Thing is... The "reasonable compromise" between the hoplophobes and the advocates of an armed populace of free people is pretty much where we are now. A lot of people talk about "a reasonable compromise", but they ignore the encroachments and restrictions that already exist. It's already illegal to kill people, already illegal for a felon to on a firearm (or even be in a room with one actually), already illegal for me to own a fully automatic weapon of recent manufacture, already illegal for me to own a weapon above a certain calibre, already involves a background check, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
So, yeah. My initial position is that I want to purchase a mains battle tank and ammunition. My right to do so is stated quite clearly in the bill of rights. I am, however, prepared to compromise. I am willing to leave the current unconstitutional laws in place. But no farther.
As for how we should protect our schools, simply replacing the "gun free school zones" with a policy whereby any volunteer teacher that passes a background check, psych eval, and training program permitted to carry concealed would end school shootings. The killers would go to a different location. A different location would become more appealing to them.
That's t he thing. A "gun free zone" is a neon sign to active shooters saying "defenseless targets here". Replace it with a sign saying "trained opposition here" and they will go elsewhere.
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Date: 2013-04-04 04:19 am (UTC)So, yeah. My initial position is that I want to purchase a mains battle tank and ammunition. My right to do so is stated quite clearly in the bill of rights. I am, however, prepared to compromise. I am willing to leave the current unconstitutional laws in place. But no farther.
As for how we should protect our schools, simply replacing the "gun free school zones" with a policy whereby any volunteer teacher that passes a background check, psych eval, and training program permitted to carry concealed would end school shootings. The killers would go to a different location. A different location would become more appealing to them.
That's t he thing. A "gun free zone" is a neon sign to active shooters saying "defenseless targets here". Replace it with a sign saying "trained opposition here" and they will go elsewhere.