Team Avatar Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting_n_2300831.html This is close to my CT home and so incredibly scary. fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
companyinkrecs Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Incredibly saddening, nothing worse than this insane shit happening to children. Kindergarten age...unreal. Enough of the fucking assault weapons already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dethrock Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 This is seriously mind blowing. Hallelujah for your right to bear arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Saddening. Until you change people's hearts to treat life like it's a precious thing, stuff like this will keep happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 before anyone starts, gun control will not stop people like this from doing these sorts of things. nothingnatural 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 before anyone starts, gun control will not stop people like this from doing these sorts of things. How will we ever know that unless we try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryq Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 before anyone starts, gun control will not stop people like this from doing these sorts of things. I know. if we'd let 3rd graders bring guns to school, things like this would never happen. seriously though, I know that's not at all what you're suggesting. and, sure, maybe gun control won't stop determined people from doing these sorts of things, but it would surely make it harder / take longer to acquire guns, which may deter some crazies. if doing it saves a single life, I'd totally trade my right to purchase an assault rifle for that trevorxramage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 before anyone starts, gun control will not stop people like this from doing these sorts of things. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 A mass stabbing is a lot harder to pull off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 what i meant was, crazy people will always do crazy things, and they usually don't tell anyone about it. these sorts of things are a surprise, and they only last a matter of minutes. if the teachers were allowed to be armed the guy might fire off a few less shots, but these sorts of things are impossible to prevent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 what i meant was, crazy people will always do crazy things, and they usually don't tell anyone about it. these sorts of things are a surprise, and they only last a matter of minutes. if the teachers were allowed to be armed the guy might fire off a few less shots, but these sorts of things are impossible to prevent. That's a great idea. Let's have kindergarten teachers carry fire arms. That can only turn out well. If you look at some of the previous political threads I am usually conservative, but no one needs to own guns. trevorxramage and andi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 You see like half the media outlets just post pictures of some Ryan Lanza facebook account... that wasn't right? Poor guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 A mass stabbing is a lot harder to pull off. Except that it just happened at a school in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Except that it just happened at a school in China. Just looked that up. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/world/asia/30china.html?_r=0 http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2012/12/mass-stabbing-incident-in-china-23.html (newer link, yes I know it is not a real media outlet, but it gets the point across) Apparently this is a big issue there. The good thing is that most of the victims are not seriously injured. Knives can do less damage then a gun. This only helps the case for gun control. Yes there are crazy people everywhere, but why do you need to give them any assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb2k1 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 You see like half the media outlets just post pictures of some Ryan Lanza facebook account... that wasn't right? Poor guy. as a gal with a journalism degree this makes me a particular kind of mad, what the fuck now you are ruining some other dude's life just because he had the same name and you needed to be first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 "If you look at some of the previous political threads I am usually conservative, but no one needs to own guns." i agree, but i also believe in self defense because humans can't be trusted. it's a double edged sword. also i don't think teachers should carry guns, but i've seen a lot of people on facebook say that already. outlawing guns would only bring upon that whole 'if guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns' thing. you can't stop evil, you simply can't. nothingnatural 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I never want to have children. Schools have always scared the shit out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb2k1 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 teachers are already expected to be babysitters, fight breaker-uppers, pseudo parents, and oh, teach, all for miniscule pay...and people want to add armed guard to the list? not to mention i had some fucking wackos as teachers but hey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Kindergarten Cop mrc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 And if any one brings up hunting for sport they should smack themselves in the face. Go fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Kindergarten Cop I learned today that it isn't spelled kindergarden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 'And if any one brings up hunting for sport they should smack themselves in the face. Go fishing' or shopping. those animals were farmed to die. their lives wouldn't even exist if not for those farms. i approve of breeding for food. killing the wild seems wrong to me. i understand that hunting is a natural thing that many species require to survive, it just seems that the civilized human doesn't require it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb2k1 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 i get the hunting thing, but i cannot imagine a scenario where you'd need to hunt with an assault rifle littlebistro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 outlawing guns would only bring upon that whole 'if guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns' thing. you can't stop evil, you simply can't. Pretty much this. So many people fail to grasp it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterrod Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I would argue that quickly killing an animal that spent its life free in the wild is far more humane than killing one that has spent it's life cooped up in the disgusting conditions many of the animals are kept in these days, eating unnatural foods that would kill them if it weren't for the antibiotics they are pumped full of. I'm not a hunter but I do enjoy target shooting with my dad and I've actually been considering picking up hunting since getting into the culinary field and really getting into what goes on in relation to the meat we buy in grocery stores. That being said, I see no reason for any civilians to own things lie AR-15s, Kalashnikovs, and the like. I was in the Army, served in the Middle East, and I've seen the destruction these things can cause first-hand. We need more strict control of firearms and more severe punishment for anyone on the wrong side of those controls. Statements like "No one should own guns" and "Take the 2nd amendment and shove it up your ass" look cute on the Internet, but offer nothing in the way of discussion, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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