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1. sidcoo+t1[view] [source] 2012-12-14 18:35:14
>>KenCoc+(OP)
And there should be no gun control....Bollocks.
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2. bstewa+02[view] [source] 2012-12-14 18:41:40
>>sidcoo+t1
Gun control cant and wont solve these problems. These are societal problems. Anyone insane and evil enough to kill children would get guns on the black market or use some other weapon such as a bomb. Schools need to able to have armed guards and better locked/secured entries IMO.
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3. potato+V2[view] [source] 2012-12-14 18:50:18
>>bstewa+02
> "Schools need to able to have armed guards and better locked/secured entries IMO."

Then they will find some other means to do their thing. School buses? Malls? Day cares? The list is endless. Not to mention school shootings are far from the only form of mass murder - movie theaters recently too.

Unless you are ready to sign up for a fortified, bunkered America in all facets, "security" is not a solution to this problem. The vulnerable surface area is all public spaces.

I'd be much, much more concerned about the state of mental health care in this country. No one in their right mind goes and shoots children, nor a theater full of movie-goers - these aren't crimes of opportunity, they are indicative of severe mental disturbance.

Inevitably when tragedies like this come up we get into a big fight about gun control and then forget it ever happened. So rarely do we see any real discussion about preventing someone from seeking out the gun in the first place.

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