Gaston County Police Chief Stephen Zill said on Wednesday that "this sort of violence will not stand".
Except is does. 160 mass shootings plus ytd.
Except is does. 160 mass shootings plus ytd.
That's a horrible thing that happened. You'd never expect that. I heard the little girl's interview. Glad she's going to be OK. Not sure why the wife hasn't seen her husband yet while he's in the hospital.Gaston County Shooter
How about making laws that stop, or at limit, the opportunity for the crime before it happens, instead of punishment after the event?That's a horrible thing that happened. You'd never expect that. I heard the little girl's interview. Glad she's going to be OK. Not sure why the wife hasn't seen her husband yet while he's in the hospital.
It just seems strange, like she might not be allowed. I hope that monster is never able to hurt anyone else. The Bible has a law against that.
In a perfect world that might be possible.How about making laws that stop, or at limit, the opportunity for the crime before it happens, instead of punishment after the event?
There is a very simple law that could be passed that would be constitutional and would also have a big impact on reducing the number of guns in the hands of felons and gang members and people who are mentally unstable. It would also alert police when someone who has a gun legally is behaving in an alarming way (buying up many guns, buying thousands of rounds of ammo, buying body armor, etc). All you need to do is require liability insurance for anyone who owns a gun. For most gun owners the liability would be very low. Then whenever you buy a gun, or ammo, or body armor or anything else you must show proof of insurance and the insurance company will be alerted. Also to get a break on the insurance you give them access to medical records including mental health.How about making laws that stop, or at limit, the opportunity for the crime before it happens, instead of punishment after the event?
Not sure I fully agree with the constitutionality of the plan, but I don't fully disagree, either - I'm sure something like it could work. The last bit made me laugh.The constitution says "well regulated militia" so requiring liability insurance could be viewed as "well regulated".
Exactly. We don't execute enough of those deserving the death penalty. They get recycled to train more criminals and repeat the crime. Start executing these criminals, and their accomplices up the chain, and their ilk will quickly dwindle. Also stop importing them, and teaching their religion in state funded schools.In a perfect world that might be possible.
There hasn't been a perfect world since Eden was infiltrated by the Devil. There was already a murder committed in the second generation. God gave a solid law right after the flood that man's blood should be shed for shedding another man's blood. We call that the death penalty.
The only thing that I can see that would have possibly changed the outcome would be if the parents were armed with effective weapons and able to stop the murderer. I have no criticism for the parents at all, only empathy. Nobody expects something like that to happen. However, good guys with weapons to equalize the odds is a good thing IMHO. What do you suggest?
Many people do not understand that the reason so many murders and shootings in Chicago go unresolved is because the police are not allowed to have a digital database identifying guns, they have to keep the records on paper and then search the paper records to identify bullets and shell casings. So what could be done in hours takes months or never gets done at all. The reason for this is a digital database of every gun held by the US government is seen as the first step towards confiscation. However, there is no law against private insurance companies having these records and then whenever a crime is committed the police would send a subpoena to all the insurance companies. In this way we would very quickly identify mules and gun dealers that are conduits for gangs and could shut that pipeline down.Not sure I fully agree with the constitutionality of the plan, but I don't fully disagree, either - I'm sure something like it could work. The last bit made me laugh.
No, I hear you. I just also see it as a way the government would try to ban guns (e.g. make the insurance so expensive no one could afford it, as they do with health insurance). But Chicago is also rotten from decades of corruption, right? Start executing the murderers and their accomplices/sponsors in government, and I'm sure the crime rate would drop. But I think your insurance idea has merit, if used with care to prevent government overreach.Many people do not understand that the reason so many murders and shootings in Chicago go unresolved is because the police are not allowed to have a digital database identifying guns, they have to keep the records on paper and then search the paper records to identify bullets and shell casings. So what could be done in hours takes months or never gets done at all. The reason for this is a digital database of every gun held by the US government is seen as the first step towards confiscation. However, there is no law against private insurance companies having these records and then whenever a crime is committed the police would send a subpoena to all the insurance companies. In this way we would very quickly identify mules and gun dealers that are conduits for gangs and could shut that pipeline down.
Simply make it limited liability, also provide motivation to insurance companies to notify the authorities by giving them cuts in liability if they do that. The real liability would be for the gun dealer that sells the gun without checking for insurance. They would never do that because they have to also have insurance on the gun and would need to transfer the insurance. But if you sold bullets or anything else without checking the insurance then they would be liable for that.No, I hear you. I just also see it as a way the government would try to ban guns (e.g. make the insurance so expensive no one could afford it, as they do with health insurance). But Chicago is also rotten from decades of corruption, right? Start executing the murderers and their accomplices/sponsors in government, and I'm sure the crime rate would drop. But I think your insurance idea has merit, if used with care to prevent government overreach.
Humans have been killing eachother from when Cain killed Able. Its a tradgic thing but humanity is fallen into sin. There is no human law able to stop this. Goveco is part of the problem not the answer. Community and looking out for eachother is. God said love thy neighbor. Man says make laws.
How about making laws that stop, or at limit, the opportunity for the crime before it happens, instead of punishment after the event?
How about not letting unrehabilitated violent fellons loose on society. Then we have to do a whole prison reform and thats too much work. Its best to just torment the citizens.And your proposal for such a law(s) would be????
A good first step would be to ELIMINATE "Gun Free Zones", since murderers prefer their victims to be defenseless.