10-03-2017, 03:32 PM
(10-03-2017, 03:10 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Like I said before, short of an outright ban on guns (which is unconstitutional), gun laws won't prevent guys like this from doing what they did.
As the late (and apparently pregnant) Fredtoast pointed out, mass shootings are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to gun violence, which is true. Then again, how much will really be stopped by the safety net? With 3D printers and the ability to make homemade mods, normal people have access to weapons like the ones used to kill nearly 60 people this week. That doesn't mean I don't want any safety measures, it just won't be a magic fix.
It starts with a focus on mental health in my opinion.
This is one of the reasons why in my proposal I specify an increase in funding to the research of gun violence. This has been stalled for so long out of fear of reprisal by the NRA. If we want to address the root causes, we need the research.
