Call it what you want, it worked. And yes you're right trying to take Americans guns wouldn't go well but again, you can argue the methods but the result is what is being talked about and that regulation worked because it was universal and enforced by threat of real punishment. If you're going to enact gun policy, do the same, not district by district with each corner doing what they wish or you get abject failure. You can't enact the same methods but that is the most extreme example of regulation there are measures between confiscation and where we sit today.
Call it what you want, it worked. And yes you're right trying to take Americans guns wouldn't go well but again, you can argue the methods but the result is what is being talked about and that regulation worked because it was universal and enforced by threat of real punishment. If you're going to enact gun policy, do the same, not district by district with each corner doing what they wish or you get abject failure. You can't enact the same methods but that is the most extreme example of regulation there are measures between confiscation and where we sit today.
agreed, but the cure isn't a quick vaccination so until the country can get to the why, the more we can do to keep the mentally ill and dangerous types from guns the better. There is no policy that can stop everything but too many of these whackjobs have obvious issues and people knew, doctors knew and they still had unfettered access. This kids mom had him counselling forever, they called the tipline saying he's dangerous, he was barred from the grounds and yet he could go buy weapons. I don't know that he won't go out and buy one black market if turned away from buying legally but maybe that extra step stops a few of these things from happening. If you're a normal sane well adjusted person a little bit of red tape to get your gun shouldn't be a big deal if it means one less death. That's my thinking anyway
Here is a really good article about school shootings. It is actually disturbing in that these kids are looking at the Columbine killers and the VT shooter as heroes.
