[user104658]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The answer to America's mass shooting problem is not to throw more guns at it. If this came into effect how long would it be until it's a teacher that goes on a rampage?

Well yeah that was my thinking. Teachers sometimes will snap and punch a kid. Teachers sometimes abuse their pupils. How long before a teacher ends up shooting someone? And even without it going that far, I can DEFINITELY see teachers using the fact that they have a gun in their desk as an empty, yet still terrifying, threat.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Well yeah that was my thinking. Teachers sometimes will snap and punch a kid. Teachers sometimes abuse their pupils. How long before a teacher ends up shooting someone? And even without it going that far, I can DEFINITELY see teachers using the fact that they have a gun in their desk as an empty, yet still terrifying, threat.

Yeah, it's an insane thing to do really, all these pro gun people are wrapping themselves in knots offering up silly suggestions to take gun control off the table when proper gun control laws would not affect responsible owners anyway.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Yeah, it's an insane thing to do really, all these pro gun people are wrapping themselves in knots offering up silly suggestions to take gun control off the table when proper gun control laws would not affect responsible owners anyway.

I think the argument is they wouldn't affect irresponsible owners anyway, with black market purchases...

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I think the argument is they wouldn't affect irresponsible owners anyway, with black market purchases...

Which aren't all that common as they are made out to be, remember that almost all of these mass shootings are committed legally owned guns. Make it harder for the wrong people to buy guns and these Mass Shootings would stop happening because buying something off the Black Market isn't like popping into Asda for a loaf of bread, if you don't have the knowledge or the connections then you don't have the access to it.

The UK has an illegal gun trade but that doesn't mean we should take back gun laws and give everyone access to one just in case.