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Father Of California Shooting Victim: Arming College Students Is ‘A Solution From The 18th Century’
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"Richard Martinez’s son Christopher was shot and killed in a shooting spree near the University of California Santa Barbara last May. The tragedy and Martinez’s call for “not one more” sparked a national conversation about strengthening gun control laws to prevent weapons from getting into the wrong hands."
"But while gun control groups have pushed for what they call common sense reforms, the National Rifle Association is attempting to move legislation forward to allow students on college campuses to carry weapons. Martinez, who knows firsthand the consequences of campus violence, told ThinkProgress these proposals will only exacerbate campus violence and incidents of sexual assault." ... |
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Millwright66
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| I'll agree with this grieving father up to a point. While most of us don't want "18th century solutions", we're facing <17th century sociopaths on a daily basis. Disarming yourself in the face of lethal threats posed by asocial wolflings totally ambivalent - if not hostile - to normal social mores is insanity. Only if and when we can educate, control or eliminate these violent threats can we have a worthwhile discussion on "de-escalation" . |
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