About guns,

[Motown_Johnny]

8. The real argument here is long term solutions v short term fixes

Those of us who want stricter gun control laws are thinking about the long term. This is a multi-generational problem which we are allowing to get worse.

Those of us opposed to stricter gun control laws are focused on short term fixes. The poor old lady who needs a gun to defend herself (because so many old ladies use handguns).


In my opinion we need to focus on the long term. Nothing we did last week would have saved any lives in Aurora. If we were going to save those lives we needed to do it years ago. The same is true as we move forward. To save lives years from now we need to act now and to save lives years after that we need to act soon.

What will this country be like in 2050 if we continue down this path? Right now we have these mass shooting every year or so. By 2050 will it be every month? Or can we change paths and reverse the trend toward more frequent shootings? Might it be possible to reduce these incidents to that they happen every 5 years instead of roughly every one?


Only one way to find out (although I am to old to live to see the results).