Spokavriel wrote: That person clearly didn't know how to properly establish a range. No berm to trap the bullets after they hit the target. No thought to getting Frangible ammunition so that it breaks up after hitting said target.
Some would say that is why no one should ever get a gun. I say that its proof that letting people become ignorant about using one safely is a greater danger. What century was it again when gun powder was invented?
It was clearly a case of stupidity in motion. I would hardly blame all gun owners blindly for this... yet it is the 'bad apples' that stand out. Doing omething like that in todays charged climate makes it all the worse.
As I said... a bullet fired has to go somewhere. This is not a genius leap of logic but merely stating the obvious.
And even still... you would think they would have heard something... especially in this particular case the microwave exploding...
There are certainly other cases of stupid assumptions besides this one and others like Biden...
Consider that all the focus has been on the guns and not the people buying the guns. A gun in and of itself is capable of good or ill, it is merely the means to the end. It is the person that determines the intent.
How about the focus on smaller magazines. If somone had a gun that previously could take say 15 cap... and now maxes at say 10cap. What is the real difference if the person went on a rampage with it with 3 magazines instead of 2 magazines... 30 bullets is 30 bullets, and it is the same overall gun.
How about the focus of late on the accceptable list in the latest attempt. making a specific list for acceptable is stupid, what happens when new guns are released... it should be by general criteria for banning.
How about the huge annoyance of state specific rules in ownership, acceptable conceal carry law, and procedures... a single comprehensive federal bill to replace them all in one shot would be a 100x better than the mish mash of the state laws. it would avoid all the loopholes being taken advantage of by various purchasers. It hould also take into account even more rare or minor items from zip guns, fake guns, manufactured guns, and pellet guns. It is indeed possible to kill with a pellet gun, though it would have to be one heck of a shot. Yet there is mostly nothing in place for arms that small... (generally .17ish)
And as tragic as the CT shooting was... no gun legislation or tightening of restrictions really would have helped, considering the kid did not own the guns, but took them from his parent, whom owned them legally...