Just a few days ago, here in Alaska, a young man went on a random shooting spree in Anchorage. He did take a quick catnap in the woods, but then awoke and proceeded to shoot a few more people. Then today, the news reports another young man in Omaha wasn't too happy with his life, so he thought he could at least become famous by assassinating some Christmas shoppers.
What these two young men had in common were that they were both disturbed & angry individuals. They no longer cared about their own lives, nor the lives of others. So on a whim, decided it was time to simply shoot a few folks down.
I'm sure plenty of nuts out there are screaming how you should "lock them up faster" or "death penalty " yada, yada.....
But my question is, how does the death penalty prevent the next upset & suicidal individual from taking out a few people?? And when it comes to incarceration, treatment centers, etc... who can really make a 100% accurate call as to someone's potential to be dangerous in the future?? Hitler thought he did--why he was simply going to eliminate anyone that even had a whiff of non-conformity to them.
So to make a long story short, unless we are going to set up concentration camps for the eccentric or angry (and then still miss the pissed off teen in some high school in Anytown) wouldn't it be easier to just ban assault weapons??
Let the police have their pistols and the hunters their rifles, but the rest of us---keep 'em away!
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