School Kids Dying in Ohio: It's a Gun Problem

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44. Mea culpa.

I didn't realize I was actually arguing that we should leave our guns lying around unsupervised. I think when I read the OP I took the word "access" to mean "granted" or "allowed," in the way that I have a right, and am of an age, and am not an offender, so I have "access" to firearms if I also have the cash to buy them. I didn't realize that we were speaking of theft as "access." My mistake. Guns should be kept locked up. People who steal them or otherwise remove them without permission should be considered criminals capable of using those otherwise inoffensive weapons in an offensive manner. When a person steals a gun, and then uses that gun in this manner, we should consider why they did that, and then, for the love of the children, we should attempt to address violent nature before it becomes violent act.

The heroin dealer is no more or less responsible for overdose than you or I. What have you done to stop an overdose today?

I'd "tell the family of Daniel Parmertor that securing firearms [does] make sense" and that it is a gunner's responsibility to assure safe storage. I'd also tell them that dealing head on with mental health issues is of primary importance, that all else is a band-aide for a severed limb, and that without addressing the real cause we will never reach an end to this thing.