wilpharm Loc: Oklahoma

I imagine ,in your eyes, gun control is total confiscation...BTW I am a LIfe NRA Member and am not supporting killing anyone ( who dont need killing)

FrumCA

The only sick puppy here is you with your sadly twisted views and equally sorry jokes.

mwalsh Loc: Houston

Thread is in very poor taste...

But given the OP, is anyone surprised?

wilpharm Loc: Oklahoma

no..

EyeSawYou

Tell that to the families of those murdered that couldn't defend themselves in gun free zoned schools.

EyeSawYou

Somebody needs to rip that 1970s "Jokes for Dummies" book out of your hands.

yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon

I think in a show of defiance we should all post unauthorized pictures on his threads....

ToBoldlyGo Loc: London U.K.

Are you saying you want guns in schools?

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

It comes down to knowledge, training etc., plus attitude.
Anyone with a gun, just like any other tool has to have knowledge, training and the correct mental state to use it safely.
In my home town school got out at 3PM, by 3:15 during hunting season you saw kids (mostly boys, but a few girls) walking, riding bikes or in the back of the family pickup truck with their guns heading to the woods and wild land along the Ohio river to hunt. No one worried because they knew those kids had been trained in safety, hunting and how to use their guns. Any family that didn't do that got a visit from their friends and were talked to, often ending with someone else training their kids. The few kids who still couldn't be trusted either never got to go hunting or only with an adult supervising.
The principal of the High School (grades 9-12) told the students to not leave guns in their cars, bring them to him and he would lock them in the supply room until school was over. But they only had until 3:15 to pick them up or he would be gone - hunting - and they couldn't get their gun back until the next school day.
Oh, and about half of the boys and many girls enlisted in the military after high school or college with most doing one enlistment but a few of every graduating class staying in until retirement. Service was a tradition for the majority of families in our area. Then many became peace officers, fireman, doctors, nurses, ministers and teachers. At my 15 year reunion I found that over 1/2 of my graduating class had gone into one of those fields on at least a part time basis.

yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon

Yes, that will solve mass murder at schools across America.

ToBoldlyGo Loc: London U.K.

I can't disagree with what you say, though I question hunting with the wide availability of meat. That's an aside of course. What you say makes a lot of sense. It's no secret that London has a problem with knife crime. Sadly, when weapons are easily available, there are people who will make the most of them in their criminal pursuits. Thais what's happening in London. Then of course there are mentally unstable people, and irresponsible people who let their young children find their guns. Society cannot be trusted as a whole any more. There are too many exceptions to the responsible people.

ToBoldlyGo Loc: London U.K.

Unbelievable.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

But only trained, trustworthy volunteer personnel. No one forced to carry, no one with a "wrong" attitude, no one without training.
At one school I worked one of the Auto Shop teachers was a veteran and a Sgt in his towns Police Reserve. He had a letter putting him on 24/7 duty and instructed to always have his badge, ID and gun. People at the school knew that if needed call his classroom or send a runner and he would respond to help the campus police officer or on his own if needed. He also had a short list of people that he was prepared to give his backup gun to in an emergency (all veterans, the Principal was a former Marine and a few of the rest of us were also veterans). For a while we also had an LAPD officer teaching a special class called "Youth and The Law". He, the auto shop teacher, the principal, the campus officer and those of us he trusted were all part of an informal "reaction team". We never had to do anything, even the gang bangers were well behaved on our campus. If they had had a law allowing teachers to be armed there were several of us who would have volunteered. And all of the ones I knew, I would have trusted.
It would have made me better prepared to protect my students - "in loco parentis" - in place of the parents - was always one of my main views of my position as a teacher. I would protect my students as if I was their parent and I trusted/hoped that my children's teachers would do the same.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Well, it took decades for the attitudes to break down and with an effort (mostly in education) it could be reversed, but it would also take decades to fully reverse it.
We could with effort return to the days when all good citizens were ready and able to protect and defend their nation and other people.
It works in Switzerland and a few other nations. In fact in Switzerland they all serve and when they retire out of the Swiss Militia they get their weapon to keep. Very few armed robbers etc in Switzerland. You have to be pretty stupid to try and hold up someone who might have a government issued assault rifle under the cash register - and knows how to use it!

yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon

How do you propose we stop a bad guy with a gun in a classroom?