The Gun Debate

[Palehorse]

So they don't have mentally ill people in other countries?

I am by no means anti-gun but there really is no good reason for the average citizen to own assault style weapons.  I've said for a long time that the simple solution is to reclassify them as class 3 with the same ownership requirements as fully automatic weapons and silencers now have.  No one's rights are infringed upon and nothing gets banned.  Bans don't work anyway.  During the last assault rifle ban, I personally legally bought two AR-15's, a slew of high capacity magazines, high end optics, and thousands of rounds of ammunition including tracers, armor piercing, incendiary and every possible combination.

Perhaps they just do a better job of providing treatment to the mentally ill?

I agree, bans do not work as my experience has been similar to yours. I own a number of them myself and intend to keep them.

There was also another school shooting in Maryland this morning. This time a school resource officer (armed) engaged the shooter from what I have been told and read, stopping the shooter.

[Exterminator]

There was also another school shooting in Maryland this morning. This time a school resource officer (armed) engaged the shooter from what I have been told and read, stopping the shooter.

Two injuries, no fatalities except for the shooter.  That's the difference between someone using a handgun and someone using an assault rifle.

[Henry Hawk]

Two injuries, no fatalities except for the shooter.  That's the difference between someone using a handgun and someone using an assault rifle.

Perhaps, but it could also have much to do with a school resource officer (armed) engaged the shooter....

FWIW, I think both of you are correct...I think we have to do more to find the mentally challenged before the strike....I think we need to enforce laws we already have....and I think there is nothing wrong with the reclassification of certain guns as a class 3 and have the same ownership requirements as fully automatic weapons.  As long as you can prove you are well trained, sane, and don't mind paying for the certification.

[The Troll]

  Maybe we need a back ground check for bombers.   

[Palehorse]

They caught the bomber in Austin, however he blew himself up as the police closed in on him. . .