There's no simple way to really do it but if you take away all the guns the folks who are doing shootings will consider other means of taking life. Probably more extreme rather than less. It's not a gun issue. It's a responsibility and mental health issue. It takes a village to raise proper healthy minded individuals and there's science to prove it.
Children who are not brought up favorable conditions tend to have issues. And no that doesn't just mean poor financially. Rich kids have it too.
@MrGoat The guns are not all equal. The access they have to guns that can MASS murder in an instant is where we should start imo.
@LaurelGreen Shooting in itself is fun. Not for everyone, but it can be fun.
The problem with this is that if you ban ARs then someone who has one illegally has an advantage when they break into your house with it.
@LaurelGreen yeah scanners would be a thing to have in all schools - someone can contract it and get it done. Otherwise drones.
@MrGoat we have scanners, but a very open campus with multiple entries. And kids are damn creative. We’ve had a shooting on campus even with ALL the things(scanners sros). Thank the gawds it was not with assault rifle.
@MrGoat If you break into a house with an AR and you meet a shotgun you'll not stand a chance because unlike the shotgun owner, you'll need time to aim accurately.
@MrGoat @LaurelGreen My point being that in close quarters, under stress, a shotgun is by far the superior weapon.
@MrGoat @LaurelGreen who's doing home invasions with assault rifles? At close quarters such a weapon doesn't give much advantage against a handgun anyway. In fact it's a detriment unless you really have a lot of training. They banned them once and the effect seemed to be beneficial over a decade. Of course it coincided with already falling violent crime rates so cause and effect are not so directly correlated.
@MrGoat @LaurelGreen
How come discussion of gun laws is about the only place where the argument, "but some people might break the new law" has any weight?
We're after progress here, not perfection
@BrentSullivan Progress is better than no progress. And I don't see why you couldn't rent an AR at a range and shoot it there? =) @LaurelGreen
@MrGoat They already have that advantage when they shoot up a school. SROs dont carry assault rifles (tho leos responding might, AFTER kids are dead).