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In reply to the discussion: White House responds to Elementary School Shooting: 'Today is not the day to discuss gun laws [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Longtime supporter of RKBA. You name it.
But.
For a long time, I have also been a supporter of things like Registration. It can be done. Sure, registries can be mis-used (See, California, 1992), but it CAN be done. It doesn't have to be overly expensive. It doesn't have to be a venue for confiscation or whatever the fears might be.
This shooting doesn't change anything for me around what I feel our rights are, or whether we should have firearms at all... but.
It has changed one thing. Self-reflection shows I have at times tried to shout down even discussion of some types of gun control. (not registration so much, I've been a supporter of that for years.) I won't do that anymore. We need to be talking, in order to come up with creative solutions to this problem. Vitriol. Shouting. Drowning people out. Even sarcasm. It all sets a tone of 'no discussion', and that isn't helpful. You won't see that from me, anymore.
My condolences to the families, the first responders, all the victims, and the survivors that will have to live on with this memory.