callmefence":38la2u9v said:
Stupidest thing I've ever seen(bump stocks). Like putting stacks and big tires on a perfectly good truck. But shouldn't be outlawed. It's not the problem, the man coulda done more damage with a match and a gallon of gas.
Problem wouldn't be the match, the can,or the gas it's the man. To even discuss banning anything is a waste of time and money.
While I don't disagree that you can't stop everything from happening, there does need to be some legislative control. Let's pick on trucks. Should that giant truck be banned or should all cars be made to be bigger to prevent someone in a Hyundai Accent from being run over (almost literally) by one of those trucks? And before we get into the debate that someone shouldn't be driving that small of a car, maybe it's their only option, we'll pretend that's the case in this scenario. So when do you have to protect people from other people's stupidity? Should we stop banning everything? Should I be allowed to get into your bank account and steal all your money? Should we have no age of consent laws? I could go on and on, but I won't. I am smart enough and pragmatic enough to understand that we can't legislate all the bad things of this world and make them go away, but should we get off the field and quit playing?
This is an interesting debate. One that has legality and passion married to each other in strongest of all marriages. My intentions are not to cause anger, accuse anyone of being stupid, or stir the pot. This is an issue that I feel genuinely needs to be looked at because mass shootings are becoming a constant in the American vernacular. I don't believe this is a simple problem of banning weapons, or improving mental health services. Rather, we need to move away from such a violent culture that we have allowed to run rampant through video game, television and movie genres. Growing up (born in 1982) there was that type of entertainment available, but not to the extent that it is today. I remember the debate about Viagra commercials during football games. Those have been replaced with trailers for violent movies, and commercials for first person video games. Honestly, I believe a lot of the blame lies there almost more than it does with the gun industry.