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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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James Seagrove
To: Lane3 who wrote (56561)2/16/2018 4:54:18 PM
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>>>One wonders what the substitute weapon of choice would turn out to be. Machetes would probably be less threatening, IEDs, more so.

Why would a substitute be necessary? We have 300 million guns in the hands of people most of whom are not about to give them up even if the law demanded it. There are enough AR15s in the hands of dope dealers and other criminals today that there would be a ready black market for maybe 50 years or more.

The presence of guns in the US will not diminish materially formamvery long time.

Which is why technology to harden targets is a far better approach to dealing with the problem at this time. If not technology, weapons.

It would dramatically reduce shootings if shooters were confident there were a couple of well armed citizen guards on duty at every school, hospital, and other soft target.

How many mass murders have we seen at banks and police stations lately?
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