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Glacier wrote:The long and short of it is that we need better enforcement of gun laws, not more gun laws. This guy should NOT have been able to get a gun. He should have been in jail perhaps. Existing laws state he shouldn't have had a gun, and yet he did. Enforce existing laws. Adding new laws that are only applied to law abiding citizens who voluntarily obey them does not make anyone safer. http://www.dailywire.com/news/23280/why ... en-shapiro

He did serve a year in military jail for domestic abuse which obviously didn't help.
The fact he filled out all the required paperwork but still managed to purchase a weapon is something they should address by either charging the gun seller, or changing the way information provided on the paperwork is verified if the seller of the gun did everything appropriately.

Glacier wrote:The long and short of it is that we need better enforcement of gun laws, not more gun laws. This guy should NOT have been able to get a gun. He should have been in jail perhaps. Existing laws state he shouldn't have had a gun, and yet he did. Enforce existing laws. Adding new laws that are only applied to law abiding citizens who voluntarily obey them does not make anyone safer. http://www.dailywire.com/news/23280/why ... en-shapiro

Do you not see the fallacies in your arguments?
1. The laws as they are are difficult to apply, not least because of the widespread availability of guns.
2. If the current laws are not being enforced, maybe they are unenforceable and better laws are the solution. I doubt that you or I could reasonably recommend what those laws should be.
3. New laws especially when they replace old laws, do not just get applied to and by law abiding citizens, but rather can have more widespread effects, including making it harder for criminals to break the law in the ways they currently can do and easier to catch them when they do. This complaint that laws only affect law abiding people is one of the most often repeated themes by the pro-gun lobby and it is just so obviously wrong. Laws can have widespread consequences, not always good, but they certainly do not just affect law abiding people. This is true even when they are only applied to them.

While it is clear that you were just stating your non-expert opinion, like Shapiro, it is unfortunate that so many non-experts with skin in the game are spouting their opinions without being so clear about their own limitations. We need to bring in real experts, people who understand the situation, people who have studied it in detail and who can provide workable solutions. We need politicians who are willing to put the law in their hands and not just play to their financiers or more extreme supporters. The end result may even mean more guns on the streets, or very few, but doubling down and demanding that more law enforcement is the solution, ignores the fact that while it may be part of the solution, the solution is almost certainly nowhere near as simple as the partisans on both sides would have you believe.

Verum wrote:Do you not see the fallacies in your arguments?
1. The laws as they are are difficult to apply, not least because of the widespread availability of guns.
2. If the current laws are not being enforced, maybe they are unenforceable and better laws are the solution. I doubt that you or I could reasonably recommend what those laws should be.
3. New laws especially when they replace old laws, do not just get applied to and by law abiding citizens, but rather can have more widespread effects, including making it harder for criminals to break the law in the ways they currently can do and easier to catch them when they do. This complaint that laws only affect law abiding people is one of the most often repeated themes by the pro-gun lobby and it is just so obviously wrong. Laws can have widespread consequences, not always good, but they certainly do not just affect law abiding people. This is true even when they are only applied to them.

While it is clear that you were just stating your non-expert opinion, like Shapiro, it is unfortunate that so many non-experts with skin in the game are spouting their opinions without being so clear about their own limitations. We need to bring in real experts, people who understand the situation, people who have studied it in detail and who can provide workable solutions. We need politicians who are willing to put the law in their hands and not just play to their financiers or more extreme supporters. The end result may even mean more guns on the streets, or very few, but doubling down and demanding that more law enforcement is the solution, ignores the fact that while it may be part of the solution, the solution is almost certainly nowhere near as simple as the partisans on both sides would have you believe.

You are also not an expert. I agree, bring in real experts, and focus on reducing crime, violence, and murder.

Anyway, the law is not hard to apply. They should have had the guy on the FBI list. He was not there. Experts should figure out what the hell happened here so it never happens again.

BTW, far fewer people are owning guns these days in the USA. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sug ... 82326.html

Glacier wrote:You are also not an expert. I agree, bring in real experts, and focus on reducing crime, violence, and murder.

Anyway, the law is not hard to apply. They should have had the guy on the FBI list. He was not there. Experts should figure out what the hell happened here so it never happens again.

BTW, far fewer people are owning guns these days in the USA. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sug ... 82326.html

Certainly and I hope I didn't give the impression that I thought I was.

https://globalnews.ca/news/3860060/cali ... m=Facebook

That didnt take long.

https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-s ... htm#211517


http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/us/califo ... index.html

Four dead, including the shooter now. Seven different shooting sites.

"Now is not the time to talk about gun control!" ya right. When?

Had some meetings get pushed back a day, so we decided to rebook ourselves for a quick detour thru this awesome city.

There were a few flowers on the sidewalk across the street at the Vegas Village, but the official memorial has been moved into the Arts District up by Charleston

Tucker probes unanswered questions

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/11/02/t ... g-massacre

We can see that there [were] exits in the plans, in the maps. And then when you're actually there, you can see that most of the exits were blocked, many of the exits were behind fences, and there [were] really only two places in which to escape," Eiland said. "And that's very concerning, especially when people got hit and killed ten minutes after the shooting started."

As for gunman Stephen Paddock, Eiland revealed that he arrived at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino with ten bags, and two bellhops helped him carry those bags to his room on the 32nd floor. He said those bags contained more than 20 guns and 5,000 rounds of ammunition.

I'm only the messenger, so don't get upset with the source. It is what it is...

Las Vegas massacre gunman Stephen Paddock was paranoid that he was a victim of government mind control, according to a prostitute who stayed in his infamous Mandalay Bay hotel suite.

https://www.infowars.com/report-stephen ... d-control/

https://www.castanet.net/news/World/218 ... igh-school

Another sad day

OH NO........not again!

That'll teach her for turning him down... Men (and peoplekind in general) are so entitled these days they don't know what to do when they get rejected or dumped or any other difficult roadblock.

"Life is suffering." ~ Jordan B. Peterson

alanjh595 wrote:OH NO........not again!

Americans keep killing Americans at an alarming rate and the NRA will ensure nothing is done about it. Meanwhile, Trump wants to spend billions of dollars on a wall that will be nothing more than a permanent reminder of the Republican’s rampant fear of anything not white.

RupertBear wrote:

alanjh595 wrote:OH NO........not again!

Americans keep killing Americans at an alarming rate and the NRA will ensure nothing is done about it. Meanwhile, Trump wants to spend billions of dollars on a wall that will be nothing more than a permanent reminder of the Republican’s rampant fear of anything not white.

Let's TRY and keep politics out of this. There are plenty of other forums to express your opinions on politics available for you to use.
Can we not just have one for the news of this incident and the welfare of the children involved. Just once? Please?

RupertBear wrote:Americans keep killing Americans at an alarming rate and the NRA will ensure nothing is done about it. Meanwhile, Trump wants to spend billions of dollars on a wall that will be nothing more than a permanent reminder of the Republican’s rampant fear of anything not white.

The homicide rate in Mexico is FAR, FAR greater than it is the US.

P.S. We've had a lot of shooting rampages and bombings by Muhammads, but this is the first time we've had a shooting conducted by a Jesus.