Zenephobe wrote:
Lia Abbot wrote:
Yes Val. Be angry! What kind of place is this when they allow sick, vicious, evil men like that to just walk in a shop and buy a gun?
Grrrr!
/me wipes away a tear and hugs my sweet pal.
With all due respect and with the acknowledgement that the shootings in Connecticut were a senseless tragedy I would simply like to point out that a crazy man did not walk into a store and purchase weapons to kill innocents. He was a mentally ill young man who used his mother's legally owned firearms to commit this atrocity. There is no need to debate this. This is simply a fact.
The American Constitution is still working for the rest of the populous that does not allow their mentally ill children access to their firearms.
Where I come from his mother, his cousin, his politician, his head of state couldn't walk into a store and buy a gun. I come from a civilised country where we recognise that, outside of the military and a very small proportion of police officers, nobody's allowed to own a gun, and I am thankful for that.
The gun that repulsive idiot used should never, never been allowed anywhere near him. And as for the magazine of 100 bullets...
Oh, and his mother comes across as another person I wouldn't want within ten miles of me.
If you think otherwise, then I'd like to hear your comments if (god forbid) your own child had to face this awful man.
Sorry Hippie, Val, Maddie and all. I didn't want to stain this lovely forum with my grumpy thoughts.
/me cries softly.