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Originally Posted by mclem0822
That was a very sad story, and my heart goes out to that lady.
I'm an armed Security Officer, I wear a gun every day that I work. I've been trained to shoot, and thankfully after almost 5 years on the job haven't had to pull my weapon. I do not have a personal gun at home or even a concealed permit, just my own personal choice. That's what this is about, your own personal choice, whether to carry a gun or not. I believe in the 2nd Ammendment, certainly in this case and alot of others, a gun may have saved some lives. This lady or someone else in in there pop's a cap in this nutball maybe her parent's are alive today! However, on the other hand this scumbag is one of many citizens, who do not need to have a gun in their hands. I believe STRONGLY in backround checks, waiting periods of 3 days at least, and any other measures attempt to not let guns get into the hands of the wrong individuals. In terms of Assault Weapons, I feel other than gun ranges, and police and or millitary, these guns should be banned from everywhere else. I Bush was an idiot for letting the ban lapse a fews years back, and from what I've read statistics show more of these guns are hitting the streets, and that is not a good thing.
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i agree with all that as well. as for owning assault weapons...i don't own any, don't want any-but that doesn't mean other people feel the same. owning an assault weapon doesn't automatically infer criminality on the owner. there is at least one guy i've seen on t.v. who owns a tank. what the hell does he want that for?! why does he have it? best answer i can think of is because he can. different people like to have and collect different things. i have a dog. some other guy might own a tiger or a mountain lion. for what?! i don't know. but it doesn't mean he has malicious intent.
thing is, everyone who is a law abiding citizen who buys these weapons does it the right way. background checks, everything on file. so, any gun bans will affect who? law abiding citizens. it sure won't keep a criminal from buying a gun, as he isn't interested in doing anything the right way. he already has a criminal mind, you think he's going to sweat owning an illegal weapon?