So the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of kindergarteners, mall shoppers and moviegoers? Is that freedom?
so what do you want to do about it? Put all the mentally ill in hospitals and hire a Nazi to collect all the guns in America???
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Since USA is based on FREEDOM and MONEY, let's combine those two virtues with a
compromise ...
We
TAX gun sales to better reflect the
safety & health problems they reflect on society.
Like we do on tobacco & alcohol.
My proposal is to fund NRA's suggestion:
"One week after the [Newtown] massacre, the NRA ... proposed changes. Let's have more guns in schools! ... And who is supposed to pay for the wages and benefits for armed guards at every school in the nation?"
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Actually, guns are used by Americans each year 1.5 million times, according to bill clinton, to stop violent crime....the money saved from the crimes stopped pays for itself.......
And what is so dumb about armed guards.......most high schools have armed police resource officers on campus......and if the greedy, corrupt politicians can have armed security at the House and Senate of each state and at the federal level......our kids are far more important than they are...strip them of their security and use that money....to pay for guards.....in schools...to protect our kids.....
Have you been paying attention.....gun free zones kill people...
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"what is so dumb about armed guards"
It's sad that we would need them nowadays, like in the cowboy west 150 years ago, but you may be right if the trend continues.
Yes, kids need protection as well as politicians AND everyone else!
But
who should PAY for that protection?
As a taxpayer, i don't want to pay for problems caused by others! Who does?
If irresponsible people drink alcohol
and drive drunk, we ALL pay for hospital bills, etc. Why is alcohol taxed at such a high rate?
My proposal is to hold the gun manufacturers & sellers & buyers
partially responsible for deaths & injuries their products cause.
Guns should be
TAXED at a much higher rate.
Especially the more lethal weapons.
If one wants to own an AR-15, they should pay a hell of a lot more taxes!
And, for every murder by a gun/ rifle, the TAXes should rise!
In the USA, the pocketbook or balance sheet decides.
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