Effing Americans and guns

[MarillionFan]

It's to do with the tradition of forcing men to under go military training due to not having an army.

Well it looks like Tunisia is the safest place to go. Only 9000 guns in the country. I reckon there's more than that in a 10 square mile area of where I am now!

[Old Hack]

Its a tricky one... as Chris Rock said .. the problem is not gun control its bullet control ! ... slap a massive tax on bullets... making them 1000% more expensive and then make these bozos think twice about shooting what would be the equivalent of silver bullets at poor innocents.

Not if they are taking a one way ticket out, it would never stop things like the cinema shootings, etc as the people are checking out; suicide by cop etc

Most people round here have a gun of some sort, including me. I shoot rabbits and pigeons, and foxes if they're dumb enough to come by. Haven't heard of anyone going postal in rural Zomerset.

It's not guns, or gun control, it's, imo, a lot to do with education.

[BrilloPad]

Not if they are taking a one way ticket out, it would never stop things like the cinema shootings, etc as the people are checking out; suicide by cop etc

Most people round here have a gun of some sort, including me. I shoot rabbits and pigeons, and foxes if they're dumb enough to come by. Haven't heard of anyone going postal in rural Zomerset.

It's not guns, or gun control, it's, imo, a lot to do with education.

Its almost impossible to to the Derrick Bird type shootings. But the Hungerford and Dunblane type should be preventable.

Can we take the Zomerset/education jokes as read?

[MarillionFan]

British boy Dylan, 6, is victim of US school massacre | The Sun |News

And this headline does even less to persuade me.

[Old Hack]

Its almost impossible to to the Derrick Bird type shootings. But the Hungerford and Dunblane type should be preventable.

Can we take the Zomerset/education jokes as read?

I just heard the Hungerford one was because his mum said to him, hey, shoot up town and get me a loaf of bread...

I genuinely think there should be more joined up thinking, in that if someone is at their quacks and is being treated, or there's a suspicion of mental health issues, there should be a flag on his/her record stating they hold firearms, and maybe their permits should be removed until they've been proven to have recovered, or they need to reapply afterwards. Mine was given to me on the back of having land, having two referees and stating it was for pest reasons. Very quick.

[gingerjedi]

I genuinely think there should be more joined up thinking, in that if someone is at their quacks and is being treated, or there's a suspicion of mental health issues, there should be a flag on his/her record stating they hold firearms, and maybe their permits should be removed until they've been proven to have recovered, or they need to reapply afterwards. Mine was given to me on the back of having land, having two referees and stating it was for pest reasons. Very quick.

But in the US anyone can get hold of a gun with very little effort and a significant minority are feckin idiots, I'm not making light of mental illness but you have to be an idiot to hold 4 guns knowing there was a fruit loop living in the same house and not taking measures to ensure they aren't easily accessible.

There is no solution without recognition that the wild west was over 200 years ago and the threat of Russia invading isn't a likely scenario, just let them get on with it, people get the government they deserve etc etc.

[SupremeSpod]

Ironic that his parents moved there because it was "safer".

Ho hum.

How long before a film deal is signed...

[vetran]

what is coming?

Obama was suggesting doing something about it this morning, for a crazy moment I suspected he was going to propose disarming the populace?

wow if he tries.

[minestrone]

He will be dead within a year if he tries additional federal gun control.

[MyUserName]

Obama was suggesting doing something about it this morning, for a crazy moment I suspected he was going to propose disarming the populace?

wow if he tries.

It would never ever work. The hard core nuts would refuse to hand them over and when you came to take them they would fecking shoot you - it is probably the scenario they are secretly excited by