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MartiniMan
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Florida protesters
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2/21/2018 8:37:36 AM
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I know I would. I would demand that we allow people to be committed to a mental hospital, provided they have some form of due process. I would also demand that schools have armed guards, metal detectors and classroom doord that can be bolted from the inside in case of an active shooter. I would demand that teachers, if properly trained and screened, be allowed to have a weapon if they so choose. I would demand that we have an honest dialouge about what is happening in our culture that is causing young people to do this. I would include the entertainment industry that glorifies violence in movies and video games, our culture of death, the role of social media and so on. I would demand that the real statistics of gun violence be used in every debate. I would demand that we look at the deaths of hundereds of young black males in cities that have stringent gun cotrol laws.
What I wouldn't do is to stupidly blame an inanimate object for the actions of a mentally deranged person any more than we would stupidly call for the banning of autos because drunks or terrorists use them to kill people. I also wouldn't call for removing firearms from law abiding citizens because of their misuse by crazies.
In essence, the govt media would never give me a minute of air time when they can use teenagers to advance their gun control agenda.
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