NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT LIVE: Students begin rally in solidarity to end gun violence

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

54 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

school shootings don't happen because kids have never handled guns in a controlled setting/learning environment. better?

School shootings happen because someone who is deranged is allowed to walk around freely.  Period.

[smilesammich 10,727]

10 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

Feel free to throw out your strong gun control suggestions.

nationwide. 

6 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

It works well in Korea.  No gun crime there, mandatory military service, seems like a good start to me.  The US could stand to learn from countries which are successful.

oh the irony.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation#South_Korea

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South Korea[edit]

The Republic of Korea, known as South Korea, has strict gun policies. Hunting and sporting licenses are issued, but any firearm used in these circumstances must be stored at a local police station. Air rifles also have to be stored at police stations; crossbows and electric shock devices are also classified as firearms but their private retention is permitted. Tasers are prohibited, and possessing a toy gun without an orange tip is strictly prohibited. Violation of firearms law can result in a US$18,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.^[75]

The majority of South Korean men are well-trained in the use of firearms, due to mandatory military service.^[75] Despite this, gun culture is notably absent in South Korean society outside of the military, and gun ownership and deaths rank among the lowest in the world.^[76][77]

5 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Because banning AR-15's is .. oh its not a gun its an a weapon 

who said that?

[smilesammich 10,727]

6 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

School shootings happen because someone who is deranged is allowed to walk around freely.  Period.

you forget the part where the deranged person walking around freely isn't a crime in and of itself. but i get it that leaving out the gun part is the only way you have an argument.

[Boiler 45,517]

We have dealt with training.

 

Nobody wants to take guns away.

 

So not sure what is left.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

16 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

nationwide. 

oh the irony.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation#South_Korea

who said that?

One of the highest suicide rates in the world, but no guns. Hmmm

[smilesammich 10,727]

10 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

One of the highest suicide rates in the world, but no guns. Hmmm

but idwaf says  "The US could stand to learn from countries which are successful." i dunno. i'm just a gun hater.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Ohio Student Suspended for Refusing to Leave Classroom During Gun Control Walkout

 

https://ijr.com/2018/03/1076385-ohio-student-suspended-refusing-to-leave-classroom/

[TBoneTX 45,292]

9 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

the adolescent brain is not fully developed (especially on the male side), and also seems to be wired for excessive risk taking (also especially on the male side).

The two most necessary emphases that immediately come to mind are:

1)  Actions, even the most innocuous-seeming, have consequences; and

2)  You're NOT invincible.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, TBoneTX said:

The two most necessary emphases that immediately come to mind are:

1)  Actions, even the most innocuous-seeming, have consequences; and

2)  You're NOT invincible.

point is, the teen age brain is not fully developed to process the emphasis. that's why teenagers still need parents and their parent's rules.

[smilesammich 10,727]

16 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Ohio Student Suspended for Refusing to Leave Classroom During Gun Control Walkout

 

https://ijr.com/2018/03/1076385-ohio-student-suspended-refusing-to-leave-classroom/

i'm sure he didn't have to participate in the walkout, but he wasn't allowed to be in the school without supervision. 

[TBoneTX 45,292]

Just now, smilesammich said:

point is, the teen age brain is not fully developed to process the emphasis. that's why teenagers still need parents and their parent's rules.

Absolutely, combined with pounding the emphasis over and over until (it's hoped) even a fraction becomes dimly engrained.

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, TBoneTX said:

Absolutely, combined with pounding the emphasis over and over until (it's hoped) even a fraction becomes dimly engrained.

i don't know how well repetitive pounding works. many teens with overly strict parents (strict out of love and wanting whats best) still often go against their own best interest again and again. most of us remember getting into our twenties and looking back thinking, why was i such a stupid teenager and why did i fight my parents so much?? half cooked brain, that's why.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

1 hour ago, IDWAF said:

11 per day seems to be the average for 2017 on the texting teens thing.  Over 4K a year.  

Where’s the movement to ban cell phones? 

[TBoneTX 45,292]

Your above arguably merits enshrinement (or consideration for same) in the pantheon of All-Time Best VJ Posts, si V ma'am.

1 minute ago, spookyturtle said:

Where’s the movement to ban cell phones? 

Start one.  When's the walkout?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

10 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Your above arguably merits enshrinement (or consideration for same) in the pantheon of All-Time Best VJ Posts, si V ma'am.

Start one.  When's the walkout?

If we got rid of cars, alcohol, drugs, cell phones, doctors and guns, there would be a population explosion and people would be dying of starvation. We just can’t win. Mankind is doomed.