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School Shooting at FSU

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by mdgator05, Apr 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM.

  1. gatordavisl

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    You seem to have brought it up in most or all of the recent mass shooting threads in which you've participated.
     
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  2. l_boy

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    my question was very specific.


    My recollection in the past was your theory of the case was psychiatric meds were a cause. But instead of going down that rabbit hole again i figured I’d just let you answer the question.

    I can’t speak to your motivations but in the past often those who are very defensive of gun rights declare that we have mental health issues, which can take the attention away from the gun issue.

    But mental health issues can mean a lot of things and what to do about it is even more complex.
     
  3. danmanne65

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    I think all males are more or less crazy in their late teens early twenties. Allowing them access to guns is crazy unless it’s a very controlled situation.
     
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  4. citygator

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    ^^This. I generally fall against stereotyping and discriminating but I am open to treating all young men like criminal leppers.
     
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  5. tilly

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    The fact that you find his reasonable, articulate response to yours as being in the "anti-responsible-gun-regulation camp" is why people on both sides here find you unreasonable.

    He didnt write the 2nd amendment. His stating of fact is just that.

    If we want to amend it, so be it. Heck I would likely support sich efforts myself, but blasting those who live In the real world of the current makeup of the Constitution are by no means what you described.
     
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  6. tilly

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    I have proof that teenage boy crazy starts at 14.
    He lives right down the hall from me. :D
     
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  7. WarDamnGator

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    What’s that thing he’s wearing around his neck? MS13 gang sign? Muslim pendulum? Drag queen’s united pendent? Anyone know?


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  8. citygator

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    Well it is an upside down symbol of Satan.
     
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  9. gator_jo

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    LOL. It's not that I try to constantly point out that you're wrong, but you just set yourself up.

    1) "Articulate" does not equal "reasonable." Sorry.

    2) The 2A does not distinctly allow, say, 18 year-olds to buy AR-15s. Or forbid training requirements. Or uniform, thorough background checks.

    ^ Which are the types of things I've mentioned. So, apologies but you really missed the mark on that one.

    3) Who's to say who finds me unreasonable? You take a survey, bud?

    It's more likely that (some) people take offense to resistance to their peddling the same ole nonsense. It's unexpected because its worked for so long. WRT guns, the same-ole hasn't served us very well, has it?
     
  10. gator_jo

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    Man, what?!

    Some of us "live in the real world" more than others? Because they oppose every single solitary proposed gun regulation ever?

    Weird. Hard to understand what you even mean.

    So you're potentially in favor of amenending 2A, which means you're probably likely to support increased rational gun regulation ......

    ..... except that that mean guy on a message board used a rilly unkind tone of voice? Wow. Toughen up, sir. You may have noticed that some really unacceptable stuff has been going on lately. Voices of reason shouldn't be silent.

    Try not to be so afraid of saying something everyone around you doesn't agree with. Most of them will still like you even if you break ranks and consider these things thoughtfully. :)
     
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  11. danmanne65

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    Yeah but they don’t really become dangerous until they get behind the wheel of a car. lol
     
  12. citygator

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    They go from sweet to vile quickly. I’m just glad they pick up hygiene again in there 20’s. :(
     
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  13. cocodrilo

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  14. tilly

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    Wow. That must suck to put so much effort into falling short so often.
     
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  15. tilly

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    So you're saying there is hope? His mom and big sisters are really rooting for the hygiene thing.
    I'm just trying to convince them all that it is normal ;)
     
  16. tilly

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    Lol...what??..I have broken so far from my former "ranks" that they forgot I existed. That doesnt mean I want to join your ranks and thats what people like you really want. Your view is the only view.
     
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  17. gator_jo

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    Well, considering that you're playing the heroic white knight for a guy trying to word salad us that there is absolutely no rational action to prevent gun violence ..... and I am saying the opposite;

    Yes. My view is the correct view. You got it right that time.
     
  18. tilly

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    But all the driving it saves me is a welcome thing!

    When our daughters started driving it saved us about 150-200 miles a week in driving them to dance classes etc (4 nights a week and we didn't live close by)

    Now our son plays 3 sports and is months away from a black belt. All we do is drive him places.

    I imagine he will be a little more stressful with a license than his sister were.
     
  19. tilly

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    He isn't word salading anything. He is quoting some legal precedent. He is giving you facts about how any change would have to happen legally.

    He isn't saying there is no action that can prevent gun violence. In fact he literally said actions can be taken. I wonder why you ignored that part?

    I don't like guns. But there isn't a magic wand that will make my view become the law.

    He is talking about reality. It doesnt mean You of I like It, but it does mean it is reality.
     
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  20. gator_jo

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    You're kidding, right?

    Numerous regulations, or regulatory changes can be made. Perhaps you've noticed that there are different laws for firearms in different places?

    That guy was trying to obfuscate behind the 2nd Amendment. That you seem content for our country to continue like that is disappointing, but it doesn't mean anyone else should be.

    Hey look; some states permit an 18 year-old to buy an AR-15, but not all do. It's so strange! But the law doesn't permit us to make rational changes to gun law! (????)

    Why 18-year-olds can buy AR-15s in Texas but not handguns

    Under federal law, Americans buying handguns from licensed dealers must be at least 21, which would have precluded the gunman from buying that type of weapon. That trumps Texas law, which only requires buyers of any type of firearm to be 18 or older.

    Following Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School, which killed 19 children and two adults, a growing number of lawmakers in Texas and beyond are calling for the minimum age to purchase assault rifles to be raised to 21 from 18.

    “It’s something that could happen at either the state or federal level, but I don’t see movement on either front,” said Sandra Guerra Thompson, a criminal law professor at the University of Houston Law Center.