Gun control? how about social media sites?

[len917]

This past school shooting in Texas the shooter was on social media saying he was going to kill his grandmother, other posts refer to raping women, torturing animals etc. Why isn't the name of the social media site/sites made public so that parents can ban their children from viewing it. When the site/sites are exposed and people leave it, the advertisers will also leave. We have a right to now what site/sites they are. Embarass them.
Next, where did he get the money for 2 AR-15's, 800 rds of ammo and body armour.
Some of these computer games add to the problem.
Let's not blame 911 operators, local police etc. we were not there to see what was actually going on-no second guessing.
Let's begin to get a grip on reality ,it's not guns!!
That's all for now
Thanks for letting me rant

 

[quikdraw67]

The perp did not have body armor.

He had the vest but not the ballistic plates.

But why let the truth get in the way if helps forward your agenda?

 

[Muss Muggins]

The platform was outed several days ago. The method was private messages, which were not outed until way after the shooting occurred, the recipient notified police, and the investigation continued . . .

 

[03hemi]

Why don't we hear about people like the good lady that shot and killed the bad guy with an AR-15 with her lawfully carried concealed firearm when he was about to shoot up a party because he was asked to stop speeding? I wanna hear those stories!

 

[jeffrefrig]

Why don't we hear about people like the good lady that shot and killed the bad guy with an AR-15 with her lawfully carried concealed firearm when he was about to shoot up a party because he was asked to stop speeding? I wanna hear those stories!

This ^^^^^ is what I want to know. Why do we have to view YouTube to get posts of "good guy" stories that don't appear on national news? Just here in Pittsburgh there's a very common denominator of the people committing acts of gun violence (in the city) that is never talked about. An 18 month old baby was just killed "by accident."
I'm sure if we all had to turn in our guns, the bad guys would, too.

 

[16thVACav]

Here is the story:

Police: Woman with pistol killed man who shot at crowd of people in Charleston | WCHS

 

[gregintenn]

Since murder is already forbidden by law, we have to assume these cretins who performs these acts probably wouldn't be deterred by a new gun law. I'm not an investigator, but this fact does give me pause as to the true reason for the current clamor for gun control. How about you?

 

[Jon651]

Why don't we hear about people like the good lady that shot and killed the bad guy with an AR-15 with her lawfully carried concealed firearm when he was about to shoot up a party because he was asked to stop speeding? I wanna hear those stories!

I have noticed that bad news is "news", but good news is a "niche".

There are only two sections of the news that tell both the good and the bad sides of stories - Sports and Weather. The problem is, for your typical "news" channel/publication/online site, Sports and Weather don't drive readership or viewership, but bad news (especially VERY bad news) is a guaranteed draw.

That's just the way we are built. Unfortunately.

 

[Golddollar]

I'm sure if we all had to turn in our guns, the bad guys would, too.

Yeah, right, absolutely.

 

[Luke Duke]

gun control

I was kicked of this Forum after the 'Sandy Hook Massacrer" when I said the legal age to own a firearm should be 21! I was called a NRA Basher. Ive been a member of the NRA my whole life.
18 year old kids Should Not be able to buy Assault Weapons , ammo and high cap mags when they cant even buy cigarettes and beer . Yes, common sense dictates there should be some sort of new gun regulations. Disillusioned kids with money shouldn't be able to buy guns. Yes, My son Son bought a Ruger AR556 when he turned 18; and we both thought it was B.S that I still had to get him a pack of Camel's ! The difference between my kid and some Cuckoo is; he was raised shooting. The first thing I made him do is read the book. He had to understand how to disassemble and clean and understand the rifle. Then we went to the range. Then I made him Qualify. Then I made him clean. Then I made him reload his ammo . We are a NRA Family. We are Safe . We are the ones you want on your side.
Yes ,we should all support normal common sense regulations. Don't sell Assault weapons to kids! My Kids Agree.
Lets work together and make our rights to the 2nd Amendment safe. If unscrupulous people sell guns and ammo to kids and they shoot a school full of kids ; that's OUR time as NRA members to not let that happen ever again.
18years old; cant buy beer, cant buy cigarettes, cant buy guns, PERIOD!
The Demoncrates want these mass shooting 's to happen. Thats the only way they can upset our 2nd Amendment. We as NRA supporters need to beat them to the punch and come up with a way to keep Assault weapons out of the hands of kids .
Luke Miskol
NRA For Life

 

[Beemerguy53]

In my fantasy world, I wish both sides of this debate would stop bashing each other. It's unbelievably counterproductive. I will never understand why people think that vitriol and innuendo are the way to persuade others to see your point of view. No law ever got passed, or prevented from passing, with the two sides trading insults and accusations.

