Mass shootings

[Millhouse]

(02-22-2018, 01:25 PM)Wyche Wrote: That is true.....but take the Colorado movie shooter....he meticulously planned the shooting, AND making bombs/boobie traps.  I think we need to have tougher screening, waiting periods, safety courses for neophytes, (I took hunter safety in middle school) for standard arms.  Anything construed as "military grade" needs to have even more stringent screening and evaluation.  For example.....I like the idea of going to certain gun ranges and being able to fire off a fully automatic weapon for fun/blowing off steam, but that doesn't mean I need or want one in my home.  Enthusiasts may want a modded AR, and that's fine with me too, but they need to pass a more rigorous background check and waiting period in my opinion.  

What I don't want is a total ban.

And to go on that, even banning military grade weapons (which I am in favor of), wouldn't have helped the victims from the Virginia Tech mass shooting.

Its what I said earlier that an approach needs to be taken from multiple angles which includes bans of ARs, tougher background checks, crack down on shady gun show dealers, mental illnesses, tougher border security, and make it easier for law enforcement to get warrants for searches and raids based off of tips. And so-on and so-on..

But here is what I am not a fan of seeing, students marching out of class to see action taken. Because if they are going to protest guns, why in the world are they not going to protest smart phones that are responsible for countless more teen deaths a year via texting and driving.