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Gun Control & RKBA

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

6. The mother being a gun owner was not the problem.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:37 AM

Dec 2016

The problem was that the mother left the guns unsecured by not locking the gun safe. Had the guns been properly secured from the autistic child, there never would have been a murder followed by a school shooting.

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What can be learned from Sandy Hook? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 OP

AL was never diagnosised as mentally/emotionally unstable Lurks Often Dec 2016 #1

I'm not implying that the mother (or any family members)... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #2

Gun control doesn't work....eom Kang Colby Dec 2016 #3

"Control" of any kind doesn't work... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #4

Which is ironic isn't it? Kang Colby Dec 2016 #5

Consider this scenario discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #7

That's a tough scenario. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #8

I can explain easily discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #9

Add CHi-town to that list. yagotme Dec 2016 #10

The mother being a gun owner was not the problem. ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #6

What I have learned is how deep and unrealistic the myth of control is, and how out of touch Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #11