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  Msg # 153 of 166 on FGUN_106, Sunday 2-17-18, 10:36  
  From: JEFF SMITH  
  To: MIKE POWELL  
  Subj: More Laws = Less Killing?  
  Hello Mike,  
    
  >>More gun laws will NOT prevent gun related killings. Change the mentality  
  and  
    
  > Having law enforcement do their jobs might. The FBI had been tipped that  
  > this latest school shooter was a problem long before. The local cops knew  
  > all about his troubles.  
    
  I have no problem with people who have documented mental health issues being  
  prevented from purchasing, owning, or possessing a firearm. Or those that  
  shown a inability to safely operate a firearm.  
    
  > No one did anything, so it is the fault of the  
  > firearms that he used.  
    
  So... Just to make sure I understand correctly. It is the fault of the  
  firearm  
  because others didn't do what they should/could have done to prevent the  
  shooting?  
    
  What did the gun do that made it the gun's fault? The gun didn't decide to  
  shoot anyone. The shooter decided to pull the trigger.  
    
  > Without access to firearms, someone with this many issues would have simply  
  > become the next school bomber or vehicular-manslaughterer.  
    
  I may be misunderstanding your intent. But, guns, knives, vehicles, Etc.  
  don't  
  decide to kill or hurt anyone. If someone with violent intent who decides to  
  hurt/kill someone. They are likely to use what tools that are available to  
  them at that moment. The answer is NOT to ban ownership of whatever thing  
  that  
  they might consider using to accomplish their violent deed. Again, the  
  answer  
  is not to blame the thing when the responsibility belongs to the person.  
    
  Jeff  
    
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