WS, yes, you would certainly think the ATF would have an algorithm in their gun registration system that would raise a big flag with the purchase of 20 or more like 40 or more assault type rifles by the same person. This guy was a different breed of criminal or terrorist. Sophisticated, well planned, intelligent, and quite deadly. I don't know if he had links to a small similar minded group, but he certainly raised the bar for copy cat attacks and I'd expect we now have a higher risk for similar acts from other people.
I was just this week thinking about gun control from a racial politics point of view, as I am i doctrinated here to do. I was thinking that the African American community could claim disproportionate targeting in gun restriction in the scenario you describe, protection from renegade cops.
It's easy to hang the "do not disturb" tag on the door. I've spent as much as a week with that hanging on a hotel door (I don't like the sheets or towels changed daily because the chemicals give me hives). It's easy to notice when the hotel cleaning cart is in the hall and meet the maid and say "all I need today is a shampoo and to trade out these washcloths", hand her a nice tip and she/he is thinking good thoughts because you just saved them 10-20 minutes.
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
Yes he should have been on someone's radar buying all those weapons. I am sure he hid them from the maid or did not let her in. Europe and Canada have basically solved the gun violence problem and we should too. When is enough well enough? But if it wasn't when the little kids got killed it won't be now. In Europe sure you can kill people with knives but you won't get many before they get you. Even the people that survived will be scarred for life. Some will have PTSD, lose jobs, marriages etc all from the residual effects of this horrible incident. Not everyone will suffer in this way but many will.
I have it always current in my work, Never needed the CPR portion but use the first aid over the years often. It is amazing how many people don't have common sense about first aid situations so I recommend that more people take it. When I worked at Target they called me over for anything after I handled the staff that caught the tip of their finger in the meat slicer. She kept arguing as she turned more and more pale and started to go into shock. The manager tried to argue with me that I didn't need to do anything like apply a lot of pressure, have her sit down and hold her hand up above her head. Later he did come back and talk to me and I recommended he take a course. The advantage of being that bossy middle aged lady.
I have the feeling that commercial bump stocks may be a thing of the past.
he National Rifle Association has called for "additional regulations" on bump-stocks, a rapid fire device used by the Las Vegas massacre gunman.
The group said: "Devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
Republicans have said they would consider banning the tool, despite years of resisting any gun control.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41519815
If this is correct, which it appears, then the NRA has done a quick evaluation....seen some real problems with defending an accessory and not a firearm and rightly realized that the emotional reaction to the carnage could not be withstood. And I would venture a guess that the Oval Office told them they would not defend it either nor will most of the heads of in law enforcement. It is a losing scenario for gun advocates since the only thing this attachment does is make automatic fire facsimile possible. The effectiveness of such a law notwithstanding.
But they also shrewdly married it to the future advancement of the right to carry reciprocity which is well worth the trade off. A plastic bump stock that doesn’t benefit the firearms industry one bit for the expansion of gun owners Rights is a no brainer. Dems may be so eager to claim a victory that they would champion their “fight” against the evil gun lobby while rolling over. Or they might just have something up their sleeve.
Well, IMO, “bump stocks” are a basically useless accessory (unless “reducing accuracy tremendously” is a use) and cause safety issues. Most of the ranges I use do not allow them.
But you can’t have my Gatling gun.
1) I did not propose "better first aid" as a solution. Or offer it as the best solution. So that's a misrepresentation on your part.
2) In the past dozen "conversations" on this on these forums, I have proposed measures that might have some effect. Since my proposals generally don't focus on "banning the scary firearms feature of the month", they aren't often popular...
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