School Shooting in South Florida

[Machiavellian]

dirtylemons said:

Machiavellian said:

I would say that in the US the only way to deal with the issue is to go to the extreme.  Either you ban all guns and try to do what Australia did or you allow everyone including teachers, to have guns and go the wild west.  Half measures are not going to work in America because Americans love their guns more than they love anything else. 

Why would extremes be more favorable than moderation? Arming or disarming the entire populace seems like a recipe for disaster.

Because half measures do not work as we have seen.  If you want this type of stuff to go away or be reduced significantly.  There are a lot of guns in the US.  Getting a gun is very easy in the US for anyone.  Gun laws that really not going to deter someone from purchasing or obtaining a gun in the US unless it goes all out.  People that have their guns in the US will always preach about needing them for protection or some other excuse. 

Going back to the Wild West, would be like every nation having a nuke or the Cold War.  If everyone is armed everywhere then incidents can be responded to instantly and maybe less loss of life.  If you go the total ban, then you make illegal for anyone to have a gun and you put punitive crime.  No more stand your ground nonsense.  You kill with a gun you serve max time.  Hell, we could even make New York a prison for and dump anyone who disobey these rules.