gun control

Not Gun Control, try people control.

~ Ron Walker ~ 19 Comments


The politicians won’t tell you, or support, the simplest remedy to gun violence.

A separate very harsh  punishment, for anyone committing a crime, or murder while armed with an assault style or automatic weapon. 

This would negate the need to take everyone’s right to bear arms away, and still reduce the amount of murders by firearms. But locking up evil people, doesn’t generate votes, like the hatred for an inanimate object. 

Which leads us to the mental health, or behavioral aspect. Many states have laws, automatic harsh sentencing for the commission of  a crime while using a firearm. However, the same parts of our society that want to do away with an inanimate object, feel sorry for the offenders. They claim the  sentencing is too harsh. Apparently they care more about someone’s discomfort and feelings, than the lives that were lost.

Ever wonder why There are knives and machete attacks in China? Because they took away firearms. Didn’t solve a lot. 

Nine students were killed at a middle school in Shaanxi province in April 2018 by a 28-year-old man who was later sentenced to death. June 2020, 37 students injured in a knife attack at an elementary school, in China.

Read this article by CNN one of the biggest anti-firearm proponents (if you dare). We need actual sentencing for crimes, not more control of inanimate objects.

But only if.. They enforce it.

Once again, for all our supposedly educated politicians. “It’s not the object, but the person wielding it.” At the rate we are going, in the unending pursuit of votes, we will all need to learn to knife fight, or take up baseball, or wielding a hammer to defend ourselves, from those that would do us harm.

What will be next, “Sharp object, blunt instrument free zones?”
Comments always welcome.

Plenty of Gun debate, never solutions.

~ Ron Walker ~ 20 Comments

 

A conversation from my forum a few days ago. Family was over tonight, and the subject turned to the Las Vegas shooting, and the recent school shooting. I’ve noticed many blogs, putting out something on the subject, so I thought I would repost my opinion, the same that I have shared on the forum. It’s been a quiet Friday and Saturday so far here in the park.

 

On 2/26/2018 at 4:44 PM, lightfootfan said:

Herein lies the problem.  Our founding fathers gave us the right to bear arms.  That right should not be taken away.  However, they did not foresee the introduction of the weapons we have now.  Granted, we now have to draw the line somewhere, but who draws that line, and where should it be drawn.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but someone (Supreme Court) did draw a line, I think in the 30-40’s era. At that time, they said the government could “regulate” to a degree firearms, but they couldn’t take away the right to own one. It was due to the mobster days after the wars. Widespread use of the Tommy Gun which was fully automatic, needed to be curtailed.

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The main federal law governing fully automatic weapons is called the National Firearms Act, or NFA. First enacted in 1934, this federal law regulates fully automatic weapons, suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and destructive devices such as bombs or grenades. The NFA was subsequently modified in 1968 by the Gun Control Act and in 1986 by the Firearm Owners Protection Act.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/02/actual-federal-laws-regulating-machine-guns-u-s/

Of course, the laws have been battered around, then the government realized they could make money off the ban, so charge a large price for you to get permission to own one.

The stupidest thing to come out of gun regulations just recently, was the Hunters Hearing Protection Act. We don’t want deaf hunters. Of course, it covers all firearms if I am correct. This Act allows persons to affix a “suppressor”, which is a politically correct term for a “silencer”. People are turning firearms into toys. It’s gotten stupid. You can buy a fully automatic pistol now, attach tandem 100 round drums to it. Who in the world needs a full auto pistol.

  • In my opinion, civilians don’t need automatic weapons, period. As Eliza said, just move our finger fast.
  • ANYTHING, that modifies a weapon to increase it’s lethality, should be illegal, (silencers, bump stocks, extended capacity).
  • Magazines should be limited to what the standard capacity of the magazine made for the weapon is. No “extended capacity”. If you want more ammunition, carry a spare magazine.

From left to right. What sane, responsible, people carry. What immature, egomaniac, crazies carry.

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JMHO longrifles (covers every type, plus shotguns) should be limited to 20 rounds. That is way more than enough, for defense, and hunting.

I’ve never had to shoot anyone, hope to God I never have to. There is evil out there. When I was an officer, While on duty, II drove up on 2 armed robberies in progress, I was nearly car jacked while off duty.

From 1997 till 2013 while unarmed, I spotted and prevented one robbery, Was nearly carjacked while with Michelle.

Maybe I’m just an evil magnet. I decided to start carrying again. I’m not a gun nut, we own 2, both are just normal semi-auto pistols for protection.  I feel a person should be allowed the right to choose to be armed or not, unless your a criminal.

Sadly in the US, we have allowed firearms to morph from a tool to protect oneself, to an egotistical extension of a persons personality. Exotic modifications are added, as if people are dressing up a car for looks and speed.

I have a rule. If you have an ego, you should never touch a firearm. It’s not a toy.

The Evil Genie is out of the bottle though, there is no way to ever put him back in. We will never rid the criminals of firearms, they don’t care about laws. Until we start punishing illegal possession, and shun those that treat firearms as toys, it won’t get any better.