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From other forums I knew some seniors who carried guns. One man in Texas who always cleaned them in the presence of every new friend of his daughter. Most of them didn't visit her a second time. And then a couple in Minnesota. Both of them, even the lady, carried their guns (revolvers) in public.Incidentally, and from left field, do Pensioners/Seniors own or carry guns? maybe this a silly question but do any of you (USA)own a gun and if so why? I`ll understand if no answers.
Like drug laws we have so many gun laws it would be hard to count them. Many laws are unenforced by the DAs in the cities and states that made the laws. Many of those who break laws are back on the streets within a few hours of arrest. No law of any kind will be effective unless it is enforced.I agree! Same with drugs. Drugs don't just get up and inject themselves into somebody's arm, so we shouldn't have any laws prohibiting the sale or possession of illicit drugs. It's common sense!
I am aware that there are not enough sources of mental health care for all the people who need it. I am aware that there is not good coverage in most health insurance policies and I'm also aware that the people who need it most, often do not have health insurance. I'm also aware that this thread focused on one solution and that is why I added mental health care.Perhaps you are not aware but mental health agencies do focus on that every day. They are told to ask clients certain questions about hurting themselves or others and by what means. This has been going on for quite some time. It is not the only answer to this problem. We have 50 states to monitor and a huge country. They all have to do what is necessary to combat this problem. Not all states are doing all that is necessary and the government isn't doing all that is necessary and treating people with mental health concerns is not 100 percent foolproof.
This is a huge problem as everyone knows and it's not going away overnight. We have to take this one day at a time and one solution at a time and keep coming up with more solutions and all solutions are welcomed by us and to our president who you can write to. Information is on the internet by search of Whitehouse.
Actually an atrocity can be carried out with a knife, an axe, a sword or a hammer, to name a few. It would almost certainly affect less people but who knows when it's a roomful of small children that is being attacked by a mentally ill individual. What about the other people in this shooter's life? Did they not realize something was wrong? Did they try to get help? Maybe we will get answers.(Why do you focus on the gun rather than the mental health of the person who fires it?) Agree with the basic statement but mentally ill or not this atrocity could hardly have been carried out, with say a bread knife. Really with two assault rifles and a handgun, then to suggest that guns are not the problem, I give up on that thinking!
Six people — three children and three adult staff members — at the Covenant School in the affluent Nashville suburb of Green Hills were killed Monday by a woman armed with two assault rifles and a handgun.
I think this is one of those correlation is not causation situations. No one who commits mass murder is mentally healthy, they all must be disturbed in some way -- I'm not saying with a diagnosed mental illness -- but with a lack of focus, purpose, impulse control and self-esteem. They are usually social outcasts, searching for some way to be acceptable to other and to themselves. It stands to reason such mixed up young people would be trying out different gender identities in a desperate effort to stop whatever is going wrong with them.First it was a teenager. Then a 28 yo woman. Wrong and wrong: it was a TRANS Found this on Twitter, but it must be just some conspiracy theory ...
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That’s a disgusting thing to say.Yes, this is a replay of Uvalde except Ramos was handicapped and Hale was gay........same thing......
And yet all the school children in all of these cases who died, died of gun shot wounds. Wonder how that happened when it had nothing to do with guns?It has nothing to do with the guns .... it only has to do with the person/human behind the gun.
I never leave home without a pistol. It’s a dangerous world out there and I feel the need to carry my pistol. I would feel terrible sitting in a restaurant or movie theater and a shooting happened and I would find myself and my wife crawling on the floor for protection. My wife used to ask me if I was “ready” to go. That was a reminder to me to be sure I was carrying. My wife, son and daughter all carry. It doesn’t guarantee your safety, but it gives you a chance to survive if a shooting should happen.Yes they didn't wait an hour while the shooting continued. 129 mass shootings this year and it isn't even April yet!
@911 I agree. Ron has a carry permit and one of his guns goes where we go. We both practice a couple times a year. The guns are locked away when the grandkids come over, and all our kids know that there are guns in the house and where they are. Most of them have guns themselves.I never leave home without a pistol. It’s a dangerous world out there and I feel the need to carry my pistol. I would feel terrible sitting in a restaurant or movie theater and a shooting happened and I would find myself and my wife crawling on the floor for protection. My wife used to ask me if I was “ready” to go. That was a reminder to me to be sure I was carrying. My wife, son and daughter all carry. It doesn’t guarantee your safety, but it gives you a chance to survive if a shooting should happen.
People ask me if it’s s good idea to carry. I tell them “not until you take a safety course.” I attended a safety course about a month ago presented by the NRA, which I am not a member of, so I had to pay $25 to enter, which is very inexpensive. A lot of safety courses run as high as $75 in my area. I went because (you guessed it) a neighbor asked me to go along. I thought it was very good. Very thorough for sure. You didn’t want to try to rob the place that night. Everyone had a pistol, unloaded, of course.
You still live in California? You can get a conceal carry permit, apply with your local Sheriff's Dept. or Police Dept.I'm a gun owner but I don't carry outside my property. I live in a state that doesn't issue carry permits except to cops.
Are you allowed to open carry?I'm a gun owner but I don't carry outside my property. I live in a state that doesn't issue carry permits except to cops.
I was curious about this when I read the post. I had to double-check so I googled it and saw that Cal does have CCW permits.You still live in California? You can get a conceal carry permit, apply with your local Sheriff's Dept. or Police Dept.
https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/pubfaqs#4