Addressing this might not save more lives, but it’s the flavor of the day, so let’s put that one into perspective. But in no way was this unprecedented – only five months ago, a shooting in Las Vegas resulted in the highest death toll from a mass shooting yet.
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How many more needless deaths must there be in order for U.S lawmakers to take decisive and genuine action to mitigate more mass shootings?
Our children and grandchildren should not be forced to huddle under their desks and hide in closets in buildings that should be the safest places in America. Parents are anxious and ask this question.
Criminals for sure would not turn them in and neither would unbalanced creeps such as these school shooters.
Such is the pessimistic view of some parents. “A well-regulated militia”? Is that the reason we are to have guns?
But they’ve also done the smartest thing – arming and training classroom teachers who can defend against intruders.
More guns is not the answer to our systemic guns problem; neither is having two, three or four armed guards at every school door, or other soft “cosmetic” changes created to pacify us for the short-term. Sens. Tillis and Burr are some of the worst recipients, collectively receiving more than $11 million in contributions. It was the preferred US military-assault rifle of its time and through major three wars, intended for one specific objective: to kill. African-American men are 6 percent of the population but account for 50 percent of the homicide victims.
School shootings have reached fearsome levels in the US. It has grave economic implications as the cost of this violence is estimated to cost at least $229 billion annually. The fact that gun violence has been declining for decades should counsel against fatalism.
Suddenly, the National Rifle Association and its bought-and-paid-for politicians are discovering that offering “thoughts and prayers”, and arguing that “now is not the time” to call for reforms, no longer work.
No doubt, gun violence is a complex issue, and there are strong views held on each side. As Florida shooting survivors protest over U.S. gun laws, President Trump, besides promising “very strong” background checks for gun owners, has been suggesting arming teachers “with military or special training experience” as the solution.
Prohibit people from open carrying a gun into a bar or other establishment serving liquor.
In both the United Kingdom and Australia following school shootings there was a huge crackdown on who could buy guns and what they could buy them for and since then there hasn’t been another school shooting. We’ve seen this very same debate before, and we all know how it ends – with nothing being done, and gun sales will spike once again. But the goal of a gun is its ability to dispense deadly force. But, we must learn some lessons after experiencing painful tragedy after tragedy.
First, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Black people found to be in possession of weapons were often executed on the spot. Would it stop everyone from acquiring a gun illegally or using other guns or weapons? No. I refuse to believe nothing can be done. The targets are emerging voters angry about the cavalier attitude regarding guns and their safety in Congress.
A prominent Republican donor has demanded that the Republican party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and said he would not contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians.
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Every mass shooting, we come to this same conclusion and go through the same cycle.
