[friend of a friend]

There is only one way we can put an end to mass murders involving guns like in schools and religious institutions. It is not by gun control, repealing the 2A, confiscating guns, outlawing assault weapons or any of the other impossible and ineffective ideas for removing the gun threat. And it is not by treating the mentallyt ill. Those are all partial measures with at best very minor success rates. I kow it sounds callous, but it is true. A killer could carry four 18-round SA pistols, 2 in holsters and 2 in their hands, into a building and do as much damage as a pair of assault rifles. If you outlawed assault rifles with their 30 round magazines, a killer could carry two bolt action hunting rifles into a school and kill 8 instead of 30. Big improvement, right? I don't think so. This problem isn't about how many are dying, or reducing the number by 10% so we can claim a shallow victory, but the fact that people are dying period. Same for the mentally ill. What fraction of them could you hope to institutionalize or cure? Fractions aren't good enough.

What we need is for every school, church, synagogue, mosque, post office, office building, etc. to have limited and secured entry points, full time security teams, metal detectors, and capable armed guards. I figure it would cost about $2-300,000 per school per year for the equipment and manpower. I think we can afford that. Texas is talking about reducing property taxes due to surpluses in school funding. There is no such thing as a surplus if the children are at risk. Use that money to fix the problem.

Forget about getting a few of the assault rifles and/or a few of the crazies. Let's just cut them off at the pass.

So what is the problem with this? I doesn't appeal to the left or the right. The left wants to take away guns and won't be satisfied with protecting poeple any other way. The right wants to flog the mental illness shtick to take the focus off gun. So the real solution doesn't appeal to either side. The both have other fish to fry while the kids are dying.

 

[friend of a friend]

Guns have been around for a very long time but this mass shooting stuff is relatively new. Why??? It's a people problem not a gun problem in my opinion. Road rage is off the charts too. Prior to the 1968 Gun Control Act you could buy guns and have them mailed to your house. Now we have a wait period here where I live meanwhile Chicago continues with gun violence but I am sure the gang bangers will comply with Pritzker's new laws (sarcasm)
His new laws will accomplish nothing other than making honest, law abiding citizens become criminals. Registration (and of course a fee) will lead to confiscation I believe.
Rant over!

Yes, it is a mental problem, but that is too hard to fix. Let's harden our schools, churches and homes. Sure the shooters could go somewhere else, but we need to follow them and harden everything they can think to attack. Expensive? Yes. But at least it has a chance of being successful.