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For some people a horrific event like this is time after time a platform to be used to focus on the question "How do we take away everyones' right to bear arms" when for me the bigger question should be how do these idiots keep obtaining legal weapons?. Facts are facts, and they don't lie--criminal histories and documented mental health problems did not prevent at least eight of the gunmen in 14 recent U.S. mass shootings from obtaining their weapons. Why?
Add to that the father of Christopher Harper-Mercer, who killed nine people, said the massacre would not have happened if his son had not been allowed to buy more than a dozen guns.
Also, earlier in this thread someone said having armed guards on campus could have made a difference. Someone else then chimed in ridiculing the notion of having low paid "rent-a-cops" bumbling around carrying weapons. I say what if oh, I don't know, maybe a security team at a university should be highly trained, better paid, and rigorously trained in weapon handling and crisis management, all of which if it had been in place very much could be a deterrent or at the very least serve to take down an armed psycho.
If it saves even one life it's worth it. As would new laws that force arms merchants to identify and DENY gun sales to guys like this.
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