Shooting Near Texas A&M

[Lucrum]

Quote from BSAM:

Okay, I can accept that you are a law abiding citizen.
What about those 300 million other folks out there, Tom?
There's two or three nutcases out there among us.

Again, it's the times and the environment of the day that tells me we need to tighten gun laws.

So you want to penalize 100's of millions over those few nut cases?

The same nut cases which laugh at and will completely ignore all laws limits and bans?

You'll need to explain the "logic" of that one.

 

[tomdavis]

Quote from BSAM:

Okay, I can accept that you are a law abiding citizen.
What about those 300 million other folks out there, Tom?
There's two or three nutcases out there among us.

Again, it's the times and the environment of the day that tells me we need to tighten gun laws.

There are tens of millions of gun owners and a few "nut cases." You're suggesting that we punish tens of millions of people in order to stop a few nut cases.

Should we take everybody's cars away from them to stop drunk drivers from killing 10,000 people a year?

A detective that I sometimes shoot with told me that if you're not in a gang or affiliated with gangs or involved in drugs or other criminal activity, your chances of being killed by a bullet are close to zero. Most gun homicides are criminals killing other criminals. On the other hand, an average of 192 innocent people get killed by drunk drivers every week. That's a much bigger problem. Should we take away all cars and limit people to one bicycle?

 

[BSAM]

Quote from Lucrum:

That's it, that's your revolutionary grand idea for curbing gun violence? You do know it only takes one gun to commit a gun crime, right?

Shooting a store clerk is ALREADY against the law, regardless of how many firearms the shooter legally or illegally owns

Prudent? I have little doubt you truly believe that.
But naive is probably a more accurate description.

I have nothing but respect for your ability in aviation, Lukie.
It'd take a little too much time for me to explain the psychology and effects of crime and punishment.

You can't make every man mind, but you can damn sure make most of them mind.
Naw, no naivety going on here.
You're just gonna have to trust me on this.

 

[LEAPup]

Quote from BSAM:

Okay, I can accept that you are a law abiding citizen.
What about those 300 million other folks out there, Tom?
There's two or three nutcases out there among us.

Again, it's the times and the environment of the day that tells me we need to tighten gun laws.

No, we tighten the noose around the necks of those two or three, and thin the herd by two or three. Guess I really should have been born a century ago...

I do apologize in advance for answering a question meant for Tom. I'm just using old common sense to fix newer problems.

 

[BSAM]

Quote from tomdavis:

There are tens of millions of gun owners and a few "nut cases." You're suggesting that we punish tens of millions of people in order to stop a few nut cases.

Should we take everybody's cars away from them to stop drunk drivers from killing 10,000 people a year?

A detective that I sometimes shoot with told me that if you're not in a gang or affiliated with gangs or involved in drugs or other criminal activity, your chances of being killed by a bullet are close to zero. Most gun homicides are criminals killing other criminals. On the other hand, an average of 192 innocent people get killed by drunk drivers every week. That's a much bigger problem. Should we take away their cars and limit people to one bicycle?

So, there's nothing that can be done?
We just have to accept Colorado, Wisconsin, and Texas tragic killings every few days?

 

[BSAM]

(I'm gonna have to put on my bullet proof vest before I can continue this conversation.)

 

[BSAM]

Quote from LEAPup:

No, we tighten the noose around the necks of those two or three, and thin the herd by two or three. Guess I really should have been born a century ago...

I do apologize in advance for answering a question meant for Tom. I'm just using old common sense to fix newer problems.

When I said "two or three", I was being facetious.
Very facetious.

 

[tomdavis]

Quote from BSAM:

So, there's nothing that can be done?
We just have to accept Colorado, Wisconsin, and Texas tragic killings every few days?

We accept over 800 people killed by drunk drivers each and every month. It's rare that anyone ever says a word about it.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from BSAM:

...It'd take a little too much time for me to explain the psychology and effects of crime and punishment.

Unless I missed something you're not even talking about crime and punishment. You're suggesting an arbitrary limit of one handgun and one long gun per person as if it's going to stop mass shootings. I don't need a psychology degree to state unequivocally that will simply not make any difference nor will it stop shootings like the one today or last month in Aurora. AGAIN it only takes ONE gun to commit a gun crime and the ones committing these crimes don't follow the current laws. What makes you think they'll abide by your gun limits?

You can't make every man mind, but you can damn sure make most of them mind.

MOST of them ALREADY do mind. And what's worse is that your "plan" penalizes NO ONE but the ones that are ALREADY minding.

You're just gonna have to trust me on this.

NO I don't. Try again.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from BSAM:

So, there's nothing that can be done?
We just have to accept Colorado, Wisconsin, and Texas tragic killings every few days?

We can publicly execute the perpetrators. Immediately after they're convicted. The bleeding hearts of the world though oppose the notion of swift justice at every turn.