I guess the AWB idea isn't as popular as the media would have us think

[Kirk Freeman]

I was enjoying that quote up until the last word.

At that time (the time of State v. Wilson) privilege was used for right. Still is in the law in certain applications.

Privilege: to invest with rights or immunities. Samuel Johnson, Johnson's Dictionary (1755).

 

[wizard_of_ahs]

Maybe it's naivety but I just don't think this rhetoric will produce any significant negative changes in gun laws. I try to come up with a law in my head that would have prevented this and I cannot. The anti's arguments are LOUD but the one thing they cannot say is..."XXX law would have prevented this." While I hope some positive attention towards mental health issues is always a plus, I don't see THAT having a difference here either. Millions of people suffer mental illnesses of one sort or another. But we can't lock them up for being mentally ill. It is a very long and hard road to have a person committed against their will via a probate judge, seen it quite a few times. Locking the school didn't work either since her forced his way in. Since we cannot predict WHO is broken enough to commit crimes like these and we cannot keep them out of the schools if they are determined to get in. The only course of action I see as feasible and effective is someone INSIDE the school capable of neutralizing the threat. Be it a teacher, custodian, principal, police, etc. I don't care WHO as long at the person is willing to take that responsibility on. Gun control will do SQUAT.

Well said, somebody give this man some rep ..... I'm all out

 

[NYFelon]

Yes, I agree. I am speaking of convicted felons as a prohibited class.

Everyone has the right to defend their lives, the lives of their family, and their property.

 

[Denny347]

Everyone has the right to defend their lives, the lives of their family, and their property.

I still like you.

 

[NYFelon]

LOL.

I like you too bro.

 

[Rhoadmar]

Everyone has the right to defend their lives, the lives of their family, and their property.

It's also a duty that many seem to neglect.

 

[NYFelon]

It's also a duty that many seem to neglect.

Agreed.