Newtown School Shootings

[ICantSpellDawg]

And yet, the NRA's plan has been the only one offered thus far that would actually do any good in preventing such tragedies in the future. As has been highlighted several times in this thread, gun bans cannot stop these kinds of actions. Now, whether we as a society would want to go down that path is another matter entirely. As I've said before, I don't think these actions are prevalent enough to force any sort of broad policy shift in any directly.

I have a love/hate relationship with the NRA. The amount of anti-Obama junk mail they sent me during the election cycle was obscene. However, I will always support them simply because the other side is even more extreme. Consider the fact that confiscation is on the table. When the chips have been down, the NRA has been the only force standing between my legally purchased possessions and the leftist authoritarians that want to use the government to take them away.

I agree with this, of course. Armed responsible people in places where unarmed and defenseless children are is the best answer. We must also have more of an ability to recognize real threats before the action takes place. Scan addresses with criminal databases to get an idea of which addresses with criminals or the dangerously mentally ill also have applications for a background check, even if the other applicant is not a danger. Due process is required and a reasonable and short acceptance is a must, but surely if a major concern exists it is in the interest to dig deeper. Parents should be prosecuted if they encourage violent obsessions for their mentally ill or dangerous children. Adam Lanza had a civil commitment case pending - this should have automatically crossed with a serious mental health registry (people who are criminally insane, people who have expressed serious depressive feelings and a willingness to harm others, the schizophrenic, bi-polar, borderline). Leave out people who are depressed as that is 1/4 of the population.