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I am so tired of this argument.
A local church just announced they are they are buying "safety devices" for my kid's high school. Wonderful. They just built a new wing full of classrooms with lots of windows that open up to the parking lot. Magical. Let's lock the fucking kids in the classroom so the gun man can shoot them all through the window. You know, just like shooting fish in a barrel.
We don't need to ban automatic rifles. We need to ban assault weapons. There is a difference between a rifle and an assault weapon - it's how you handle it. It's unlikely that someone is going to walk into a classroom with a long barrel rifle and start shooting people at close range - it's not a close range weapon. You don't fire a rifle from the hip - but you can with an assault weapon.
This is common sense here. We need to ban assault weapons, tighten restrictions on who should buy them (If we cannot trust someone to drink we shouldn't trust them with firearms), and we need mental health protections. I do not understand why anyone would be against better gun control. If you don't have mental health issues, don't have a history of violence, and no issues with the local police you are fine. AND if you are on a no fly list you shouldn't be allowed to own firearms.
Common sense.
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