First let me state my hesitation in starting this thread is that it's too soon. So let me qualify it with being upfront that if folks are upset I'll delete it. Now, that said here goes...
Guns is one of those issues to me (that outside what I read in the news) that I just don't see why people get so worked up about it. Yes there are hundreds killed every year. But in the big picture it just strikes me that there are more pressing issue facing us. Like say diabetes, or what the heck we're going to do about Rocket Man across the ocean? I'm open to evolving on the issue, just no matter how scary it feels, the numbers always seem to be closer to pool deaths then to auto fatalities.
Also, I think the financial side of this is important. Just like I'm not into paying to deport 11 million illegal workers with my tax dollars, I'm not down with throwing billions more on Uncle Sam's credit card to fund house to house searches to round up all the guns. Frankly because a strait up shit-show would come of that. So I think it's important to note in any honest conversation about guns, that this is a problem that our government is going to really "fix" for us.
NOW ALL OF THAT SAID, I also think that is plain to see that we need to come up with a better way. As, I simply refuse to entertain the idea that aside from the nuts, that anybody wants to see another Gilroy or Thousand Oaks nightclub style attack. So what the heck do we do. Better background checks, bigger fines for not registering weapons or having illegal weapons. Also I think there need to be more "red flag" type warning and measures we can take to head these type of attacks off before. I'd be open to a ban on assault riffles and a buyback program. Really I'm open to any solution that isn't wildly expensive or ineffective. We've got to start there and move forward.
Guns is one of those issues to me (that outside what I read in the news) that I just don't see why people get so worked up about it. Yes there are hundreds killed every year. But in the big picture it just strikes me that there are more pressing issue facing us. Like say diabetes, or what the heck we're going to do about Rocket Man across the ocean? I'm open to evolving on the issue, just no matter how scary it feels, the numbers always seem to be closer to pool deaths then to auto fatalities.
Also, I think the financial side of this is important. Just like I'm not into paying to deport 11 million illegal workers with my tax dollars, I'm not down with throwing billions more on Uncle Sam's credit card to fund house to house searches to round up all the guns. Frankly because a strait up shit-show would come of that. So I think it's important to note in any honest conversation about guns, that this is a problem that our government is going to really "fix" for us.
NOW ALL OF THAT SAID, I also think that is plain to see that we need to come up with a better way. As, I simply refuse to entertain the idea that aside from the nuts, that anybody wants to see another Gilroy or Thousand Oaks nightclub style attack. So what the heck do we do. Better background checks, bigger fines for not registering weapons or having illegal weapons. Also I think there need to be more "red flag" type warning and measures we can take to head these type of attacks off before. I'd be open to a ban on assault riffles and a buyback program. Really I'm open to any solution that isn't wildly expensive or ineffective. We've got to start there and move forward.
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