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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 846153" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Ahh yes, blaming the school shootings on the "easy availability of guns..."</p><p> </p><p>My dad was on his high school's <strong>smallbore rifle team </strong>in the late 1950's. <strong>He would ride the bus to school</strong> <strong>with his rifle and ammo</strong>. The members of the team would bring their rifles to the principals office and leave them in the closet until after school, when they would take them on the activity bus to the range where the competition was being held. During hunting season, it was routine to see students park their cars or pickup trucks on school property with their hunting rifles plainly visible. They would go hunting after class before it got dark. Guns were everywhere and no one made a big deal about them at all.</p><p> </p><p>Practically speaking, there was no "gun control" <strong><em>at all</em></strong> prior to the late 1960's. You could buy guns at hardware stores, department stores (Sears, JC Penney and Woolworths all had their own brands of guns) flea markets or gas stations. You could order them thru the mail with no background checks. </p><p> </p><p><strong>It was far easier for a minor to obtain a gun back then than it is now. Thats the reality</strong>. So if you want to "blame" someone or something for the school shootings...blame our dysfunctional society. Blame the media that gives publicity to these basket cases. Blame the Internet. Blame the Hollywood movie industry that glorifies violence. Blame violent video games. Blame gangs. Blame the "war on drugs" that <em>causes</em> more violence than it can ever hope to prevent. Blame the "gun free zones" in schools that do nothing but herd unarmed victims into a confined area for easier slaughter by those who have no intention of obeying the law in the first place. A reasonable person could "blame" a lot of things.....but <strong>it is ignorant and factually incorrect to blame the "easy availability of guns" for school shootings</strong>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 846153, member: 14668"] Ahh yes, blaming the school shootings on the "easy availability of guns..." My dad was on his high school's [B]smallbore rifle team [/B]in the late 1950's. [B]He would ride the bus to school[/B] [B]with his rifle and ammo[/B]. The members of the team would bring their rifles to the principals office and leave them in the closet until after school, when they would take them on the activity bus to the range where the competition was being held. During hunting season, it was routine to see students park their cars or pickup trucks on school property with their hunting rifles plainly visible. They would go hunting after class before it got dark. Guns were everywhere and no one made a big deal about them at all. Practically speaking, there was no "gun control" [B][I]at all[/I][/B] prior to the late 1960's. You could buy guns at hardware stores, department stores (Sears, JC Penney and Woolworths all had their own brands of guns) flea markets or gas stations. You could order them thru the mail with no background checks. [B]It was far easier for a minor to obtain a gun back then than it is now. Thats the reality[/B]. So if you want to "blame" someone or something for the school shootings...blame our dysfunctional society. Blame the media that gives publicity to these basket cases. Blame the Internet. Blame the Hollywood movie industry that glorifies violence. Blame violent video games. Blame gangs. Blame the "war on drugs" that [I]causes[/I] more violence than it can ever hope to prevent. Blame the "gun free zones" in schools that do nothing but herd unarmed victims into a confined area for easier slaughter by those who have no intention of obeying the law in the first place. A reasonable person could "blame" a lot of things.....but [B]it is ignorant and factually incorrect to blame the "easy availability of guns" for school shootings[/B]. [/QUOTE]
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