when we won't pass very basic and effective gun control measures


Honest question. What very basic gun control measures would have stopped yesterday? How do you know they would be effective?

My kids imagine what it would be like every time they have to do a drill at school. My daughter has anxiety at school, and this year she has a nice teacher who gave her a special code word in case my daughter gets locked outside a classroom during a drill.

There’s a wide ripple effect from the horrific trauma of each school shooting incident.

when we won't pass very basic and effective gun control measures


Honest question. What very basic gun control measures would have stopped yesterday? How do you know they would be effective?

Scary to think what this country would be like if there weren't deterrents in place such as school police, building security protocols, mental health protocols, and the education and encouragement of students to report things they see and hear.

Imagine what's deterred and stopped because of these protocols already in place .... and then it's really scary to think that the above isnt anywhere near enough to stop this chaos.

Well the shooter bought two weapons right when he turned 18, so raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 seems like an easy one.

Oh there are many fairly easy things we can do. There's not one thing that will fix the problem, but instead multiple things that work together.

You brought up abortions. Generally I don't like comparing unrelated things, but it is insane that the same state that wants to ban abortions doesn't do a single damn thing when children are murdered by firearms.

This is one of those ones that show's a complete lack of understanding of the gun culture and would only inconvenience gun owners. When I go to the range, I regularly shoot off hundreds of rounds. So they would be tracking pretty much everyone who shoots regularly.

Limit and track how much ammo you can buy, like we do Sudafed. It would raise a red flag and he wouldn't have had 400 rounds of ammo.


This is one of those ones that show's a complete lack of understanding of the gun culture and would only inconvenience gun owners. When I go to the range, I regularly shoot off hundreds of rounds. So they would be tracking pretty much everyone who shoots regularly.


A good analogy would be to stop drunk driving, we would limit and track how much alcohol you can buy.

Limit and track how much ammo you can buy, like we do Sudafed. It would raise a red flag and he wouldn't have had 400 rounds of ammo.


This is one of those ones that show's a complete lack of understanding of the gun culture and would only inconvenience gun owners. When I go to the range, I regularly shoot off hundreds of rounds. So they would be tracking pretty much everyone who shoots regularly.

A good analogy would be to stop drunk driving, we would limit and track how much alcohol you can buy.

when we won't pass very basic and effective gun control measures


Honest question. What very basic gun control measures would have stopped yesterday? How do you know they would be effective?

Any idea on what's different about guns in the 70's and 80's that were easy to get and were in every house you knew and those available today?

I'm sorry you would be inconvenienced. I'm inconvenienced when I buy Sudafed. I'm ok with that.


Remember the part about effective? Good thing that Sudafed law stopped the drug problem in America. I'm sure if this guy was limited to 100 rounds a day he wouldn't have just gone back the next day.

It's what scares me when people say common sense laws. Generally speaking, the people that say that lack common sense.

Replying to last.

I have 2 kids in public school, and a third that’ll go. We couldn’t afford ventilators in a global airborne pandemic, can’t afford enough teachers, can’t afford basic supplies. The idea that we’ll find funds to hire highly effective security guards and “harden” our schools (subtly, you understand, not like a prison), is laughable. It will never happen. Even if it did, 2 or 3 LEOs engaged this shooter and couldn’t stop him accessing the school. As many other instances have show, even if there is a good (and very brave, you often don’t get both) guy with a gun he’s often ineffective. Passing gun control legislation is highly unlikely, having a surfeit of funds in public education budgets is even less likely.

But this is my bigger point. I don’t want hardened schools. I don’t want bullet proof glass even if it’s indistinguishable from regular glass. I don’t want armed guards even if the kids don’t see them. I flat don’t want to live in a society where defending myself and my children from potential acts of mass murder becomes a rational thing to think about and invest resources in, beyond the sort of precautions I take to avoid getting hit by lightning.

I'm sorry you would be inconvenienced. I'm inconvenienced when I buy Sudafed. I'm ok with that.


Remember the part about effective? Good thing that Sudafed law stopped the drug problem in America. I'm sure if this guy was limited to 100 rounds a day he wouldn't have just gone back the next day.

It's what scares me when people say common sense laws. Generally speaking, the people that say that lack common sense.

Why should he be able to buy 100 rounds a day? If you want to use that amount of ammo, purchase it to use at a gun range.
So you shouldn't be able to buy 100 rounds at a gun store, but you can buy it at a gun store that also has a range. Hmmmm let me think that could work! Oh wait, one could just leave with the ammo. Or is the plan to buy them one at a time and verify they are used? Let me guess to prevent the bad guy with a gun from buying them and leaving, you're going to rely on a good guy with a gun.

If someone keeps returning day after day, you don't think that might send alarm bells ringing, especially if a background check were required each time? As I said. So they would be having alarm bells ringing constantly and doing background checks all the time. The FBI can't keep up on the background checks when you buy guns. Now you want to add the 100X more checks? In order to enact common sense laws, one first needs common sense.