Re: CT elementary school shooting.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: The Vaq</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A tighter gun control is what the plan is. How is this going to solve anything? If someone wants a gun bad enough they will get it. All they have to do is take a trip to the hood and pick one up for pennies on the dollar.
Informing gun owners to be responsible in securing their guns at home and not leaving them in their vehicle is a step in the right direction. So many guns are stolen in home and vehicle burglaries because some people are careless in how they secure their firearms.
Securing your guns and not letting your kids have the combo to your safe is a must.
God Bless the victims and the families of CT. </div></div>
As I've said before, I live in Newtown. I've lived here my entire life, all 28 years of it.
I knew some of the victims, personally...Even went to the same bar as the shooter's mother...Drank with their parents...It's a tragedy beyond words.
As a gun owner and someone on scene, I have mixed emotions.
#1, the amount of misinformation the media is spreading, is absolutely ridiculous...In fact, I heard this morning this incident will become a college 101 course on what NOT TO DO. That's actually how bad it is.
#2, The assault rifle didn't harm as many individuals as the pistols, did..I'm not going to go into detail here but, calling for an AR Ban because of this incident is beyond foolish, it wasn't the AR that took the most lives.
#3, She (the mother) took Adam shooting, he knew how to handle a rifle, he was an enthusiast but, because of his "history" could not own a rifle, IN FACT, the system did it's job because he was denied for a rifle just last week...Another coincidence, we shop at the same gun store.
In my OPINION, he could have and would've found a weapon, anywhere. He could have gone to Danbury, driven to NYC, driven to Hartford...If someone wants a weapon badly enough in this area there are outlets in which to immediately procure a weapon. This was a situation where the mother should have had the guns in a private safe that he did NOT have access to.
I don't see a need for an AR ban or more gun control in this country...I see a need to individual gun owners to become more responsible and keep their weapons locked down at all times.
I've given my condolences to the families involved...However, there's no need to spread misinformation and promote fearmongering which is what the media is currently doing...We are generally, an intelligent community...Well, as gun owners, let's get a little smarter and take that extra step to lock down our gear...Don't give them a reason to take it away.
