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In response to "can you give me a solution other than "take away guns"? " by groiny

So, because the fight is hard, let's not do the one thing that would actually work?

Posted by TWuG Dec 21 '12, 09:44

Everything thing else is just nibbling at the edges.

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no, lets do SOMETHING while we wait for that other thing to happen. - groiny Dec 21, 09:46 10
- "DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING, EVEN IF IT CAUSES OTHER PROBLEMS" is a bad way to do things. (nm) - musubi Dec 21, 09:52 2
  - even if it MIGHT cause other problems. - groiny Dec 21, 09:53 1
    - Say it's not hundreds. Say it's just 20 (seems a low rate considering the # of guns you'd be adding), then aren't you just replicated the tragedy - musubi Dec 21, 09:58
- I'm not a proponent of busy work if that busy work is both expensive and ineffective. -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:48 6
  - ok, so then we accept the reality that we could very well have more of these "incidents" while we wait. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:51 5
    - You accept that even if you do the supposed "solution" of armed guards, more of these incidents can happen? - musubi Dec 21, 09:53 4
      - we can't say it would help or it would not. - groiny Dec 21, 09:54 3
        
        again, yes, we have - as Kim pointed out, there was a guard in Columbine. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 10:20
        
        We can make educated guesses. And those educated guess suggest that it's creates more problems than fixes. - musubi Dec 21, 09:55 1
        
        I certainly don't accept this premise. Do you suggest that having armed police on the streets makes the streets less safe? - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 10:06

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