[Magdalen] And a different kind of repeat shooting incident.

[Roger Stokes]

On 09/10/2015 23:38, Sibyl Smirl wrote:
> On 10/9/15 5:34 PM, Sibyl Smirl wrote:
>> On 10/9/15 5:03 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
>>> I should also add that in both instances it appears "accidental" is
>>> not the appropriate word.
>>>
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>> And still another!  (in my local news)  Is there some kind of epidemic
>> hitting 13-year-old boys?  Are they trying to prove they're bigger and
>> badder than the 11-year-old who shot a still younger girl a couple of
>> days ago?
>>
>> http://www.koamtv.com/story/30226064/investigation-ongoing-in-jasper-county-shooting 
>>
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> Once is accident, twice is coincidence, three times is Enemy Action.

The problem in this situation is how to disempower the Enemy.  Part of 
the strategy has to be to get the US public to acknowledge the facts, 
and there are several of them.  One is that other countries do not have 
this problem.  Another is that guns are very rarely used successfully in 
self-defence or defence of property.  They are far more likely to be 
used in cases of suicide or killing of a family member accidentally or 
deliberately.

Another fact is that there are more guns that can be reasonably 
justified in private hands in the USA.  For hunting you could use a 
shotgun and/or a rifle.  If it is claimed you need it for self-defence 
then a hand-gun is more appropriate.  What is the use of a 
semi-automatic for the ordinary citizen?  Why is there no need for 
licensing and insurance - and checks that the owner is mentally balanced?

Roger
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