C_nate said:
It doesn't have to be an automatic. He had a semi and a 100 round drum mag for it. He could have squeezed off 50 to 60 rounds in 60 seconds had it not jammed on him and the body count would have been much higher.
What many people are saying is that weapons like this should not be available to the general public and I would have to agree with them. Those types of things are military grade and should only be available to the military.
They talked to some NRA guy who said that to him 6,000 rounds of ammo (the amount the shooter bought leading up to the incident) was running low. I actually laughed when I read that. The mentality of these people is just unreal. I used to think Micheal Moore was exaggerating when he was talking about how fearful and paranoid people are and how the media was keeping them that way. Then I saw the huge surge in gun and ammo sales after Obama was elected and see these nuts and begin to think he was right.
My solution is too extreme to ever be reality but the first thing I would do is shut down almost all of these factories producing guns and start to remove existing ones from circulation. The ones that remained open would be restricted to producing only small caliber handguns and rifles for sale to civilians. There is an estimated 350 million people in the US and an estimated 200 million guns in the US. Are we going to just keep producing them until we can arm every single person so we can all be safe? From each other I guess?
It's like these paranoids expect the taliban to parachute into their neighborhoods like the russians from red dawn and they need their swat-team like arsenal to save everyone.
It's a perfect storm of s***. There are way too many guns out there, our mentality about guns and violence is way more laid back and accepting than sex or even cursing. (Can't even say f*** for fucks sake) and there is a segment of the population that are paranoid and delusional that are close to opening fire on their own shadows should they ever become startled by it. Some thing needs to change otherwise this will keep happening. And I'm not only talking about the theater shooting either. Tired of reading about the dozen or so people who get shot every weekend in my city.
This is so perfectly wrong, I couldn't resist. This is such typical, liberal rhetoric. Lets ban guns, that will stop crime! Lets destroy all guns, the world will be peaceful again. Well, that is until we have to go back to the days of waging war with blunt and sharp instruments, but hey, at least there will only be a few heads lopped off instead of a whole bunch of people shot!
Fuck this assclown in Colorado. Him and the rest of idiots who consider these type of actions to be in any way reasonable. Its his fault, his alone. Not the gun, not the companies that make them. But there is a specific group that deserves to be mentioned here, with the highest honor. The sick bastards who see something like this and consider it a GRAND OPPORTUNITY to push their beliefs.
Bodies aren't even cold in the grave yet, but here comes the gun control push once again. Lets ban them, look what they did! Lets name the bill after someone who died, preferably the youngest one, so we can tug their heartstrings while covering their eyes. Lets trample even further on their already extinguished rights, and hey, once we get this one away from them, what are they going to be able to do?
Because after all, that was the intent of the 2nd Amendment. People can blow smoke all they want about how it is outdated, no longer necessary. Their full of it. Our government is cramming healthcare down the countries throat, want it or not. The assclowns on the hill continue to bicker endlessly, draining our country's piggy bank, then pushing their "reforms". One step after the other, till we all bend down at the same angle and respond with the same grunt of displeasure while we simultaneously empty our pockets and take it from behind.
Its funny, these mass talks about control. Where were they in the 90's? You know...when an FBI sniper shot a mother holding her baby in the face, in her own kitchen, after they had already shot her son and dog. That was gun control. Hey, her husband sold an "illegal" weapon to an ATF agent, that had asked him to. Or even better, how about when the ATF & FBI burned down an entire complex, with 30+ people (children included) still inside. Even if what was going on in there needed to be stopped, this is how we want the government handling it? Never talks of government control, only populace control.
Nothing but my deepest sympathy and regrets to the victims and families. Sorry for your loss, sorry for your suffering. But mostly sorrow that you will get to watch your loved ones' deaths paraded around for another persons beliefs and ideals.
This country makes me sick.
Some thing needs to change otherwise this will keep happening. And I'm not only talking about the theater shooting either. Tired of reading about the dozen or so people who get shot every weekend in my city
I get tired of it too. Mostly the fact that if these criminals were faced with the knowledge that they have a 50/50 chance of drawing a mark who is packing heat, they would back down.
