The frail I was referring to being the warped and damaged minds of individuals who go out and execute a bunch of innocent people,or perhaps resort to the use of a firearm over a verbal disagreement, the weak being there inability to cause harm and death to the same number of individuals without the power of a firearm or some form of device. The elderly who are at times referred to as weak and frail are respected in all country's I should think.
ok, I'll let you go on that one, but you have a point, in the land that supposedly is the home of the free and the brave, where were all the men filling this guy with lead when he acted up?
Serbia, Yemen, Cyprus, Iraq and Saudia Arabia are all top 7 in per capita gun ownership. Don't think too many people would classify them as "polite" societies.
That would have been a catastrophe. Anyway, it turns out at least one carry permit was in the "audience" for this spectacle. They did the right thing - kept their head down and got the hell out of the line of fire.
I think that insurance would cover loss of use for both the theater and the apt. blng. I am just glad I don't know of anyone injured or killed since I live 20 minutes south. But then again I haven't gone to a movie in years, who does, I guess teens with disposable income.
I didn't know there was one armed person in the audience, he didn't do anything ? Maybe he had his reasons... The right to own (carry) guns is a fundamental right . It's the right that you have , so you don't have to rely on anyone to ensure your own protection and that of your family. When you relinquish that right , you basically say that you trust other people (the govt, the Police) to protect you. We know what that means. Now you have the right to be a sheep, to trust the govt to take good care of you, but some people still appreciate freedom and the right to be self reliant. The problem with guns in the USA aside from the very very big society problem specific to the US that exists partly due to the media and to an unfettered capitalism that prey on the poors, is that background checks should be better at doing what they should do, waiting periods should be mandated. You should not be able to buy lots of guns and ammo in a short period of time and this should raise red flags to authorities. In general, in the US and elsewhere (where very strict gun control exists but where things like that happen anyway) LEO should use datamining techniques to profile and monitor gun owners .
one of my daughters lives in Isreal. As she tells it, it's just like the Hatfields and McCoys. She's the sweetest little thing, and they eat dinner as a family, but all the men never sit down unless they have their Uzi propped up in the corner around the dining room.
I suppose you need rule of law first, then arms, to have a polite society. It probably helps to not be in an area populated by death-cult folk that have been murdering each other continually for a dozen centuries.
I largely agree with your post. I own a gun, and about 100-200 rounds of ammo. But I do believe there should be a much stricter gun laws. If you want to own 1-4 guns, that you purchased over a period time I am ok with that, with exceptions. But WTF does a civilian have a right to own .50 cal handgun or sniper rifle, both of which are legal to purchase. The Barrett can take down a vehicle from far away no civilian should have access to that at all. Its easy to purchase a an AR15 change parts out and make it full auto. There is no need for civilian to own. Didn't we learn from the North Hollywood bank robbery. The cops were way out gunned. WTF? How can we depend on the police when they are outgunned in some cases, we cant. Did you know that can legally own a full auto machine gun with the right ATF permit if you have a squeaky clean record. I just confirmed that with a guy that has one. That's outrageous. Civilians owning full auto, not even cops, except SWAT have that.
I don't see anything wrong with owning full auto's with a special permit. If you intend to do something like that with full autos you need more ammo, which becomes impossible to carry. The focus on assault weapons, full auto guns, or mag capacity is missing the point IMO. These things did not happen a century ago or 50 years ago, tells you something is very wrong with society, and that's not guns. There is an underlying violence in society, mix that with easily available guns and you have these shootings.