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Originally Posted by nomadking
If you're going to bring "Is that what the Founding Fathers thought" into it , where does it all end? What about all the other Amendments. Or is it yet another in the long list of the principles that only apply when the Left/Democrats(in the US) say it does. Eg Free speech/Freedom of Expression.
Chances are as a multimillionaire he would have found other ways to carry out attacks.
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I agree but that is the argument the gun supporters are using to justify owning whatever weapons they feel they need. I think they should all be banned but I'm not an American.
In this case it does seem he planned this very carefully for reasons still unknown but most gun incidents in the US are the result of unplanned arguments, disputes etc. which get out of hand and if the weapon at hand happens to be an automatic rifle as opposed to a handgun obviously there's likely to be many more casualties than if it isn't.
Of course none of that precludes anyone, who's either suddenly gone berserk or planned a big attack, from killing lots of people by other, readily available, means which is exactly what the ISIS murderers have done in various European countries including ours. The absence of guns won't stop people killing others but it's really not right that ordinary people can get hold of all manner of high powered weapons so easily. I can't see it ever being changed though.
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
I wonder if anyone has thought of suing the NRA for damages?
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Given the hold the NRA seems to have over so many politicians, I'd imagine they'd need deep pockets and powerful friends to do that.
Maybe legal action of some sort is what will eventually change all this but I'd have thought, in a nation of highly paid lawyers prepared to sue anyone for just about anything, they'd have tried it before now.
