Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Originally Posted By: Astro14
Originally Posted By: Donald
Say what you want about mental illness, people going postal, and the second amendment but at the end of the day our current plan for gun control is not working. Your average person does not need a gun.
I have two Mastiffs, they more fun than a gun anyway.
Some elements of the current plan for gun control that was in effect for Fort Hood:
- Personal weapons are prohibited on base.
- Access to the base includes verification of ID as well as random searches.
- Felons are prohibited from buying or owning weapons.
- Misdemeanor or greater domestic violence offenders prohibited from gun ownership.*
- Mandatory federal background check at the gun store at which he bought the weapon used in this crime.
You're right, Donald, banning guns on base, and keeping them from being sold to criminals didn't work in this case. So, what part of the above plan would you modify?
Is it time to pass more laws that the criminals and the deranged can ignore? (I can just picture the two kids at Columbine discussing this: "Hey Dylan, you know, in killing everybody at school, we were going to be guilty of 17 felonies under both state and federal law, but with this new Colorado gun bill, it's going to be 18 felonies...what do you think? Is it time to call this plan off? 'Cuz 18...that's my limit on felonies before I kill myself and everyone else...").
Or is it time to recognize that the criminal, or the insane, simply ignore laws?
I think we should ban large dogs, though, since you can't control them. No one "needs" a big dog, which as an animate being, is capable of killing of its own volition. Clearly, they're a menace to society.
Nearly 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs every year. Half of those are children! Think of the children, millions of children attacked by dogs like yours every year! The dangers that you present to society are simply no longer supportable. You don't "need" a dog, especially a large dangerous police-style dog. You imply that yours are lethal...they're for your personal protection, but you don't need them for that, do you? The police can protect you.
Anyone with me for more dog control? Dog bans? At least for reasonable dog control for the dogs that are more capable of biting? No one needs an "assault" dog...I can see a few cuddly little dogs under 12 pounds, and a few dogs just for sporting purposes, but big dogs? Dogs that were bred just for killing and biting? There's no legitimate sporting purpose for those big dogs, they're just killing machines.**
Think of the children!
http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/dog-bites/index.html
* The Lautenberg amendment was passed to prevent those with even a misdemeanor conviction of domestic violence from owning weapons. This bit of legislation includes soldiers and police by the way, who can not carry a pistol in combat, or have a hunting rifle at home, but are still allowed to man and shoot machine guns or howitzers on the job.
** I grew up in a family that bred dogs. My favorite dogs include our beloved family pet, an Irish Wolfhound. She was perhaps, the kindest, most gentle member of the pack to ever walk the earth. My use of dogs in this post was for satire...I hope that all the dogs that I've known and loved will forgive my use of their species for that purpose.
Fantastic post
Fantastic post!!!!!!!!! +1