Mass shootings

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(02-22-2018, 10:27 PM)Benton Wrote: I’ll agree with that, but my comment wasn’t restricted to just the media. Talk to a gop lawmaker or 2nd advocate and the discussion is usually how you can’t change/differently interpret the constitution or how Chicago is a the perfect example of why regulations are unnecessary.

I've never really encountered someone like that, which I realize is not evidence such people don't exist.  I will stand by the assertion that misinformation from the anti-gun side gains much more traction with the national media, to the point that the ultra conservative Washington Post felt compelled to point it out.  Kudos to them for that bit of journalistic integrity.

(02-22-2018, 10:33 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The right to comfort is being thrown around by people of all ideologies for so many issues. I understand what you mean, and it's true. The fact that we offer so many rights often means you won't always feel safe. Your feelings don't get preference to someone's rights. Ideally, we surrender absolute freedom to maintain a basic assurance of safety by the government, so there is that philosophical argument, though it's more nuanced than just saying you want to feel safe. 

Of course it is, the "right to feel safe" is simply how it's being presented post FL shooting.  My sister once asked me if my stance on firearms would change if one of my nephews were killed in a school shooting (pains me to even type that btw).  I told her that it would not, because my reasons for believing in firearms ownership are not dependent on never being a victim of their misuse.  A GOP lawmaker, I forget who, changed his mind on gay marriage when his son came out as gay.  He was lauded for this.  I saw it as rather depressing.  Why did it take you being personally affected to see the flaws in your previous objection?  In a perfect world we could all own any gun we wanted and no one would misuse them.  In a perfect world people wouldn't become parents unless they really wanted children and would then devote the time to raise them in a caring and loving environment.  Neither happens and the latter causes the former far more than the reverse.