I could in no wise look a combat man (woman too) under the age of 21 in the eye and tell him he had any restrictions from the full benefit of the 2nd Amendment. “Thank you for your service. Pick out the firearm of your choice.”
I made the claim of what? Police not doing anything. It is what all the news reported and what the parents verified.
Is this a draft?
So civilians ought to be able to have what the military has?
Parental bravery.
Are the parents that were interviewed and told their stories lying? Were all those who relayed the stories of parents trying to run past the police to rescue their child lying? And the police tasing parents and handcuffing them untrue?
You do understand the difference between an AR15 and a semi-auto hunting rifle is nonexistent, right?
Is an AR15 more dangerous than my semi-auto 12ga that holds 12 shells? Would it be different if it could hold a magazine? Why don’t you have this issue with 9mm pistols when they are the tool of most gun deaths?
Not all troops are combat troops. And some military members should not be trusted with guns.
Outside. Not inside or with bullets whizzing by. There’s also nothing brave about emotionally running forward with no plan for success.
I’m sure that’s true. Edit: And I’ll add that they shouldn’t have done anything to any parents.
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It is good we agree the combat troops should be considered regardless of age.
Assuming mental condition records are representative of the military person attempting to purchase a firearm, the background check will flag those that shouldn’t have possession of a firearm.
IMO, you are reasonable
If 18-year-olds couldn’t vote, couldn’t be drafted, and didn’t have to pay taxes I might get behind raising the age to buy a gun to 21.
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There’s nothing brave about doing nothing when you have planned, and trained, for such an event.
But until then. let the mass shootings take place.
There’s also nothing brave about sitting around circle-jerking while armed and children are being murdered.
Are these featured in mass shootings?
Why don’t other countries have this problem with the frequency as the U.S.?
They are the same damn gun functionally, but they aren’t as black and scary to liberals.
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Great podcast on actual solutions.
I didn’t claim anyone was brave.
Addition:
The planning and training is like doing karate katas to prepare for a fight.
Hhhmmmm… Other countries have regulated semiautomatic rifles in response to massacres, most recently New Zealand, which banned them less than a month after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. Australia banned the weapons after a 1996 rampage committed with the Colt AR-15 and has had only one mass shooting since.
How many’d they have before the ban?
I really don’t think ANYONE gives a rat’s ass what other countries do.
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“In 2020, handguns were involved in 59% of the 13,620 U.S. gun murders and non-negligent manslaughters for which data is available, according to the FBI. Rifles – the category that includes guns sometimes referred to as “assault weapons” – were involved in 3% of firearm murders.” (What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. | Pew Research Center)
@castoli you’re terribly ignorant about guns.
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