OldLady
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- Nov 16, 2015
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I agree. I also agree with giving local cops the right to take the guns from a person like this who has come up on their radar. A quick hearing to sort it out would follow. Similar but probably broader than the current legislation in California which gives family members the right to request a relative's guns be removed by law enforcement when there are serious mental health concerns. It is rapidly followed by a full hearing where the gun owner can show the court there is no reason for concern.What is your out of the box thinking, since you understand the problem so well?No. That should fall on the parents. Not all kids are mentally weak enough to be deluded by fantasy.What about strict limits on movies, television shows and video games that portray human on human gun violence?teach children that guns are not for taking human life?Okay, let's start somewhere.
Do you agree that children in our society are bathed in gun violence through media and video games? Graphic depictions of human beings being killed with guns?
Would you oppose strictly limiting those graphic depictions in movies, games and using general societal disapproval to teach children that guns are not for taking human life?
Yes.
Not to mention, adults enjoy that stuff too.
Besides, i think the bigger problem is the violence itself. The gun is just a tool used for the bigger scheme of things.
In order to solve a problem you dont understand, you will have to think outside the box. This simple, egregious thinking wont get us anywhere.
The FBI was warned about this kid back in September.......he had all the signs.....lack of a father, single mother raising him till she died 2 months ago......obvious social media examples showing fascination with mass murder.....the kids who knew him predicted this....there needs to be new techniques for dealing with these known threats...
I agree taking guns from these folks is a good step in the right direction.