F@#king Hurricane looters, Shoot em on sight Options

[carr914]

Made it thru the hurricane with minimal damage, BUT some buttwipe broke into the bodyshop where my 914-6 is at, broke the driver's vent. saw that there was no radio.etc.( track car) and messed with the interior. I can fix everything and have the glass. It's just the last thing I expected. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)
T.C.

[campbellcj]

I agree completely that guns and (young) kids absolutely do not mix. I am a dad and my wife is a mom as well as a board-certified pediatrician, so we are quite sensitive to such issues.

The large majority of these tragic incidents are due to either (a) completely brain-dead gun owners or handlers who should be screened-out by some kind of reasonable proficiency and safety testing process, or (b) illegal activities including drive-by shootings, school shootings, and other acts of psychotic individuals who are NOT operating under the law and have never been proven to be deterred by any law thus far passed, including capital punishment, registration requirements, or waiting periods!

One story I heard recently is of a garage sale accident where an old hunting rifle was left out on a curbside table, in a small rural town, with a for-sale tag. A man walked up and handled the rifle, NOT checking whether it was loaded, and pulled the trigger while it was pointed at other garage-sale attendees. A child was shot and injured, but survived IIRC. Clearly this was the gun's fault...NOT...BOTH the seller as well as the prospective buyer as well as anybody else in close proximity were negligent in obeying multiple "basic rules" of firearm safety.

I would love to see clear-cut evidence that gun control laws work, but thus far, I never have. All I see here in SoCal is that -- similar to the "drug war" -- supply is still present and those with the desire, funds, and disregard for the law are barely even slowed-down by the legislation that's in place.

We all know that drunk driving accidents and tobacco, to name a few, kill vastly more people each year than accidental shootings. ALL of these are really educational issues, not something that can be legislated under the rug in hopes they'll go away.