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   From: merve@att.net   
      
   On 06/10/2018 14:57, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > More than three months have passed since a deranged teenager came into   
   > my high school and killed more than a dozen of my classmates. Yet the   
   > same old discussions keep going on and on and on — despite the fact   
   > that the people having these discussions keep saying something needs to   
   > change.   
   >   
   > Many of the most vocal activists aren't actually interested in change.   
   > They continue pushing the same old tired ideas in the same old tired   
   > way, but expecting a different response. Their only solution is gun   
   > control, which the American people have rejected for decades. They’ve   
   > got the media convinced, they’ve got celebrities convinced, and they’ve   
   > got billions of dollars at their disposal to saturate social media in   
   > ads in hopes that people will become convinced that their ideas are the   
   > right approach.   
   >   
   > They could not be more wrong.   
   >   
   > Americans who educate themselves about mass shootings know that not a   
   > single gun control law pushed by left-wing activists would have stopped   
   > any of the recent high-profile tragedies. Instead of acknowledging   
   > this, or changing their tactic, or coming up with new ideas, the   
   > demands from the confiscation crowd just gets louder and louder. Do   
   > they not know that shouting is rarely an effective tactic?   
   >   
   > The most unfortunate part of the never-ending push for gun control is   
   > that it distracts from pursuing real solutions. There are things we can   
   > do to reduce and prevent these atrocities from happening. But it   
   > doesn't involve taking firearms away from people who never have, and   
   > never will, commit a crime.   
   >   
   > We need to get real about mental health care in this country.   
   > Affordable, accessible mental health care is essential. A person who   
   > would inflict the level of terror we’ve seen so far is sick — and he   
   > needs help. Yet, in America, it’s hard to get help. Access to mental   
   > health care needs to be easy, affordable, and prioritized.   
   >   
   > We all need to be educated on the warning signs of a person in crisis.   
   > The refrain is the same after each one of these incidents — the shooter   
   > was a loner, someone who scared people, a person who was already on   
   > police radar. It’s only practical that we educate communities on   
   > recognizing the signs of an at-risk person, and teach them actionable   
   > steps to take.   
   >   
   > We should take school security seriously. Gun-free zone signs don’t   
   > help. It’s absurd to think that they do. We protect our state houses,   
   > our sporting venues, and our concert halls with security. Why don’t we   
   > do the same for our children?   
   >   
   > We should fully implement the recently enacted FIX NICS legislation.   
   > This would help ensure that people who shouldn’t have guns can’t get   
   > them. Everyone agrees that dangerous people shouldn’t have firearms,   
   > yet the system we use to keep that from happening has holes. This   
   > legislation has been signed into law and now needs to be implemented.   
   >   
   > The media should be held accountable. There is no reason why   
   > broadcasters should splash the name and face of a mass murderer over   
   > their screens for days on end — that's giving him exactly what he   
   > wanted. They can report the news without using his name, without   
   > showing his face, and without giving him the type of coverage he   
   > believes makes him infamous. While the government should not be   
   > mandating this, each news outlet and journalist should take this on   
   > themselves.   
   >   
   > This debate is not about confiscating AR-15s from the millions of law-   
   > abiding people who use them safely and responsibly every day.   
      
                  Out of curiosity-who are the millions of   
   law-abiding   
   people who use   
                 AR-15s  safely and responsibly every day, and for   
   what do   
   they use them?   
      
      
      
   > Confiscating those firearms would do nothing to address the breakdown   
   > in our culture. We need real solutions, and I’ve just listed five. I   
   > hope, in the future, we can broaden the conversation and talk about the   
   > complexity of this issue — rather than blaming lawful gun owners. The   
   > reason nothing has changed is because the only actionable solution put   
   > forth has been firearm regulation. It’s time America’s politicians and   
   > thought-leaders get real about the problem at hand, and start looking   
   > at solutions that can actually work.   
   >   
   > :Kyle Kashuv is the Director of High-School outreach for Turning Point   
   > :USA and a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He has   
   > :become an outspoken gun rights advocate since the horrific tragedy   
   > :that happened at his high school on February 14. Kyle has been able   
   > :to successfully lobby congress and the president to pass "STOP School   
   > :Violence Act" and "Fix NICS." You can follow him on Twitter   
   > :@KyleKashuv?   
   >   
      
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