'Toughest gun laws in Australia' to be introduced in WA after shooting at Perth school

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  1. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Or eliminate ground-floor windows all together. That will keep them safe. American Utopia...
     
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    Reality Well-Known Member

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    The sandy hook shooter literally shot through the glass doors and stepped inside. How? Because the door was glass with a steel rim.
    Its ****ing stupid.

    A nice window that isn't large enough to step through is fine.

    Do you understand how silly you sound? I point out a basic security flaw that is simply fixed while being able to maintain aesthetic and you act like I said lock them in a cell next to the chomos.
     
  3. UntilNextTime

    UntilNextTime Well-Known Member

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    You do mean from Fentanyl?

     
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    Nice justification for lovin' the nanny state. Better to die free than live in a slave state.
     
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  5. UntilNextTime

    UntilNextTime Well-Known Member

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    IOW,
    Better to die standing than to live on your knees.
     
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  6. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Well I actually think that your line of attack (along the lines of making schools impenetrable with security details and checkpoints) is more "out there".
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Guns kill more kids than Fentanyl.
     
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    Tell me why school children deserve less protection than an eviction docket.
     
  9. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Exactly. Children deserve to be protected and put first. How is that going in the US?
     
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    Is that because they don't know gun safety and shoot themselves, rather than being killed by others?
     
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    Should we allow the government to ignore the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and SCOTUS to try to make us safer?
     
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    Indeed, guns kill more US children, not...


    https://www.livescience.com/59528-shootings-are-3rd-leading-cause-of-kids-deaths.html

    Vehicles are potentially a weapon when someone is behind the wheel. A lot of deaths and injuries occur from them, why isn't anything being done about curbing who gets to drive and who doesn't, a bit like guns hey?
     
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    We didn't need bulletproof glass or any security, he just decided it wasn't for him and pissed off.
     
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    Well, we had zero deaths because of the psychology of our school shooters, who decide to not go inside and kill everyone. Maybe this psychology could be advocated in American school shooters then the issue would be over.
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    I'm sorry but I don't see the relevance of that question.
     
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    most "children" who die from gun shots are either suicides or gangbangers
     
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    I'll try again. You posted, "Children deserve to be protected and put first. How is that going in the US?".

    My inference is that you were suggesting that the government in the US, acting similarly to other developed nations, should take steps to protect children. Is my inference aligned with your statement?
     
  18. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Nope, I wouldn't suggest that approach for the US. Too many guns in too many hands for the government to do much about (at this stage).

    We, in Australia, are happy with our approach though (topic of the thread). We don't want to go down your path.
     
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    You don’t see that as an issue in relation to high powered weapons in the hands of idiots?
     
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    Nope - just skiing how it is going over there
     
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    Way to dismiss a concern

    still too many children and it is a self fulfilling prophecy since many gangs target black youths who they know have access to a gun
     
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    phony concern in order to attack our rights is pathetic
     
  23. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    What about a phony attack on the poster accusing them of being phony - just so you can bury your head in the sand about the consequences of those 'rights'.
     
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    mass shootings are not a "consequence" of the right.
     
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    Quantify "high powered" and "idiot".
     
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