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Originally Posted by tw
And then blames it all on families without fathers. Or PTSD because it was only recently discovered. I just can't decide which one deserves more laughter. Since no numbers can quantify something that extreme.
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It was only recently given a NAME, but even in the old testament, soldiers returning from battle were required to spend a day or two sleeping in camp. This was to "purify" their hearts, of the blood lust.
Any adolescent counselor will tell you straight away, the problem that typically arises with males who have had no father figure in their life.
If you ever work with adolescent males, you will notice the difference very quickly - not always of course, but generally, it's apparent when the teenage boy is missing his male parent.
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So how did the great white hunters do so much game hunting in Africa? They did not have hollow point. Could not fire 47 rounds per minute. And managed to kill in record numbers. Well, today hollow point rounds are needed to hunt humans. Since humans are now fair game in America, we need weapons far more destructive than what great white hunters once needed. After all, hunting 1st graders may become harder than hunting elephants.
More assault weapons and hollow point bullets - to kill people - are needed.
Just using your logic (or do I need permission).
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You need to get your facts straight. Hollow point bullets were invented in the 1890's, sometimes called "Express" bullets, since they were meant for high-powered rifles which were called "Express" rifles, in those days.
With hollow point bullets you tend to kill what you hit, AND you significantly lower the chance that the bullet will pass right through the bad guy, and kill a by-stander, behind them. That's why police departments insist on hollow point bullets for their officers.
On animals, it kills quicker - allowing the hunter to locate the game, and get it out of there, before bears, lions, or packs of hyenas, come to try and take it for themselves. Also, it prevents a much slower and painful death, than regular bullets.
Before hollow point bullets were invented, the few big game hunters were pretty creative. They coated their bullets with poison, (destroyed by cooking the meat), they filed the heads of the bullet, into a more pointed shape. They took along several rifles and used backup shooters, if needed. They had a fire line put down, ready to flare up if needed, between where they were shooting, and the game. Even a wounded elephant will not run into a hefty fire line. They used the terrain - elephants and such, will not climb up even a small rocky ledge - but leopards will.
There is no such thing as "assault" rifles. Any weapon used to assault the enemy, is an assault weapon. It could be a stick, your fist, or anything else. There are short rifles, sometimes called carbines, and there are long rifles, usually just called rifles. Any weapon used for an assault, is an assault weapon, period.
Making up words to suit your version of facts, won't help your argument.
I agree with you that some types of ammo, and some types of rifles, (as noted in my previous post), should be removed from sales within the country.
But like anything else, if the law is there, it can and predictably will be, broken, by people who don't care about following the law. Those are the people we should be concerned about. Yes, it would be good to ban certain guns and ammo - but we need to also harden our schools a bit, also.
This is not the 1950's, and our country is not like the one we had in those days. We need to adapt, and we need to harden our schools - not outlaw CCW permits, gun sales, etc.
The bad guys will always have guns - look at Brevik in Norway, or Lanza in Newtown. Both found a way around the law, and worked their way into a crowd of innocent and disarmed kids and counselors/teachers.
Like shooting fish in a barrel, wouldn't you say? The kids are cornered in the classrooms at Sandy Hook, the campers in Norway are trapped on a small island.
Our kids need protection, and that's just the fact of the matter.