And no one is saying getting rid of the "rights" of those that haven't done anything wrong. Why do you think that's what will happen. What we're talking about it changing the gun regulations so 18 year olds can't have AR-15's - and other nutty things like that.
Those are knives - not guns. You want to talk knife regulations, go open another thread.As an example, the Parkland school is going to giving the students clear backpacks because of a couple of knives being brought after the shooting. The students are up in arms, because their right to choice of backpack trumps their safety. Why does my right to firearms come in lower than their right to fashionable choices?
Why don't you google "gun deaths in australia" and see what you find. And again, we're not talking about other crimes - just gun crimes.Seriously, just google "Australian Mass Murders" and see the arsons and stuff. That's ignoring the actual shootings that they find excuses to exclude. Only killed 3 of 10, not a mass shooting!
You are a terrific puppet for the NRA - I hope they are covering your dues.You want to reduce school shootings? Make it a felony to report the name or likeness of the shooter. No recognition, no glory, no motive. Certainly it violates the First Amendment, but that's outdated anyway. There's no way the founders could have anticipated the internet, they only had the printing press.
Great - let's do it. We can add that to the legislation that closes the gun show loop, requires background checks for all private sales, and restricts guns to pistols and shotguns. I'm all for it.You want to reduce gun crime? As I said before, bring up a list of felons and go to their homes and search for firearms or other contraband. Sure, it violates the fourth amendment, but rights aren't rights if they might harm somebody at some point, right?
Let's get rid of all the Amendments that are hurtful to our nation. We did away with slavery, after all.Can anyone really say we need the Fifth amendment? It just lets people not answer questions, we'll never figure our Trumps russian connections to the benghazi servers if folks can just refuse to answer.
Other countries don't have the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth and whatever other amendments, and they seem to do okay and have free health care, so we should really eliminate all that stuff.