Dear Editor:
Another shooting - more children massacred. Liberals blame the gun, but it is the shooter who should be blamed. The Tennessee shooter was mentally ill and evil; and as we have learned mixed up on his/her gender. Good Grief! President Biden has demanded a ban on Assault Weapons, but no one has been able to come up with a definition as to what they are. The ban during the Clinton Administration did nothing to arrest the murder rate - a failure; so too would be another ban. One suggestion was that any gun crime would be a federal offense with lengthy imprisonment. I don't think this would be the correct step. Mental health is something to look at in a serious manner. I do not know nor have I seen a solution to the violence that has occurred in our country for a very long time perhaps more so in the last 5-10 years.
The cure is - Secure the Perimeter. If nothing else bolt locks from the inside on all doors.
AR-15 semi-auto rifles are weapons of war - no infantry soldier would go to war with one. It is not a battle rifle. I do own a .223 semi-auto rifle - it is an AM-15 built by Anderson Manufacturing located in Kentucky. I am not a danger to myself or others - but if I read the President correctly, he wants confiscation. I generally shoot for recreation; my hunting and trap shooting days are over. So of the hundreds/ thousands of semi-auto rifle owners are to give them up to a government and a President that doesn't know or understand the real problem? If this government were serious about our violence problem - one thing to do would be to shut down the border. No drugs, no fentanyl, no sex trafficking, no more undocumented criminals or gang members. That would prove Pres. Biden is serious.
Well that's my piece and I'm sticking to it - I am sure the naysayer critics will undoubtedly have the answer. Stay tuned - your mileage may vary.
Regards,
John Stiegelmeyer
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Secure the perimeter you say? Who pays for that and schools are underfunded now. The solution is an easy one. You break our laws, are a domestic abuser, mentally ill, etc. then you can’t purchase a weapon. If you break our laws then you turn your weapons in. Want to own a gun? Follow our laws!
As to "assault weapons" ban - just how do you make that work -- last count there were north of 2,000,000 semi-auto rifles in the hands of our citizens. It is not easy to identify by our stupid congress and admin. They are not knowledgeable on the types of firearms or ammunition. Stupid is as stupid does. We have a problem with gangs and mental health. The shooters have left plenty of clues, but none were acted on. So give an answer on how to make "red flag" laws and not confiscate without due process. Or just have a neighbor point the finger to get even.
Solutions to violence may not be easy. securing the perimeter is; our Chief Paxton can offer suggestions, and the parents and teachers can do the job.
Mental health is definitely something that should be taken more seriously, and we should be very critical of initiatives by our governor and legislators to reduce funding for mental health programs in the state.
I personally do not blame the gun for gun violence. Nor do I blame the perpetrator, completely. I blame the law makers for a perpetual failure to enact any sort of sensible restrictions on gun ownership.
John seems to want to put the entire blame of mass shootings on the shoulders of mentally unstable people doing the shooting, but doesn't seem to want to do anything to restrict gun ownership from mentally unstable people (presumably because a lot of those people would vote Republican).
We need to separate unstable people from guns. That can only happen through sensible gun restriction legislation.
The Nashville shooter had no criminal record, but he was seeing a therapist for emotional problems. Then there is the patient/doctor privilege. How far can they legally go in informing officials?
There are so many questions. I just hope and pray that someone can answer them and soon!!
"Let's arm teachers! Problem solved!" says the people that don't trust teachers to teach.
"It's not the guns - it's the people!" says the people that want every "people" to have access to guns.
"It's not a gun control problem - it's a mental health problem!" says the people that regularly fight against increased access to mental health care.
Str8 white shooter
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(ad infinitum ad nauseum)
Trans shooter
"OMG! See? We told you those trans people were a problem!"
"There's really nothing we can do to prevent it," says the people of the only country in the world where it happens regularly.
Teachers in Israel are armed and trained. When was the last time you saw on the news that they had a school shooting? If you want to deter a threat, you have to harden the target.
It's easy to Monday morning quarterback yet the murder rates did not go down under the Clinton gun bans. The criminals didn't pay any attention to it. To blame the problem on guns is like blaming a vehicle for DWI or if someone attacks a person with a hammer, blaming the hammer. Accountability has to be placed on the human committing the act. To do anything else is idiotic. It's that same thinking that has now made Chicago and New York two of the most dangerous cities in the world. Lock up the criminals and keep them locked up. Sure expand mental health and fund it by ending the bs free programs that accomplish nothing productive except to buy votes and keep people dependent on the government led by the same old lame politicians.
Ban kool-aid. Jim Jones killed 971 people with it.
You could double the budgets of schools, and in a couple of years, they would want more.
Dave Coots
Re: Chicago & New York "most dangerous cities in the world". Reality: not even in the Top 50 https://www.statista.com/statistics/243797/ranking-of-the-most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world-by-murder-rate-per-capita/
Re: murder rates didn't go down during "Clinton gun ban". Reality: they did. https://www.statista.com/statistics/191134/reported-murder-and-nonnegligent-manslaughter-cases-in-the-us-since-1990/
[EXTRA...EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT!!] Joe Biden says, We only have 5 million illegal immigrants here now so...Men bring your wives, your 8 kids, your 5 sisters, your 5 brothers,`your uncle Juan, your aunt Selma, their 10 kids, your dogs, your cats, your parrots-who speak better English than you. COME ON UP!! You'll have three square meals a day, a roof over your head, medical attention...lots of free time to wander through all the cities. Anything your hearts desire! COME ONE...COME ALL!!! You'll have a better life than our seniors, our poor, and our vets!!!!
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Dave Coots
https://www.mystateline.com/news/chicago-named-murder-capital-of-the-u-s-in-new-report/#:~:text=(WTVO)%20%E2%80%94%20Chicago%20had%20the,straight%20year%2C%20the%20report%20concluded.
While Chicago may not be #1. The website you chose was way off as well. Remember Google is your friend also..
Has anyone else seen the one common denominator among all these US cities in their lame leadership? "Google is your friend."