re: Not even gonna make a suggestion. If I can get a serious answer, what do you guys on here

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You seem to place a greater importance on federal over state.

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From what I've been reading about Louisiana law, after a certain amount of time, state law allows felons to possess firearms. However, federal law still prohibits possession unless you have formally had your 2A rights restored. That can only be done via governor pardon.

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What do guns rights folks suggest? Take guns off the table or put them on, you decide. Either way what’s an idea?

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They're off the table for me for two reasons:

1. They are a right, a freedom. Period. The Bill of Rights was created as a specific set of limits on the federal government so as to help prevent domestic tyranny. To attempt to take away a freedom of the people, regardless of what it is or why, is to attempt to exert more control over them. That's a very large, fear-driven step towards despotism, especially when a member of Congress now refers to a freedom as "bullshite".


2. To look at the shootings as the problem is short-sighted and a bit juvenile. The problem isn't the shootings, those are just a symptom. Going after firearms is just an easy dodge for politicians to say they've done something while actually avoiding the real problem. The problem is the growing lack of fathers in the lives of children and a growing lack of stable homes. Those aren't being discussed in the halls of Congress because it's not as simple to understand (nor address) as "take away guns". It requires putting aside political party rhetoric as well as admitting that there's no overnight solution as well as conceding that there may well be very little government can actually do to address this.

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Mandatory firearms training for all males. Require every able bodied male to annually qualify with a pistol

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That will certainly improve the "kill" rate in the inner cities.

The first thing we need to do is address the broken family unit in this country. That starts with holding parents accountable for their children’s action at an early age.

We also need to address exactly what is be taught in our schools and start to reintroduce more religious/conservative values back into the schools for every student…..and fire every educator that goes against this policy.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that a boy that wears dresses was probably bullied his whole life and eventually snaps and kills a bunch of people.

You may not like these points but I’d bet my arse mass shootings in schools would go down with this strategy.

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What do guns rights folks suggest?

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Absolutely draconian mandatory minimum sentences for gun crime. You use a gun in a crime and your life is basically over.

We need to stick with the Second amendment. Limiting gun rights for law abiding citizens does not make anyone safer. If school safety is an issue then SROs can be placed in schools along with training for staff on how to respond to emergency situations.

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absolutely nothing put forth would prevent shootings.

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Baloney! America has way more of these nutjob mass murderers per capita than most other countries. Is it because we have gun ownership? None of us believe that. Then why is it/ Answer that question and you have your plan of action. For the sake of argument, I don’t have an answer that I feel sure of.

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I’d be in favor of limiting the size of magazine to a max of ~10 bullets.

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Infringed, shall not be.

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I’d be in favor of limiting the size of magazine to a max of ~10 bullets.

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Why, you can change a mag in one second? Tell me what this will do?????