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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (211709)12/15/2012 7:43:08 PM
From: neolib1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 541139
 
I think you are making a fatal mistake in that analysis. A large fraction of our problem with guns is our love affair with them. The reports coming out now indicate the Mom was a gun nut. In a society with few guns (because of tough gun laws) there won't be as much fascination with them over time. Its something that can be changed only over time. You have to let the people who grew up romanticizing guns die off. Several generations of them.

But arguments like you are making will only insure that change never comes, so of course we will keep living with the results and wringing our hands about nothing being able to change anything.

Regarding bolt action, I also disagree. The hallmark of almost all these mass shootings is how inept the individuals are. I'm always amazed that the numbers are as low as they are. So given the ineptness, single-action of any sort would help greatly at reducing the carnage. Not the least of which is that in a crowd, someone with a bolt action will only drop a couple of people rushing him, and the third individual will smash his face in for him. Makes quite a difference in motivating the victims to mount a charge. Any sort of semiauto can preclude much chance of success unless the quarters are really close and the guy is ringed.
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