I wish our opponents would stop trying to argue that the 2nd Amendment doesn't mean what it clearly says...do they not realize that they're feeding the very paranoia they accuse us of having? If they would concede that we have the right to own firearms, and stop arguing otherwise, they would buy a lot of good will.

I wish they would stop treating us as if we are their social, cultural, and legal inferiors. It's very elitist, really offends and turns us off, and only hardens our resistance to cooperating with them.

I wish they would at least try to understand what they're talking about when it comes to guns. That silly comment the other day about a 9mm blowing someone's lung out of his body is just the tip of the iceberg. Millions of Americans want "assault weapons" banned, but can't describe what they are or how they work. Millions more have no idea what's involved in buying a gun legally; they simply parrot the claim that we need tougher gun laws. It's ridiculous to try to discuss public policy in the face of such ignorance.

For our part, I wish the NRA and other gun-rights organizations, and American gun owners in general, would stop being a reactionary force, and try instead to come up with affirmative ways to keep nuts from getting access to firearms. I'm tired of us being the bad guys, the ones who are always accused of not caring about violence in our society.

Bashing people of good faith who mean us no harm, but who are deeply concerned about this recent increase in public mass-shooting incidents, just makes us look unreasonable and irresponsible. Yeah, there are gun-grabbers out there, people who'd like to confiscate everything that goes bang, but they're a minority, and we shouldn't act like every proposed new gun law is an attempt to disarm the entire country.

"Oh well, stuff happens!"...is not a proper way for us to respond when a sicko murders 19 children and 2 teachers. We can do a lot better than that...

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I wish gun rights supporters would stop referring to Modern Sporting Rifles as Assault Weapons. Why help the anti gun group?

 

[Tom S.]

I was kicked of this Forum after the 'Sandy Hook Massacrer" when I said the legal age to own a firearm should be 21! I was called a NRA Basher. Ive been a member of the NRA my whole life.
18 year old kids Should Not be able to buy Assault Weapons , ammo and high cap mags when they cant even buy cigarettes and beer . Yes, common sense dictates there should be some sort of new gun regulations. Disillusioned kids with money shouldn't be able to buy guns. Yes, My son Son bought a Ruger AR556 when he turned 18; and we both thought it was B.S that I still had to get him a pack of Camel's ! The difference between my kid and some Cuckoo is; he was raised shooting. The first thing I made him do is read the book. He had to understand how to disassemble and clean and understand the rifle. Then we went to the range. Then I made him Qualify. Then I made him clean. Then I made him reload his ammo . We are a NRA Family. We are Safe . We are the ones you want on your side.
Yes ,we should all support normal common sense regulations. Don't sell Assault weapons to kids! My Kids Agree.
Lets work together and make our rights to the 2nd Amendment safe. If unscrupulous people sell guns and ammo to kids and they shoot a school full of kids ; that's OUR time as NRA members to not let that happen ever again.
18years old; cant buy beer, cant buy cigarettes, cant buy guns, PERIOD!
The Demoncrates want these mass shooting 's to happen. Thats the only way they can upset our 2nd Amendment. We as NRA supporters need to beat them to the punch and come up with a way to keep Assault weapons out of the hands of kids .
Luke Miskol
NRA For Life

You were called an NRA basher because that was exactly what you were doing. The NRA is not responsible for the mental health of people, nor are they responsible for the decay in the moral fiber of our country. Asking the NRA to bow to the pressures of those who see using legislation as a means of fixing these two issues is in fact going against what the NRA stands for as well as supporting those who wish to destroy that institution and bring draconian gun laws to our country.

This thread is about social media sites, NOT THE NRA. Stay on topic.

