Mass shootings

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(02-22-2018, 01:59 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The problem is that there needs to be a but more rigor on those. You can take a hunter safety course in Virginia and never handle a firearm, then turn around and get a concealed firearms permit. You can also take an online course on firearm safety and use that certificate to get one. You can quite literally be licensed to carry a loaded firearm in most places in Virginia, concealed, without ever having touched a gun before in your life.

This is why I have a problem with reciprocity for those permits. One state may have very strict guidelines and another may be like Virginia.

Well, an online firearms course is kind of pointless anyway.

Would you give someone a driver's license if they took a four hour online course? For most sane people, no. That's still more restrictions than we have on firearms, though.

(02-22-2018, 02:09 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Then why has almost  every democrat fought against securing the schools with security or even arming teachers or staff?     The only talk we here is banning guns.    Like it or not but we will never ban guns.  

We can secure the schools.   If we can secure an airport we can secure a school.

We can strengthen mental health services and commit more people.

The first graph, that's not correct. And even for those who have spoken out against arming staff... good. Again, it's a horrible idea. There's also no validity to the "all we hear is banning guns." That's unbelievably inaccurate. There are a small handful of extreme lawmakers advocating for banning some firearms, mostly what's deemed an assault rifle. Their numbers are much smaller (and less dangerous) than the ones advocating for arming civilians and putting them in schools.

As far as the rest, the GOP has taken steps to reduce school funding (which allows for less money to provide for security) and loosened restrictions on the mentally ill getting firearms. If you're going to make it a partisan issue, I wouldn't be advocating for things your side is against.