The latest amok shooting in Santa Barbara, USA by a mentally ill twenty-two year old - will no doubt again bring the anti-gunners to boiling point. The specifics of this shooting are awful - with the killer leaving both video and written evidence of his vicious intent to "punish" girls for his inadequate social life. - I will not use this sickos name - but forecast that his video and 'manifesto' will provide sensational media excitement for weeks.
I extend my sincere sympathy and regrets to the families of all the victims.
I will, once again repeat my wish that if it were possible - I would choose to totally eliminate ALL means of killing other humans. - But of-course that is not possible.
- All that seems possible for our law-makers - is to restrict ownership of firearms by law-abiding folk and take away their means of self-defence - from the very people who are not a problem.
-Those who ignore laws will remain armed and unaffected by any "bans".
- Those in the pay of our Governments will continue to be armed military forces.
- Those members of law-enforcement units will remain armed.
- Both Military and Civilian Law Enforcement organisations have no difficulty in justifying their possession and use of firearms - to protect lives and extend their governments authority & political aims.
- But those same governments have policies that cut the budgets for (mental) health-care, education, and law-enforcement to the minimum - and seek to apply restrictions on the ownership and use of guns by legitimate law-abiding, sane, citizens. - trying to show that they are "doing something" about the problem.
- One useful step might be to require that the details of all persons needing treatment for mental illness be added to a National (Federal) register of those prevented from legally buying or possessing any kind of firearm. - Then they would need to enforce that ruling on both the individual and their families. - This would of-course require funding from taxes.
Marty K
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