Okay. I was comparing the US to the UK. Not sure why Chicago had to be brought up since it was already covered by the US.
The one I posted about is not from my county but with how the sheriffs are in counties with heavy rural areas, like mine, they'll do something similar.
Wyoming is the other. I've read Utah and Idaho are discussing something similar.
So, I guess we'd have to look at why in the US, when we restrict the guns, rates go up but, when other countries do it, they end up lower.
So, I guess we just throw up our hands and do nothing? Far too many people take this stance that there's just nothing that can ever be done to stop murders from happening. And yet, there are plenty of other developed countries around the world that have managed to do it WITHOUT arming their citizens.
And yet the only fixes these politicians and anti-gunners can think of deal with guns, but also don't take into account poor mental health or even poor parenting for these mass shootings occurring.
The fact they arent discussing this stuff tells me this is all political maneuvering and not about realistically curbing violence. Ill put it this way, im sick at the thought of what happened to thos children. Id trade with one of those kids if I could. However, we as a nation should not be handing away rights in the vain hope it will change the past. We have to change the future, and that only comes from measured intelligent discussions. Not thought blinded by passion and grief. Its only been a month and these politicians think they know what will fix the problem. There is no way they have adequately gathered independent data, studied it, used control groups, and drawn a logical conclusion backed by data. They have swallowed and spewed the same "data" and "facts" that have been spewed for years and they are making laws with it. Its irresponsible and down right reckless.
And the "pro-gunners" want to address anything but the guns. The solutions are in the middle. They deal with doing something about the guns, doing something about mental health, and in my opinion, doing something about poverty. The problem that defeats any attempt to solve the problem is that, while neither side is willing to do much compromising, the pro-gun side seems much more stubborn. They refuse to make any compromise when it comes to regulating guns at all. As Marvolo said earlier, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Allowing everyone to own whatever gun they want with no restrictions is NOT a well regulated militia. It's a free-for-all.
However, that's not how the 2nd amendment was written. And, we have the most advanced military in the world for that sort of thing.
