My Conservative answer...I don't believe opinions change because the question of gun control is a philosophical question, not a statistical one.The left in America just want more control..If giving up your first amendment freedom of speech could potentially save hundreds of lives, would you do it? What about your sixth amendment rights to a trial? Where would you stop? Would you take those rights from others against their will? How many lives are our freedoms worth?
I think it was about 238 years ago, American Colonists overwhelmingly believed these freedoms were worth dying for. Our freedoms are paid for with blood, would you trade our rights for the illusion of safety?
Benjamin Franklin said
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
BUT In this case none of that matters because these were babies and my heart is broken..After every tragedy there's an outcry of rage. I understand it. How can we justify the loss of life? At that moment people start to think that restrictions will prevent the next tragedy, and that we as a society need to embrace this for the greater good. The simple truth is, society will never stop law breakers or the ill, from breaking laws, by passing more laws. It's been tried, statistics have been kept, and many very smart people have spent years absolutely pouring over those statistics and have come to the conclusion that laws just don't work. Personally, I think the constant noise coming from the media is in no small part, responsible for making these tragedies turn into the same old pedantic "gun control" debate. They turn a problem into a two-sided debate that never ends, which limits peoples ability to think about the problem in pragmatic ways. We should be thinking creatively and collaboratively instead of pointing fingers. So, in the spirit of opening up a productive dialog, I'll start by suggesting that maybe we should consider employing full-time L.E.O officers at our school. Officers specially trained to not just neutralize a threat, but to recognize signs of abuse, bullying as well as potential dangers.
