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Originally Posted by duga
Well, I'll lay off since you don't want to talk about it anymore. There are few issues in the world that get me heated, and this is one of them.
I don't look down or judge anyone who is responsible and owns a gun. A lot of my friends (and family members, for that matter) own guns. In my eyes, not having a gun would be simply be a reasonable sacrifice if it meant preventing a shooting like this. As we've all agreed, banning guns wouldn't get rid of guns. But we do have to start somewhere.
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I've been over this issue so many times with family members. My own Mom is a proponent for gun laws and the banning of weapons. I found my love of guns from my grandfather and father, both military men and it has been an avid hobby for both collecting and recreational use for me for over 20 years now.
Well if banning guns wouldn't get rid of guns then we would be back at square one in a sense. I see the correlation you're painting, but its not gonna stop senseless violence. As I described a deranged guy made a weapon out of a car and killed 12 children at an elementary school here in California years ago. I just don't see banning guns as keeping guns out of the wrong hands. Who oversees this project and how do they get the guns from people who do not want to give up their guns? That would require taking away other rights in order to enforce something like that. OK I'm really done now.