 

[gregintenn]

I was kicked of this Forum after the 'Sandy Hook Massacrer" when I said the legal age to own a firearm should be 21! I was called a NRA Basher. Ive been a member of the NRA my whole life.
18 year old kids Should Not be able to buy Assault Weapons , ammo and high cap mags when they cant even buy cigarettes and beer . Yes, common sense dictates there should be some sort of new gun regulations. Disillusioned kids with money shouldn't be able to buy guns. Yes, My son Son bought a Ruger AR556 when he turned 18; and we both thought it was B.S that I still had to get him a pack of Camel's ! The difference between my kid and some Cuckoo is; he was raised shooting. The first thing I made him do is read the book. He had to understand how to disassemble and clean and understand the rifle. Then we went to the range. Then I made him Qualify. Then I made him clean. Then I made him reload his ammo . We are a NRA Family. We are Safe . We are the ones you want on your side.
Yes ,we should all support normal common sense regulations. Don't sell Assault weapons to kids! My Kids Agree.
Lets work together and make our rights to the 2nd Amendment safe. If unscrupulous people sell guns and ammo to kids and they shoot a school full of kids ; that's OUR time as NRA members to not let that happen ever again.
18years old; cant buy beer, cant buy cigarettes, cant buy guns, PERIOD!
The Demoncrates want these mass shooting 's to happen. Thats the only way they can upset our 2nd Amendment. We as NRA supporters need to beat them to the punch and come up with a way to keep Assault weapons out of the hands of kids .
Luke Miskol
NRA For Life

We could simply make shooting people illegal. How about we just tell the gun grabbers to go pee up a rope? "Shall not be infringed" isn't a difficult concept to grasp.

 

[SAFireman]

The depth of feeling that you have for the 2nd Amendment is likely the same as their feelings towards the 1st.

 

[Beemerguy53]

....How about we just tell the gun grabbers to go pee up a rope? "Shall not be infringed" isn't a difficult concept to grasp.

This is the surest way I can think of to have our heads handed to us legislatively.

 

[9mmPatriot]

Why don't we hear about people like the good lady that shot and killed the bad guy with an AR-15 with her lawfully carried concealed firearm when he was about to shoot up a party because he was asked to stop speeding? I wanna hear those stories!

Because it does not mesh with the narrative being spewed by a left leaning media.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Why don't we hear about people like the good lady that shot and killed the bad guy with an AR-15 with her lawfully carried concealed firearm when he was about to shoot up a party because he was asked to stop speeding? I wanna hear those stories!

I saw it on TV, cited to debunk the assertion that “you can’t take on a rifle with a pistol”.

 

[vt_shooter]

If the social media czars put the same effort into writing algorithms that search for dangerous traits as they do searching for political comments to hide or delete, they might actually accomplish some good.

 

[wood714]

18 year old kids Should Not be able to buy Assault Weapons , ammo and high cap mags when they cant even buy cigarettes and beer . Yes, common sense dictates there should be some sort of new gun regulations. Disillusioned kids with money shouldn't be able to buy guns. Yes, My son Son bought a Ruger AR556 when he turned 18; and we both thought it was B.S that I still had to get him a pack of Camel's ! The difference between my kid and some Cuckoo is; he was raised shooting. The first thing I made him do is read the book. He had to understand how to disassemble and clean and understand the rifle. Then we went to the range. Then I made him Qualify. Then I made him clean. Then I made him reload his ammo . We are a NRA Family. We are Safe . We are the ones you want on your side.
Yes ,we should all support normal common sense regulations. Don't sell Assault weapons to kids! My Kids Agree.
Lets work together and make our rights to the 2nd Amendment safe. If unscrupulous people sell guns and ammo to kids and they shoot a school full of kids ; that's OUR time as NRA members to not let that happen ever again.
18years old; cant buy beer, cant buy cigarettes, cant buy guns, PERIOD!

I'm confused.

Your saying an 18 year old shouldn't be allowed to by a certain weapon, then you say your son bought one.

Then you say again they shouldn't be allowed to buy them and your son agrees, even thou he did in fact buy one.

Pot, Kettle, Black?