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Sorry I am popping in and out of this conversation and I have not been keeping up with every detail of the shooter. Wasn't the shooter a law abiding citizen right up to the point that he shot his grandmother? As far as I know, he did not have a criminal history and bought the guns legally. This is where I agree with Brian. I don't know what gun control proposals solve that.
It is also why I also find the take the guns away from the non law abiding citizens first argument so troubling. Provided that everything I said is correct, he was law abiding. He was "one of the good guys." Whether we like it or not if you own a gun (which I do), a member of OUR community was the monster, not the mysterious bad guys down the road. We protected his right to purchase and own his guns. He betrayed that trust and gunned down children. Similar to what is demanded of others when we ask the question "What about Chicago?" (Yes I know this is not usually a serious question but still.), what are we law abiding gun owing citizens willing to do to ensure we are not enabling bad actors within our gun owning community?
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Marian Turski- former prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp
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