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“It’s giving people a false sense of security,” Mortensen said.
I agree. To get real security, we need to get almost all firearms out of the hands of almost everyone. I’d like to thank the NRA for making that clear.
NO NO NO NO…For real security, everyone must be armed at all times…That way, if someone is so depressed that they are about to commit suicide, you can shoot them first.
It’s like you’re standing their ground.
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How do the guns feel about this legislation? That’s all that really matters, isn’t it?
It goes without saying that the NRA’s comment on whether or not this law guarantees mental health treatment for the troubled person is a total red herring. The law takes away a dire and immediate threat. That’s not “false security.” Who better than the family members, who know the situation and are deeply affected by its consequences, to make this call? It’s an obvious step in the right direction that a society with sensible gun laws would make universal. California is often called a bellwether state and I hope this is an example of that. And just one last point—fuck you, NRA, you ghouls.
"It's giving people a false sense of security," Mortensen said.
Actually, it’s guns that give people a false sense of security. Believing that having a gun makes you invulnerable or invincible is pure hokum. That’s why so many people with guns end up dead. Ask Daniel Crespo.
My Father got real depressed when my Mother left and he voluntarily handed us his guns because he didn’t trust himself with them.
He, like all of us divorcees, eventually got over it and lived for many years after and no one got hurt.
One more thing, he always taught my brothers and me that we shouldn’t carry a gun because we would always have the temptation to use it. That was over forty years ago and I believe to this day that he was exactly right, like he always seemed to be.
Dad, short on words but long on common sense.