Nice reply. Jesus! I didn't know you could fabricate a gun on computer printers. Your state seems like its heart is in the right place ... and I know it's not funny but I can't get the vision of an 86-year-old woman cradling a 12 gauge shotgun over one arm and her other hand with her finger on the trigger!
My semi auto pistols do have the serial number on the outside of the chamber as well as on the frame (where it's required).The problem isn't really CNC printed guns. You still have to buy the barrel and other parts, and the guns often fall apart when they're fired. The "ghost" guns are more of a problem. Those are made from gun castings that need a bit of machining before they can be used, but that's the part of the gun that's supposed to have the serial numbers on them. Maybe the barrel should be required to have a serial number.
Yes, the last question on the written test:So, were going to start issuing firearm when you get your license renewed
I can understand that. It's sort of required occupational equipment. I've also heard that some crooks and robbers feel it's their right to use a gun over the slightest infraction while carrying out their professional duties. Can't blame them.
Years ago I attended a church service at my son's Anglican school in Sydney. They had a cadet unit at the school and the cadets came into the chapel in uniform, carrying their rifles. I was appalled at the symbolism of guns, even empty ones, being welcome in a house of worship. IMO there are some places where guns and other deadly weapons are unwelcome, schools being one of them. My home is another.
If you are black you might need it at the VA. They may start up the Tuskeegee Experiment again and you'll need to be prepared.
Around here churches get serial killers. Lucky a patron & the paster was carrying. They stopped his evil deed before he got started. same for a bank. A lot of bank robberies have been stopped by an armed person waiting to get service. Also gas stations or convenience stores.
Ave Maria!My opinion, a church is NO place for guns, period!
I used to take an aggressive karate stance as soon as I entered a restaurant but now at 74 I just ask the waiters to duck into the kitchen to join the cooks so I can shoot the place up ..... just to be sure.
There are plenty of unstable, cruel people who've got teaching credentials. I wouldn't send a child to a school where teachers are armed with lethal weapons.
Walking children through metal detectors every day is not a solution. Perhaps we'd be better off having to walk through metal detectors as we leave our homes...
Not me. I'm obsessed with reducing the scope of the 2nd Amendment. Why in the world civilized humans would want or be permitted to walk around with lethal force, including military style assault weaponry, at their fingertips is beyond my understanding.
I'm with you, Star, and agree, but realistically I just don't ever see change in the way of reducing weapons (guns) in private hands, though for those like yourself I would love to see nothing more.
Do you really think that a metal detector would thwart someone hell bent on shooting up a school? He'd (and it's nearly always a male) would merely first target those at the metal detector.
Nothing is 100% foolproof, but in keeping with this topic, I was looking to cast whatever ideas I had, because the seemingly stagnant effort being made currently is definitely not attributing to a better life or environment.
Absolutely, yes. How many shootings have you heard of on airplanes lately? Zero?
You ignored the second part of my post. The gunman would merely start off by shooting down the crowd waiting outside the metal detectors. Unlike airports with staggered arrival times, schools have one or two start times. Students will line up at the entrance waiting to go through the detectors, much as happens at a concert or sporting event entrance.
I didn't ignore it. I deemed it irrelevant. I appreciate your congenial outlook on stopping violent crime but you are limiting your imagination and the ability to adapt .... for what purpose I cannot see.
