Are we at a tipping point on guns?
In the two weeks since the slaughter of 17 students and adults in Parkland, Fla., not much has changed in the way the country regulates guns. Anyone who could buy an assault rifle on Feb. 13 still can today. And yet, even with Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, the ground seems to be shifting in the direction of gun safety advocates who have been stymied for years.
Whether this shift will last and what its long-term impact will be remain unknown.
But the movement that began among the teenage survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which hopes to bring as many as a half-million marchers to Washington next month, has become the latest in a long tradition of movements for social change that have transformed the politics of issues that were once seen as set in stone, from slavery to the casual acceptance of sexual harassment. (LINK)
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In the wake of the massacre at Douglas, the grassroots activists are giving a jolt of momentum to gun-safety advocates and putting the National Rifle Association on the defensive. Even if Congress punts on the gun control issue for the rest of the year, the speeches, marches and protests at state capitals in recent days are having an undeniable effect.
They can ban the manufacture, sale, or import of these kind of weapons and it have zero effect on mass shootings.
A determined killer will have little trouble finding a weapon, and I've been over the reasons why too many times to repeat them. More laws will make the gun grabber crowd feel all warm and good about themselves because they "did something", not caring that it will be ineffective.
What are the differences between 18 year olds in the military and 18 year olds who are not in the military in regard to owning and using those type of rifles?
Training. There is a big difference between a Soldier properly trained and having the discipline to know how to handle a firearm and some shithead on the street trying to impress his friends.
What Jeremy said.
Surely you didn't ask that question as a serious one, did you???
If so, you gotta be kiddin' me.
I agree with what you and Jeremy said. Why are you posting a meme that attempts to equate service members (a small part of the population) with the general population? Would you trust weapons in the hands of the majority of non military 18 year olds?