In that case it still means nothing. Homeland security found that the TSA has failed to stop 95% of potential attacks. The TSA is just there for show. A hope that their existence itself will be a deterrent.
The gunman always has the element of planning and/or surprise on his side, which is why there was no possibility of effectively firing back at the Las Vegas shooter. What everybody believes they may or may not do in an active shooter situation goes out the window the second you hear those shots start firing.
To springboard off of that...
Well surely you'd agree then at least that accessibility of guns for the mentally ill is a problem. A fully automatic rifle is far too efficient a killing machine to give away thoughtlessly.
Bump stocks are still legal AFAIK.
Alot of good that does. I have a friend with a full auto BAR and another with a full auto m16. I personally own 40cal black talons. The law doesn't matter. And Here's the problem with trying to turn this into a gun control issue. You are taking liability away from the shooter. You guys remember there's a person behind the gun that would use any means necessary right?
Simple then, report your friend and get him fined and/or his firearm taken away. If you know that he possesses an illegal firearm and you choose to do nothing about it, that technically makes you an accessory to a crime
"Any means necessary." It doesn't matter. A katana or a bow or whatever the fuck else is not gonna kill seventeen people in a matter of minutes. These firearms are obviously more advanced than any that civilians had access to in the past. But hey, let's just keep cannibalizing ourselves as a nation because that's what we've been doing anyway, right? I know it doesn't matter. I know the second amendment is probably tied for first most holy, and people will get their guns as they always have. Sometimes it's enough to make me want to move and change citizenship despite living a comfortable life here. I own a couple guns myself, but the crowd that lives and breathes and fucks guns is something different. Especially those heartless in the face of tragedies like this one and all those in the recent past just because they want to be quick to clutch their pearls (gun rights). God forbid we ever went down to only 10 guns on the street for every citizen.
True...he could report him as anonymous, but I don't like to impose morality one way or another. The bigger picture is definitely the bigger problem in America anyway, and certainly nothing positive in regard to guns will be happening under Trump.
I was speaking more along the lines of using pipebombs, anthrax, arson, etc. They've all been done before. You guys seem to think it's a easy as just making guns illegal. It's not that simple. Heroin has been 100% illegal for at least 100 years. We have the largest death toll from heroin od today then we've ever had before.
That would be a dick thing to do
You're absolutely right, but the only way that laws like that work is if they're enforced. By allowing your friend to keep automatic weapons, both you and your friend are part of the problem
Heh, shows what you know of the different Scoville values in pepper spray, some of which can blind a person for well over a day. Also you have options for ranged and baton tasers. Both fantastic weapons if you pick a quality product. I've also got a large double-sided knife with full steel-knuckle handguard that's fun to play with. Guns are obviously your most lethal option, but still not likely to be your most effective unless you're one of those weirdos who is always strapped. Easier to keep good pepper spray or a good taser/small knife nearby.
What problem? In what world is there a set of infallible rules? Laws don't have any supernatural moral authority behind them. You know what enforces laws? Dudes with guns. You know who makes laws, dudes in suits. There was a time when I would have been "part of the problem" for letting a black person take my seat on a bus.
Nah my thought process would be a buyout for all unwanted/excess guns across the country, including from pawn shops and etc. Fair pricing of course. Not making guns illegal, of course that wouldn't work.
Oh please. The government does not need our guns, and the NRA will give you any line to sell you a gun when prices are highest (like they were during the moronic panic of the Obama years).
