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Originally posted by: LurkerPoster
Really? Think for a little more than one second about what you're saying right here. One armed guard in every school. Do you think it's an acceptable consequence for having close to no gun control laws? Every SCHOOL needs an armed guard at the door? How about every daycare center? Or every cinema? Or every sports club? Why do you think it's ok to accept the fact that these places will have to deal with gun violence at some point? Why not put the military on every corner of the street, or 5 cops? All because of some blind love for guns? How come a lot of democratic countries with way more history than the USA don't need a second amendment to protect the people against their own government? How come all these countries don't have a fraction of the gun violence we have in this country?
Originally posted by: LurkerPoster
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One armed guard in the school could have prevented all of the deaths and injuries he inflicted on innocent people.
Really? Think for a little more than one second about what you're saying right here. One armed guard in every school. Do you think it's an acceptable consequence for having close to no gun control laws? Every SCHOOL needs an armed guard at the door? How about every daycare center? Or every cinema? Or every sports club? Why do you think it's ok to accept the fact that these places will have to deal with gun violence at some point? Why not put the military on every corner of the street, or 5 cops? All because of some blind love for guns? How come a lot of democratic countries with way more history than the USA don't need a second amendment to protect the people against their own government? How come all these countries don't have a fraction of the gun violence we have in this country?
Yes, every school should provide sufficient protection from violence against their students. That should be expected and mandatory. Even if your statement that there are "close to no gun control laws" was true (and that statement is pure idiocy), children and their parents should know that their safety is a priority. Gun free zones do not provide any level of safety from people intent on killing innocent people. In fact, they provide an environment that encourages people intent on killing innocent people to choose those environments.
As to other environments, gun free zones don't work at them either. Six different theaters in the Denver Colorado area were showing the Batman movie premier the night Holmes murdered all of those people. One of the six had a gun free zone policy where people who had conceal carry permits could not bring their legal firearms into the theater. Holmes chose that theater. He knew no one would be able to protect themselves.
We live in a violent world. That violence won't go away with more laws that take away the ability of people to defend and protect themselves, their families and other innocent people. If you want to see more people murdered with guns (and your ignorant rants indicate that you do), take guns away from people who aren't shooting innocent people. The criminals will still have guns. Their victims will be like fish in a barrel, even more so than they already are now.
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