That’s like saying “if you’re drowning, what you really need is more water so you can learn to breathe underwater better.” The solution to too many guns getting into the wrong hands isn’t to give more guns to more people, especially in a school which is made up of hundreds and hundreds of little “wrong hands.”
I advocated trained armed guards or peace officers. Not untrained children and teachers. We have such in just about all public and government facilities why not the most vulnerable? Why let violent offenders the free exercise of death?
Not to mention nobody wants their kids going to school in the Wild West, where the way they protect against shootings at school is to give somebody at the school a way to shoot. And that giving handguns to somebody to defend children against a guy with the weaponry the school shooters have is about as effective as giving somebody a feather to defend themselves in a sword fight.
It's not the wild west when there's a sheriff in town. My school district employs campus police for our high schools. Much like what every university has. Why are college students more important than elementary and secondary school students?
We as people who don’t want to be shot have all made change after change after change to make it harder to be shot at. We are still dying at a rate that’s nothing short of shocking. Now that we’ve done our due diligence to not get shot at, it is time to see the other side to some due diligence to not shoot. If you’re one of the majority of law abiding gun owners, going through steps to prove as much shouldn’t be a big deal.
I'm all for records search for prior crimes AND mental and emotional illness.
But the Democrats in Congress are against release of psychiatric records and lists of drugs.
Do I think someone on psychotropic drugs should be able to buy guns? No.
I'm also for state mandatory certification of CC gun owners like we have in Texas.
I'm also for mandatory gun and rifle safety courses before stepping on a firing range. The type the NRA encourages and sponsors. Too many yahoos on the ranges I go to don't know basic safety. To the point now where I will only take my sons to private ranges on ranches where no one else is shooting but me and the boys who know how to handle weapons and have learned they are not toys. I'm retired military and a veteran. Proper training and safety is first and foremost in military weapons training.
Finally, I'm sure you saw my comment on how our society has become nihilistic. That's the main danger out there as guns have been around a long time. I don't think the majority of our current society is to be trusted with guns. My personal opinion and why I support background checks to include for mental and psychological disorders, treatments and drugs.
An estimated 40 million Americans are on psychiatric drugs:
An estimated 40 million Americans take psychiatric drugs. Here's what they're taking.
I've served as an investigative officer in two Article 32 investigations while on active duty. In both the defense objected to having the defendants psychiatric records opened to me and eventually to the Court Martial panel. They stated privacy laws. Do you really think Democrats in Congress will sign on to a bill which allows local law enforcement to violate someone's 4th Amendment rights? I don't see that happening at all.
Therefore, what you propose are stricter measures on background checks looking for crimes. That already happens. Or are you saying a longer waiting period would reduce gun crime?
