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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1069149" data-attributes="member: 14668">I cant handle little kids getting shot either, but if we want to get serious about actually solving the problem then we need to deal with facts.The massacres at Thurston High School, Columbine, Virginia Tech, the theater in Aurora and now the Sandy Hook elementary were all committed with weapons that had been legally purchased, either by the shooters themselves or by family members or friends. Whether or not these weapons were &quot;registered&quot; in a database somewhere would have had no difference in the outcomes. A gun in the hands of a murderer is made no less dangerous simply by being registered.To me the much more relevant commonality in all of these massacres...is the fact that every single one of them took place in a designated and posted &quot;gun free zone.&quot; If we as a society are serious about putting a stop to the insanity then perhaps we should start by finally admitting to the fact that the so-called &quot;gun free zones&quot; accomplish nothing except for providing would-be-killers with a conveniently situated group of unarmed and helpless victims.The time for &quot;feel good&quot; measures such as registration, waiting periods, high-capacity magazine bans, gun free zones etc is OVER. We need to turn our focus on to what WORKS rather than to what we WISHED would work. The sad and brutal reality of the situation is that once a lunatic has armed himself and made the decision to kill, the only way to neutralize the threat is for another armed person to kill him first.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1069149, member: 14668"] I cant handle little kids getting shot either, but if we want to get serious about actually [I]solving[/I] the problem then we need to deal with [I]facts[/I]. The massacres at Thurston High School, Columbine, Virginia Tech, the theater in Aurora and now the Sandy Hook elementary were all committed with weapons that had been [I]legally purchased, [/I]either by the shooters themselves or by family members or friends. Whether or not these weapons were "registered" in a database somewhere would have had [I]no difference[/I] in the outcomes. A gun in the hands of a murderer is made no less dangerous simply by being registered. To me the much more [I]relevant[/I] commonality in all of these massacres...is the fact that [B]every single one of them took place in a designated and posted "gun free zone." [/B]If we as a society are [I]serious[/I] about putting a stop to the insanity then perhaps we should start by finally admitting to the fact that the so-called "gun free zones" accomplish [I]nothing[/I] except for providing would-be-killers with a conveniently situated group of unarmed and helpless victims. The time for "feel good" measures such as registration, waiting periods, high-capacity magazine bans, gun free zones etc is OVER. We need to turn our focus on to what WORKS rather than to what we WISHED would work. The sad and brutal reality of the situation is that once a lunatic has armed himself and made the decision to kill, the [I]only[/I] way to neutralize the threat is for [I]another[/I] armed person to [I]kill him first[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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