The problem is that there isn't really a Federal gun law. It's handled by each state. Like my state has the strictest gun law that (exaggerating) you could get in trouble for having a rubber band gun, but another state a stone throw away is super loosey-goosey.
The other problem is that the police froze up. Yeah taking a bullet is not something anyone wants to do or should ever have to do, but this is the screwed up world we live in. And they knew what they signed up for.
The state I live in with the strictest gun law is also the state with the most gangs and crime. So it is just a complete and utter mess that should had been handled a long time ago and it's probably too late to get a handle on it now. People should be able to protect themselves and purchase a firearm if they want to, but there is no reason anyone needs an automatic weapon. You can't get those kind of guns in my state, but this was in Texas. One of the most red-states their is. Don't take their rats away.
I used to know hardcore Republicans on a discord that would always jump in to say how the shootings always looked staged to take their guns away. These people exist. They are delusional and stupid.
"People should be able to protect themselves and purchase a firearm if they want to" no, they shouldn't, and that's part of the problem. there are a dozen ways to protect yourself and/or your home without owning a gun. how do you think the rest of us manage it? what's the point in y'all having a president if each state can just decide to do whatever the hell they want? that's like if the uk let each county decide its own laws. you might as well just be 50 different countries at this point.
also, the police didn't 'freeze up'. they actively made the decision to stand around outside doing nothing to help those poor children; children who were repeatedly calling 911 begging to be saved. they handcuffed and pepper-sprayed and tackled parents who had more balls than them and were willing to go save their kids themselves. the police are supposed to
protect people. that is their
job. they did the exact opposite.
nobody needs a gun for anything
(something something about hunting, but i don't agree with that anyway.) and especially not any kind of semi/automatic one, and that's all i have to say about it because i don't want to get into an argument on this thread. gun control has been proven to work by numerous other countries. we had one school shooting here in the UK and decided that was one too many; we haven't had another in the almost 30 years since. i'm sure someone will say, "well, sophie, the us is massive" okay, and? you still have the people:size ratio needed to take away the guns lmao. there's really no excuse for it at this point. it is
the most obvious solution, and yet i hear absurd alternatives like "give all teachers guns", "make classroom doors bullet-proof", "give schools more security" etc. how about you just, oh, i don't know, take away the root cause of the problem, which would also likely be cheaper to do? my god.
sorry if this comes across as aggressive, i just Cannot with the us government's disregard for human --
children's -- lives and blatant refusal to do anything even remotely effective all because of some dusty old piece of paper that wasn't written with the future invention of a gun that can shoot, like, 50 bullets in 60 seconds in mind. owning a gun is
not a human right. cross out your idiotic 2nd amendment and move on. like, where is the line drawn if not at the deaths of 19 ten year olds and 20 six year olds?
