Y'all keep missing the point, I was a 13 year old army brat when my father ended up in Northeast Georgia, wonderful schools there,calling someone a redneck was a compliment,Major problems fitting in, fights all the time,finally got transferred by my folks to a school with less antisocial elements, Gun violence? Sheesh, I would not have had to steal a gun, I owned a shotgun at the time, (got it when I was six) nor did I use a knife, although all of us carried one to school, (This was in '71) why was the violence the normal settle it with your fists kinda deal? Maybe it was the fact that teachers and cops were "Authorities" capable of doing nasty things to you, the worst of which was the dreaded "calling your parents"
Gun control is a load of crap, liberal garbage for taking responsibility away from yuppies,like V chips and 24hr day care, People have kids as status toys now,Hell, I see some kid acting like a little sh@t in a store, or find some D00d cutting up on the internet, I want to punch that kids parents in the mouth, and scream at them," Why in the hell do you have a kid? is it a Golly-gee tax break? a social requirement? get your bellybutton in gear and be a freakin parent!" The sad part is, I know why I cannot do this, It's my upbringing, (my,there's a word you don't hear anymore) Europe needs to step back from the issue, sorry guys, but the drug culture hasn't spun totally out of control for you yet, less disposable income, but your time is near, trust me. And you know what? I have yet to meet a proponent of gun control who can explain to me why would making personal ownership of firearms illegal would deter someone who is considering a much more serious offense.
I have seen 12 year old gang members toting weapons that they couldn't have bought if they were a hundred and twenty, weapons that are not for sale to the public, In the last ten years the LA county sheriff's office has seized over 1,000 weapons of a military nature that cannot be owned in the state of California,most of these weapons did not trace back to gunowners,more than 89% entered the country illegally, Gun control would not stop this flow of weapons,Gun control would not stop the sale,possession,and use of these weapons.
It would merely ensure that the 1% who do have these weapons have nothing to fear from the 99% who do not. And the neglected,raised by TV,gangers on drugs would still be blowing away the teachers.
Easy money,loose parental control, and a legal climate that wants to apologize for the criminal (Not out of any grand sense of justice, Firearms manufacturers generally have more money than 15 year olds) make for a society of tolerance toward the intolerable.
Might sound lame and naive, but that's just wrong.
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pzvg- "5 years and I still can't shoot"
