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Old 06-13-2016, 03:22 AM  
Paul Markham
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I am not saying there is not a prob going on with people getting weapons they should not have but we need to look at more than just guns and try to find out how and why this keeps happening.

Bad people are going to do bad things period. Bombs are illegal yet bad people still can get them or make them.
There's an easy way to deter these type of mass shootings. More security.

If you insist on allowing this level of free access to tools for killing, it's common sense to have better security.

Public areas are very vulnerable. So airport-type scanners on all entrances with armed security to deter shooters. It's like a burglar alarm on your house or brakes on your car. Never 100% just better than nothing, which is the present system. The latest could have been prevented with better security. Add that to all public places and all he can do is shoot fewer people on the street.

And who will pay for the costs? Gun buyers who insist on keeping their guns and the gun making/selling industry.

Or do nothing and hope it's not someone you know next time. Because at the moment, it's not if it happens again, it's how many more times will it happen this month?
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