.curve wrote:
Aventus wrote:
I love how gun control is always seen as gun banning, that is not the point of gun control. You both are arguing a completely invalid argument. People want background checks and mental evaluations for you to be able to own a gun. I think that's very reasonable.
Also this kids a mental case we need to make it much easier to get mental health care, this kid clearly needed it.
Because a criminal doesn't need a background check or psych eval to own a gun.
Putting regulations on how average, law abiding citizens obtain guns only makes them an easier target to the criminal who bought his gun on the street.
I'm all for less strict gun control but way better firearm/self defense education for anyone who does purchase a gun legally. Teach people how and when to use a gun, teach them gun safety, teach them to be responsible with this tool and I think we'd see a drop in gun related crimes. If everyone has a gun, and mostly everyone knows how to use it, it suddenly becomes a lot more dangerous for criminals to commit crimes with them.
Do you really want a society of gun toting I am vegeta's, like you do realize how stupid people are in america and you want to arm all of them. Think about the people you went to high school with, would you trust ALL of them with your life?
Also I'm not ready to live in this paranoid society, in all honesty how many of the people in your life have needed to pull a gun on someone to solve an issue.
BuDo wrote:
What about this kid's lifestyle made you believe it was hard for him to get mental health care...
The societal implications that he is "crazy" when he asks for help. Our society is the creator of these nut cases, we judge before we help.