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Originally Posted by Mark17
I know this isn't addressed to me, but I'll pretend for a moment it was.
I would propose a compromise:
1. Raise the age limit on firearm purchase to 21 (as is/has been done with things like alcohol and tobacco) and require a proficiency exam that is reasonable to pass (as is done when getting a drivers' licence or permit to drive.)
2. Have 2 or 3 people in every school in this country, with firearm experience and having passed a training test, carrying at all times while in or near the school. Could be teachers, administrators, janitors, whatever.
Compromise because:
1. All agree, some people should not have firearms and maturity and gun safety are reasonable requirements.
2. All should recognize the obvious fact that when these incidents occur, and they always will because we have thousands and thousands of nuts walking around, they end when a good guy with a gun, who knows how to use it, uses it. The sooner the better, and on-site is much faster than phone calls for help, esp. in rural areas.
I'm tired of the gun being blamed. If there is an effort to restrict gun purchases, the compromise is an equal acknowledgement that guns in the right hands save lives.
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I very much appreciate you trying to find some middle ground. I strongly agree with raising the age limit to 21--could really have an impact on reducing school and other shootings.
But the good guy with a gun theory is tricky. I realize this is just humorous, but I watched it the other night and it really changed my views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCI4bUk4vuM