Because it would do so much good to be locked up on the other side of the school instead of carried where it's needed?The only way a weapon could be put in schools would be if all teachers and staff had firearm training and it was locked up somewhere
The root of the problem is mental health, but why are you singling out teenagers? Sandy Hook was not a "teenager", had one of those teachers been carrying they would have at least had a chance to stop him as opposed to "luck"...The root of the problem has to be addressed more so than the question of shooting people. Teenagers that want to shoot their peers and authority figures feel isolated and angry. If mental health was better treated and made aware of in schools we might not need guns to stop them. This might be bad, but at times I can totally understand where a beaten down, lonely and depressed teen with access to guns might lash out. They are angry, so let's address what they are angry about.
Perhaps part of the problem is that people aren't able or willing to admit that despite tens of millions of guns being sold in the past 20 years, gun crime has plummeted?
In a more localized and specific example, in the six year span of 2005-2010 over 30M guns were sold in CA alone, yet the murder rate dropped by 20%. If guns were the cause of crime, wouldn't adding 30M more significantly raised the rate by this logic?
They're just one factor. It's possible murder could have dropped 30% or 40% without the extra guns - we don't know without looking into all the factors.
Is it possible that murder could have increase by 30 or 40% without the extra guns?
They're just one factor. It's possible murder could have dropped 30% or 40% without the extra guns - we don't know without looking into all the factors.
Detroit, NYC, Washington DC, Compton and Camden say hello?
That's not arguing a point very well.
If you have a point about those places, how about starting with stats for them and other cities - and then some exidence what the important factors are.
Drugs? Gangs? Budget for police? Root causes of racial differences?
Sorry, I was assuming someone would gather the bare minimum of subject knowledge by themselves before wading in on a such a complicated topic.. Such as what the worst crime areas that also have the most restrictive gun laws are.
Sorry, I was assuming someone would gather the bare minimum of subject knowledge by themselves before wading in on a such a complicated topic.. Such as what the worst crime areas that also have the most restrictive gun laws are.
I'll make sure to lower my expectations even further in the future, thanks.
You say it's only about restrictive gun legislation - but I notice white areas with restrictive gun legislation missing from your list, like Massachussetts.
Craig is correct -- saying "Detroit, NYC, Washington DC, Compton and Camden say hello?" is not much of an argument. It's more innuendo than anything else. More explanation and less snark, please.
Please detail the research you did on crime rates and gun ownership levels in various parts of the country, if any.
Not only do I live in MA, I have a Class A unrestricted LTC in it, one of the hardest to get in this State of Mass Confusion. I listed the others because empirical evidence has long since proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that those areas, despite having the most restrictive gun laws in the country, have by far the worst per-capita murder rates in the country.
As a semi-aside, it should also be noted that there is a correlation beyond any shadow of the doubt that major city gun crime is directly proportional to the control of the city by Leftists. The even sadder fact is that you have Socialists like Bloomberg CELEBRATING the fact that they had 419 murders only because it was less than Detroit.. like that is some kind of accomplishment.
To ignore the fact that there is a longstanding correlation with restrictive gun ownership and murder rates is to say nothing less than, "NYAH NYAH I DON'T CARE BAN ALL THOSE EVIL INANIMATE OBJECTS SO I CAN FEEL BETTER!"
To deny the right of personal protection is nothing less than advocating the right of robbery and murder.
FBB, here is a very good explanation of the Second Amendment.
http://cursesfoiledagain2.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/a-second-amendment-epiphany/
I have never read such a completely understandable explanation. This might help to explain the viewpoint of the pro 2A side.