gun control argument?

Question

what do you think of gun violence and what should we do to stop the gun violence.

Answer 1

Yep, gun control argument. Very good!

Answer 2

What the hell is your question? Gun control argument - what about it? Give us a little more to go with, and maybe you'll get a decent answer.

Answer 3

Well, I know of a couple who posted signs all over their yard that they believed in "gun control" and that their house was a "gun free" zone because of their beliefs. They promptly got robbed.

Answer 4

There is no such thing as "gun violence". People do violence.

A fellow in a nearby town killed his neighbor with a shovel, what was that, "shovel violence"??

Answer 5

The bad guys will always get their guns. This has been proven time and time again. Tougher gun control laws will not prevent this because criminals obtain their guns illegally anyway. So why take away the right of law abiding citizens to defend themselves. In the wake of the terrible tragedy at Virginia Tech I think we need to look deeper into other things than just new laws--like what is making us, as a society, so angry. We seem to have so little patience and tolerance for anything, especially our fellow man. Anyone who has encountered road rage, rude clerks, long lines, high prices, shoddy merchandise and service and endless automated phone systems knows what I'm talking about. I do not believe that music, tv, movies and video games are to blame for tragedies such as this. We have simply lost the personal touch--we have lost touch with the things that make life worth living and valuing--that connection with our fellow man--our children (most parents don't even know what their kids got going on in their rooms, on their computers or down in the basement! Many are too busy to even care or leave the job to others that's if there are even two parents in the home. Seems not too many people care about marriage anymore), our neighbors (in some communities you can live next door to someone for 20 years and not even know their name, family (many family members are spread out across the country), coworkers, police officers, neighborhood shopkeepers, etc.. Why sit down and write a letter when we can email or text message. Why visit when we can IM. We as a country are little by little giving rise to a society filled with lonely, hurt, angry and isolated young people with no guidance or discipline--left to their own devices, with too much time and/or money on their hands. Is it any wonder they develop an attitude that "life sucks and its cheap. "Call me a name, look at me the wrong way and one day, just one day, I'll take everybody out--what the hell" or maybe I'll just join a gang", do some drugs, steal some stuff. Am I the only one that finds this frightening! BY THE TIME THESE KIDS REACH PRISON IT IS TOO LATE!! Also, I believe it is NOT the TV stations, radio stations, recording artists, actors, actresses, models, athletes, or video game or movie makers or other such non-accessible peoples job to raise our kids! Schools can only do but so much. Maybe what we need instead of tougher gun laws are tougher laws holding parents accountable for the actions of their children and how they raise their children. Maybe you would then see more children being raised with love, guidance, structure and discipline! If my child's grades start slipping, or behavior starts changing, if he/she starts having disciplinary problems or getting into fights, if he/she presents himself at school, or anywhere else for that matter, with guns, knives, or any other weapon, or is building a bomb in my basement, selling or using drugs out of my home, painting swasticas on on the wall, running away, and other such antisocial actions and I do not notice or choose to ignore such actions THEN I SHOULD GO TO JAIL!! These are cries for help!!. We need to start holding parents responsible for how they raise their kids and raising kids is a FULL-TIME JOB! Maybe we should also be teaching young people that there are joys to NOT having children. Lets get over this notion that parenthood is for EVERYBODY just because we all have the equipment! A uterous does not a mother make and just because a man can produce sperm does not mean he will be a good father. Some people may be better off and happier being childless. There's no shame or selfishness in that. The selfishness comes in when you bring a child into this world when you are not in a stable relationship, or not emotionally or financially able to cope with the AWESOME, and yes I mean AWESOME day to day responsibility or shaping a young life and mind. It is not easy and not everyone is able to do it. But you just can't take a baby back to the store for a refund or exchange it for something else. If more people took a good, hard, honest look at themselves, their lives and what they want out of life BEFORE having children there would be happier parents and happier kids. More children would be wanted and loved. There's just no such thing as "having it all". Seems like the more we progress technologically as a society the more we descend into madness as individuals because we lose sight of what's real and its destroying our young people. Guns are the least of our problems!

One last thing. College campuses are large and open. There is no way to notify everyone of a shooting by email. This defies logic. How about some good ole' fashioned low tech loud speakers on top of every building and in every parking lot on every college campus in the country--first one to get the call pass it on loud and clear everywhere and shut the campus down!

Answer 6

Don't know much about it. I know Cheney says gun control in Wyoming means how steady you hold your rifle.

I guess he should have learned more about gun control and shot guns before he shot his friend in the face.

Answer 7

When a demented individual is hell bent on the crime of murder, I don't believe he would have any qualms about breaking the law by possessing the weapon he plans on using.

Answer 8

Big up