Raising the legal ownership requirement age of firearms to 21 like Alcohol and driving licenses would probably help. The sheer fact that CHILDREN and TEENAGERS can purchase firearms over the damn counter is probably the most concerning thing from an outsiders perspective.
See, kids, and especially teenagers (Even late teenage years) is when the human mind is the most unstable as it is still developing. Emotional instability and access to firearms is a recipe for disaster. If you restrict access to those arms to actual adults, I get the feeling mass school shootings in particular will drop.
It won't eliminate the problem, as teens can still access their parents weapon stashes (Because even some adults are criminally moronic) but this should stop the kids spending money hand over counter to get guns.
Originally posted by Darkstorm Zero
Raising the legal ownership requirement age of firearms to 21 like Alcohol and driving licenses would probably help. The sheer fact that CHILDREN and TEENAGERS can purchase firearms over the damn counter is probably the most concerning thing from an outsiders perspective.See, kids, and especially teenagers (Even late teenage years) is when the human mind is the most unstable as it is still developing. Emotional instability and access to firearms is a recipe for disaster. If you restrict access to those arms to actual adults, I get the feeling mass school shootings in particular will drop.
It won't eliminate the problem, as teens can still access their parents weapon stashes (Because even some adults are criminally moronic) but this should stop the kids spending money hand over counter to get guns.
But!? But!? BuT!? THE MILITARY!!!1!!
What those retards do not understand is that military exceptions can be made in allowing teens who join to use arms. We already have exceptions in the military with the age of joining being 17 with parental consent.
Though you have to be 21 to buy a handgun; but not an assault sports rifle in current laws.
Me neither.
But was thinking, the Israeli model seems to work.
Mandatory training, very though background checks, and some form of military service for a few years.
Lead to one rampage being cut short by a guy on a roof, putting a bullet in his head.
If the issue is civilians being untrained, then train them. Make it a part of the culture.
Originally posted by Darkstorm Zeroare you trying to tell me that this won't solve 100% of all gun crime.
It won't eliminate the problem, as teens can still access their parents weapon stashes (Because even some adults are criminally moronic) but this should stop the kids spending money hand over counter to get guns.
Originally posted by cdtm
Me neither.But was thinking, the Israeli model seems to work.
Mandatory training, very though background checks, and some form of military service for a few years.
Lead to one rampage being cut short by a guy on a roof, putting a bullet in his head.
If the issue is civilians being untrained, then train them. Make it a part of the culture.
The left will never agree to only allowing those with military service to have weapons. As the military tends to lean more to the right.
Lots of ideas and almost all of them prohibitively expensive.
I still think we need universal healthcare and for children to get to visit a mental health professional as a basic human right. Perhaps a few shootings could be prevented if this mentally unstable young men had access to mental healthcare for free? Not just access, but a standard appointment as part of the curriculum.
There will be those that complain that the "damn psychologists are poisoning my children with their liberal lies!" and their rights would be preserved under the First Amendment. But very few people would take this position.
Much more than angry murderous shooters would be helped with this type of idea. There could be the narcissistic psychopathic teenager type that can be helped. The depressed and bullied could be helped. You know, etc. So many different kids and young adults could get help with a proper healthcare system in the US.
A common theme I see/read about this issue is to tackle one of the symptoms of the problem and never the actual problem itself. It's putting band-aids on lacerations: quite useless. You may get lucky and just so happen to patch up an artery but most of the time, you won't get lucky with your band-aids. Actually resolve the problem instead of the symptoms.
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The only real way is to train and allow students to carry firearms.
Originally posted by dadudemonI agree that the mentality of children is fcked up (we could create a very long list of why it is now moreso than 60 years ago), but universal health-care is quite a reach as a solution. Many schools already have involved psychologists who monitor the children for obvious "issues". Some districts just do the job better than others though, and that needs to be addressed.
Lots of ideas and almost all of them prohibitively expensive.I still think we need universal healthcare and for children to get to visit a mental health professional as a basic human right. Perhaps a few shootings could be prevented if this mentally unstable young men had access to mental healthcare for free? Not just access, but a standard appointment as part of the curriculum.
There will be those that complain that the "damn psychologists are poisoning my children with their liberal lies!" and their rights would be preserved under the First Amendment. But very few people would take this position.
Much more than angry murderous shooters would be helped with this type of idea. There could be the narcissistic psychopathic teenager type that can be helped. The depressed and bullied could be helped. You know, etc. So many different kids and young adults could get help with a proper healthcare system in the US.
A common theme I see/read about this issue is to tackle one of the symptoms of the problem and never the actual problem itself. It's putting band-aids on lacerations: quite useless. You may get lucky and just so happen to patch up an artery but most of the time, you won't get lucky with your band-aids. Actually resolve the problem instead of the symptoms.
Even if children were identified as problematic early on, it doesn't mean jack if the police agencies don't act on it like as we saw with Cruz.
Originally posted by Darkstorm Zero
No, it'll take a lot more than that to stop all gun crime. Even in a country that has decent gun control laws like Australia cannot completely eliminate gun crime.
You can't "Fight Crime". So like Drugs. We should just surrender to Gun Crime as well.
That is the Preferred Leftist Mentality.