But what sort of guns were those? Shotguns? Bolt action rifles? How many of your friends had semi-automatic rifles with large capacity magazines? How many of them went out and bought five of them, and enough ammunition to take on an army? Did they have training? Education? Was there a mechanism to take them away if they started threatening people or showed that they couldn't use them safely? What exactly have I said that would suggest what you experienced growing up couldn't still exist?
Nobody cares if people that work for Trek hunt. I'm not arguing that people shouldn't be allowed to hunt and I have no idea where you got that from anything that I wrote. Look at the NY Times article I linked to about buying guns in other countries. It's not perfect, as they don't encapsulate all of the differences state by state, but so many countries have figured out how to give people access to firearms with some element of control. Hunting is just as much a part of European culture as it is a part of North American culture.
I believe you about your stats. Overall crime figures are down. Doesn't mean there still isn't a problem. Doesn't mean we can't do more. Doesn't mean we shouldn't take opportunities to try to create some kind of positive change when they are presented.
March 6, 2018, 5:42 p.m. - Dave Tolnai
But what sort of guns were those? Shotguns? Bolt action rifles? How many of your friends had semi-automatic rifles with large capacity magazines? How many of them went out and bought five of them, and enough ammunition to take on an army? Did they have training? Education? Was there a mechanism to take them away if they started threatening people or showed that they couldn't use them safely? What exactly have I said that would suggest what you experienced growing up couldn't still exist? Nobody cares if people that work for Trek hunt. I'm not arguing that people shouldn't be allowed to hunt and I have no idea where you got that from anything that I wrote. Look at the NY Times article I linked to about buying guns in other countries. It's not perfect, as they don't encapsulate all of the differences state by state, but so many countries have figured out how to give people access to firearms with some element of control. Hunting is just as much a part of European culture as it is a part of North American culture. I believe you about your stats. Overall crime figures are down. Doesn't mean there still isn't a problem. Doesn't mean we can't do more. Doesn't mean we shouldn't take opportunities to try to create some kind of positive change when they are presented.