Is America too divided?

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I am pretty sure there are cuts that can me made to pay for that. Ideally, the whole public school system should be redesigned. Also, if a child is not mentally or physically fit for such classes, they can be excused or go to a modified version of the class.
 
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Or add to the casualties. My old shooting instructor used to advise against consuming sugar or caffeine 48 hours before a competition, because it would mess with our aim. If merely drinking coffee is enough to compromise the accuracy of one’s shot, how much worse is it going to be when:
  1. You’re in a crowded area full of people screaming, panicking, and running.
  2. You have a moving target who is also trying to kill you.
  3. Your target likely has more firepower than you.
  4. You have an ungodly amount of adrenaline coursing through your body.
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Hello Sir,

In this situation, as in any self-defense situation, I think it is safe to say that the average person would want as much of an advantage as they could get.

Stress is certainly something that should be taken into account. I have heard two relevant pieces of information from people with military/law enforcement backgrounds. First is that nobody knows what they will do in such a situation until they are actually in it. Second is that, in any sort of stressful situation, you will default to your lowest level of training.

As for level of training, I believe that people should obtain the amount of training they feel is sufficient.
 
Not really, I can give an idea, and I can leave it up to others who might agree with me to come up with the rest. Maybe I can help. Listen, I don’t come on Catholic Answers Forums so that I can become a law expert and figure out all the little details. I’m just an average person with certain political leanings. I leave the laws to the legislators and consent of the people.
 
redbetta said:
Also, you constantly bring up God in defense of your positions. I find it funny how the left side of the aisle has become more sanctimonious than the supposed “religious right.”
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Calling on HIs name to protect me from ever becoming immune to the slaughter of innocent people, I am proud to do.

And, if ever in a situation like these persons were I’d call on HIs name even more so.

These acts are not trivial nor should they be seen within the light of “More guns for everybody”…which it seems “everybody” including this right wing fringe is doing and of course it is not working now is it? It’s like throwing gasoline on a fire to douse it.

No one needs an AK-15 style rifle unless they have an intent to do “some people killing”. It certainly isn’t needed to hunt Bambi.
 
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Themselves. Teachers already often pay for school supplies out of pocket. Cops pay for their own equipment. It is not something unreasonable to ask.
 
Teachers can pay. If you don’t, then you don’t become a teacher. Simple as that. Gotta pay for a lot of things in life. I couldn’t get my driver’s license if I didn’t pay the fees (over $500 in my state for everything :roll_eyes: lol)
 
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And, I am not suggesting that everybody get a gun without going through the training.
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Your suggestions have been suggested many times and we see no change in our culture of guns which as of now is a culture of death.

I’ve heard yours. Now I’d like to hear some others…something even novel. Perhaps making semi-automatics illegal to own.

For what reason could they be needed in the hands of the general population?
 
Most pistols are semi-automatic. Should we make those illegal? Cops can’t carry guns now? Or do you just want to out law guns that look big and scary?
 
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What gun culture? Nobody I know who owns a gun ever hopes to use it or even talks about it really. It is just something to have in case.
 
Silliness shouldn’t own guns, you’re right. Police officers, yes. Military, even more so. But to those that cannot tell the difference and believe they can have the same status, no way.
 
Oh so you admit you want to take away our rights then? Ok. At least you admit it. I, on the other hand, believe in the second amendment. Doesn’t seem like you’ve ever read it. Well, if you really want to know what it says, this is it:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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I am so sorry here, but my right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness trumps [no pun] some lunatics right to own a gun that he learned how to use out on a farm from his uncle.

And those advocating that teachers be mandated to supply their own firearms lost all respect from me. A teacher became a teacher to teach, a nurse to nurse, a fireman to fight fires, but a police officer has earned the right to bear semi-assault style weapons to protect those of us that because of the flood of guns due to fool hardy legislation brings us lunatics like we see today.
 
Thousands of cops are able to buy their own guns and vests. If it’s not unreasonable to ask this of them, why is it unreasonable to ask teachers to buy their own?
 
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Teachers can pay. If you don’t, then you don’t become a teacher. Simple as that. Gotta pay for a lot of things in life.
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So every teacher should carry a gun? The most important qualification for becoming a teacher should be the ability to carry and use a gun?

Sure. That sounds reasonable.
 
redbetta said:
Teachers already often pay for school supplies out of pocket.
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So create added costs that they have to meet, and if they can’t, blame their “unwillingness” to follow the solution rather than reassess the solution?
 
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It should be one of the qualifications, yes. It is perfectly reasonable, and I think you know that, you just don’t want to admit it because you’re so staunch in your position. Instead of actually wanting to cooperate to find a solution, you just want to push your agenda of no guns.
 
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