keitha
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Post by keitha on Dec 29, 2023 23:20:46 GMT
because of the constitution A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The Second Amendment was approved in 1791 at a time when the main weapon was a flintlock musket allowing one shot at a time. The reloading took more time. A well-trained infantry man could load and fire four rounds per minute. I can't believe that when this ammendment was passed it was intended to allow people to take their Uzi sub-machine guns to Tesco during their weekly shop.
As I said earlier, it's a downward spiral and the US is way to far down the spiral to easily turn things around. If they all want to keep their guns then fine, but don't start moaning the next time some nutter with a gun kills a load of school kids.
og course the pro gun lobby will tell you there hasn't been a school shooting in a school where teachers are permitted to carry in the classroom...
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Post by adrianc on Dec 30, 2023 8:47:10 GMT
As I said earlier, it's a downward spiral and the US is way to far down the spiral to easily turn things around. If they all want to keep their guns then fine, but don't start moaning the next time some nutter with a gun kills a load of school kids.
og course the pro gun lobby will tell you there hasn't been a school shooting in a school where teachers are permitted to carry in the classroom... Arm teachers... then start a stopwatch until one goes postal... then wait for "Well, if only the *children* had been armed..."(A friend's father was killed in one of the largest mass shootings at a US educational establishment, many years ago...)
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