Connecticut School Shooting

After listening to brak, you can all but be assured a serious attack on legal gun owners is coming. They are going to cram a stoopid gun ban law threw. Count on it.

 

I'm sure. The political climate is ripe for it.

They should make murder illegal too. That should put a stop to it.

 

Children? No.

Teachers? FUCK YES.

 

Strange timing. Michigan passed concealed carry in schools yesterday.
Makes me wonder if he read about it and tried to make a point. No, not likely.

Years ago, there used to be lots of mental hospitals around to house the mentally ill. Now, not so much. The mental hospital in Pontiac Michigan was huge. Someone wanted the site for a shopping mall.

It's time to focus on the root cause. IMO, that's mental illness and some recreational drugs that have very bad side effects.

 

See, now I have one problem with the remarks about limiting the guns, sizes, magazines, etc. People are assuming the two pistols belonged to the shooter. If I were a betting man, I would say that at 24 years old the Sig and Glock weren't his. Not saying it isn't possible, but saying there is a good chance they may have belonged to the shooter's father.

That's the thing, never assume shooters actually purchased the gun themselves. It is something to take into consideration, but never assume it.

 

I think that's a big part of it, and that comes from the home. But not all these loony bastards are kids - - some are quite a bit older. Maybe they just want the attention and are willing to go to extremes to get it.

Limiting mag size is a fool's promise - just carry more guns/mags. It all comes down to will. If someone has the will to do something and is sufficiently motivated, you really can't stop them - the trick is to minimize the number of assholes who decide this is something they want to do.

 

What has 'brak' said?

 

This was the case in the Clackamas mall shooting the other day. He stole the weapons prior to heading to the mall.

 

That's actually the way I believe in it. And recurrent training. I should have clarified some of my posts about this. Not just tossing a gun out to every teacher as they come in. Make sure they are and stay proficient if they choose to carry them.

 

Several decades back, public funding for mental health care facilities was seriously curtailed. Thousands of former 'mental' patients were turned out into the streets. Those issues continue to this day.

 

Something has broken in society. These things used to happen every ten years. Now it happens every fucking week. We've always had tons of guns, so that's not it. Video games? Ritalin? Are we simply in the End Times? I don't know.

 

Regan did that.

 

This guy gets it.