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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1200372" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>This tragedy had nothing to do with assault weapons or high capacity magazines or gun control, and everything to do with a broken mental health care system and a systemic failure within our military to prevent a disturbed individual from keeping a security clearance and having access to a supposedly well guarded facility. Although...had he been denied access to the Navy Yard he could have racked up the same body count simply by walking into the nearest school, mall, or other "gun free zone" where large numbers of unarmed and helpless victims would be conveniently concentrated for him.</p><p></p><p>Mental health is complicated and expensive and messy, though. It doesnt lend itself to simplistic, feel-good "solutions". Its a lot easier and cheaper to just pass a few more meaningless laws and come up with a few more meaningless restrictions that only the law-abiding will obey in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1200372, member: 14668"] This tragedy had nothing to do with assault weapons or high capacity magazines or gun control, and everything to do with a broken mental health care system and a systemic failure within our military to prevent a disturbed individual from keeping a security clearance and having access to a supposedly well guarded facility. Although...had he been denied access to the Navy Yard he could have racked up the same body count simply by walking into the nearest school, mall, or other "gun free zone" where large numbers of unarmed and helpless victims would be conveniently concentrated for him. Mental health is complicated and expensive and messy, though. It doesnt lend itself to simplistic, feel-good "solutions". Its a lot easier and cheaper to just pass a few more meaningless laws and come up with a few more meaningless restrictions that only the law-abiding will obey in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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