Amish school shooting ( Archived) (37)

You are so right Alex.

How many and what kind of hateful reactions would this breed from "Law abiding citizens"

Dicipline at all levels

Of the Countries that have banned weapons do any of them have a lower violent crime rate than they did before the ban?

Do they have a less violent crime rate than the United States which allows its citizens to own guns?

Well now that's a very good question. For the gun is merely the tool used to implement the intent. Removing the tool does not remove the intent. However the tool being as effective as it is does facilitate swift and thorough execution of intent. An execution that may not come to fruition if the person of intent had time to diffuse and think. A hell of a lot can happen in the heat of the moment with the right tool ( probably what happened when I hooked up with my ex )

Knives can do about the similar damage almost as quickly, and are much harder to trace back to a criminal. I am not a fan of guns but I dont think that banning them is the solution. There should be much tougher regulation on how they are distributed.

ah...and what a topic for your first post.

be welcome.

Switzerland's gun crime rate is almost nil.

Good job too, all the men between 18-45 have their automatic rifles in their closet, and they cycle the streets with them on their back.

Welcome to the forums.
Thanks for posting.

A gun is a weapon. Nothing more, nothing less. It can be used as a hammer, but then so can a 4 inch stilleto heel.

A knife (generally) will have another use, so will sticks, clubs, sickles, and the host of other "violent" objects.

we had an instance of this in the UK, where a guy called Michael Ryan literally shot up a small town called Hungerford in the south of the UK.

Armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and a Beretta pistol, Michael Ryan rampaged through the streets of Hungerford shooting 17 people

He was in a reputable gun club, and was a respected member of the community. No one really knows why he did it. Although he was recently unemployed, he had no history of depression.

He bought his guns off the internet.
They were delivered to the Republic of Ireland, and he collected them from there.

Regulating gun purchases will be almost impossible as the advent of the internet will allow cross country purchases to remain unchecked.

Even licensed gun owners are still killing people.

There is no real solution, as banning all guns would be untenable and impractical. You get rid of guns, and something would replace it.

It would be a nice idea, but reality is different. It will be left to this Amish-killer and Michael Ryan to prove that guns are dangerous.

Thanks

Bullets can be traced back to guns after they are fired. It would make sense to catalog the bullets fired from each gun prior to it being sold. If a bullet that matches that gun is later found you know where to start looking for the bad guy.

I just think there will always be people that do bad things. We just need to step up our ability to track them down.

There have been several BRUTAL murders in the Amish community. Lots of inbreeding don'y ya know.

Guy gutted his wife and stacked her internal organs on her chest, in front of his kids. Thanks gawd he didn't have a hand gun....