12

the point is not worthless samsingh Jun 2014 #10

Yes it was .... oldhippie Jun 2014 #13

i am not proposing model legislation. i am trying to frame something here mopinko Jun 2014 #15

Frame away ... oldhippie Jun 2014 #16

well, solve away for x mopinko Jun 2014 #17

I am not pushing for solving ... oldhippie Jun 2014 #18

he's tryign to frame a discussion samsingh Jun 2014 #21

As I said .... oldhippie Jun 2014 #24

I doubt there would be any sort of meaningful signal there - despite the petronius Jun 2014 #7

that would be presupposed by the proposal. mopinko Jun 2014 #8

Stockpiling? You want stockpiling? You should see the ammo... Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #20

then let's try it for a couple of years - what's to lose samsingh Jun 2014 #22

What's to lose? Time, money, credibility, political capital - the first petronius Jun 2014 #25

settling on numbers would be along the lines of - look at the top 5% mopinko Jun 2014 #27

But there's no reason or evidence to suggest that the incipient mass-murderers petronius Jun 2014 #32

people are getting killed with guns all the time - better to try something and fail samsingh Jun 2014 #37

you are right samsingh Jun 2014 #9

I'm sure the NSA has some data. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #19

Buying a gun for "self defense" is a sure sign... hunter Jun 2014 #23

I tend to agree. Those who stockpile guns, particularly certain kinds, have signaled they don't Hoyt Jun 2014 #26

or their compulsive behaviors. mopinko Jun 2014 #33

Good point. Hoyt Jun 2014 #34

"what is the first step to going on a shooting spree? " NCTraveler Jun 2014 #28

One gun per month... Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2014 #29

When I inherited my fathers collection belcffub Jun 2014 #30

estates are almost always exempted from these things and mopinko Jun 2014 #35

To easy to imagine Lurker Deluxe Jun 2014 #31

i never said one a month mopinko Jun 2014 #36