(08-12-2019, 02:32 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(08-12-2019, 12:55 PM)B2hibry Wrote: That is a narrow point of view and naive. Kind of funny (ironic) how that is the same thought process with each and every "gun control" measure for each an every emotional reaction to highly publicized shooting. Not every mass shooting, just the ones that meet an agenda.

Not that type of gun, this one. Not that magazine type, this one. Not that bullet type, this one. Rinse and repeat until there is precedence to ban everything. And Yes, staying true to the 2nd Amendment you have the right to access for that type of weaponery.

So because people are emotional after innocent lives are taken, we can’t use that to try and better this country?

You think the gun laws are perfect the way they are now? 

I’m not saying I know the answer here but I don’t think anyone knows. it seems to me that what we have now isn’t working. The wrong people are getting a hold of some serious ammunition. 

I would also take my chances against a man with a knife than a man with a gun.

That is exactly what I am saying. If you think knee-jerk reactions based on emotion has its place in clear-headed decision making or society in general, that is a problem. The bottom line is your government wants guns to go away and needs your emotion to push it because rational thought hasn't and won't allow it. If you think it is because they care, why not talk about Dayton or the multiple mass shootings in Chicago just this week? How about the multiple homicides by gun in El Paso the weeks prior to the Walmart incident? 

Nothing is ever perfect, especially laws based on emotion. Otherwise, we wouldn't have a combined federal and local set of over 20K gun laws on the books already.

You finally touched on a valid point. There is no singular answer, and we are throwing [BLEEP] against a wall to try and see if something works. There will never be a solution, as humans are emotional and violent by nature. Some just more so than others. Let's put that time, effort, and money to formulate actionable data to come up with possible deterrents.

The ammo type has no bearing on any of this. And unlike you, I'd rather take my chances with an individual in close quarters with an rifle or gun in general over a knife/cutting object. But, in any situation, the tool is only as good as the individual that uses it.

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