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My step grandmother was murdered (with a gun) by a drunk, abusive boyfriend when I was a kid. A lot of my family, as a result are heavily anti-gun. This includes my cousin.
She "shared" a Michael Moore Facebook post on his thoughts about the recent shooting and she said only, "Correct." However, it was mostly wrong.
I wrote and posted the following in response. Please bear with me, it's lengthy.
"This is going to offend some of you, you may even "unfriend" me. Just hear me out first.
My heart goes out to those that are affected by the recent horrible tragedy here in CA where multiple people lost their lives. I am truly sorry that anyone ever has to go through that. No one should ever have to.
The notion, however, that more "gun control" is needed/ would have prevented it or that the gun was to blame completely and utterly baffles me.
It seems to me that in a state with the strictest gun laws in the country, in a state with an "assault weapons" ban, a state with a ten round magazine limit, a state with UNIVERSAL background checks for ALL legal gun sales (even at gun shows), in a state with a 10 day waiting period before you can take home your newly purchased firearms, in a state with firearm storage requirements, in a state where you can lose your gun rights for misdemeanors, in a state where you can lose your gun rights for non violent mental issues, in a state that requires registration for handguns, shotguns, and rifles of all types, in a state where you can only legally carry a firearm with a license, in a state with all of these requirements and many, many more...
Maybe, just maybe it isn't the lack of gun control, maybe it's the seemingly incredibly poor mental healthcare system we have in this country. Maybe it's deeper than the availability of guns.
You can compare us to other countries and their statistics all you want, but we aren't those other countries and there are a LOT more factors involved than just access to guns.
Adding more laws on top of laws that are just going to be broken and only affect those who choose to follow them (the people that wouldn't require these laws in the first place) is like slapping a bandaid on, well, a gunshot wound.
I just can't take "gun control" seriously when it has yet to work and we have politicians like extreme gun-control advocate, CA Senator Leland Yee caught in a years long Federal sting brokering weapons sales if fully automatic firearms and rocket launchers between terrorists and gangsters.
It seems to me, that if guns were the problem, with 200+ million estimated to be in circulation, with nearly a third of the population owning them, this would be a much larger problem than it is.
If you want to discuss this in a civilized manner, I welcome that. If not, and you feel you need to unfriend me, I am sorry you feel that way. The only way things change is if people with differing opinions get together, rationally discuss the topic at hand and work on a plan to make a change TOGETHER.
If you think I'm an idiot, moron, douchebag, monster, etc, etc, etc. based on an opinion, you are sorely mistaken and either don't know me personally, or are blind to the way I carry myself as a person, with respect and compassion for others."
She "shared" a Michael Moore Facebook post on his thoughts about the recent shooting and she said only, "Correct." However, it was mostly wrong.
I wrote and posted the following in response. Please bear with me, it's lengthy.
"This is going to offend some of you, you may even "unfriend" me. Just hear me out first.
My heart goes out to those that are affected by the recent horrible tragedy here in CA where multiple people lost their lives. I am truly sorry that anyone ever has to go through that. No one should ever have to.
The notion, however, that more "gun control" is needed/ would have prevented it or that the gun was to blame completely and utterly baffles me.
It seems to me that in a state with the strictest gun laws in the country, in a state with an "assault weapons" ban, a state with a ten round magazine limit, a state with UNIVERSAL background checks for ALL legal gun sales (even at gun shows), in a state with a 10 day waiting period before you can take home your newly purchased firearms, in a state with firearm storage requirements, in a state where you can lose your gun rights for misdemeanors, in a state where you can lose your gun rights for non violent mental issues, in a state that requires registration for handguns, shotguns, and rifles of all types, in a state where you can only legally carry a firearm with a license, in a state with all of these requirements and many, many more...
Maybe, just maybe it isn't the lack of gun control, maybe it's the seemingly incredibly poor mental healthcare system we have in this country. Maybe it's deeper than the availability of guns.
You can compare us to other countries and their statistics all you want, but we aren't those other countries and there are a LOT more factors involved than just access to guns.
Adding more laws on top of laws that are just going to be broken and only affect those who choose to follow them (the people that wouldn't require these laws in the first place) is like slapping a bandaid on, well, a gunshot wound.
I just can't take "gun control" seriously when it has yet to work and we have politicians like extreme gun-control advocate, CA Senator Leland Yee caught in a years long Federal sting brokering weapons sales if fully automatic firearms and rocket launchers between terrorists and gangsters.
It seems to me, that if guns were the problem, with 200+ million estimated to be in circulation, with nearly a third of the population owning them, this would be a much larger problem than it is.
If you want to discuss this in a civilized manner, I welcome that. If not, and you feel you need to unfriend me, I am sorry you feel that way. The only way things change is if people with differing opinions get together, rationally discuss the topic at hand and work on a plan to make a change TOGETHER.
If you think I'm an idiot, moron, douchebag, monster, etc, etc, etc. based on an opinion, you are sorely mistaken and either don't know me personally, or are blind to the way I carry myself as a person, with respect and compassion for others."
Well said funnybookz. 
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