03-21-2018, 05:48 PM
I am not qualified to debate the matter. The N.Y. Times article is pretty indepth, and the surgeons seem to know what they are talking about.
I was in the Army ages ago and remember being told how military bullets were specifically designed to tumble after entering flesh to maximize injury. If that is a requirement for hunting game, OK.
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One sentiment by some Punatalk gun proponents has considerable merit: that the total of 500 deaths on school campuses in 200 years is a small number in perspective and does not warrant extreme measures to protect schools from shooters. Quite correct.
The other day the local news reported on a machete killing at a Maui shopping center. Commentators clamored for more security guards. We’re getting this every day now: People demanding more security at every mall, store, hotel, school and park. For these highly isolated events?? What nonsense.
Worried about public safety in Hawaii? Lobby for stiffer traffic regulations; auto accidents are a much more pressing danger.
This said, PaulW’s citation of 300 shootings in U.S. every day is a critical fact warranting concern. This and other statistics strongly argue for tightening our nation’s gun laws.
Schoolchildren, our new generation, can play a key role enacting stricter gun laws in coming decades. If they want to send a message, fine.
But we don’t need hysteria on school campuses nationwide about shooters lurking around every corner and assertions that millions need to be spent on guards, bulletproof windows and school safe rooms. We can't protect everywhere.
I was in the Army ages ago and remember being told how military bullets were specifically designed to tumble after entering flesh to maximize injury. If that is a requirement for hunting game, OK.
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One sentiment by some Punatalk gun proponents has considerable merit: that the total of 500 deaths on school campuses in 200 years is a small number in perspective and does not warrant extreme measures to protect schools from shooters. Quite correct.
The other day the local news reported on a machete killing at a Maui shopping center. Commentators clamored for more security guards. We’re getting this every day now: People demanding more security at every mall, store, hotel, school and park. For these highly isolated events?? What nonsense.
Worried about public safety in Hawaii? Lobby for stiffer traffic regulations; auto accidents are a much more pressing danger.
This said, PaulW’s citation of 300 shootings in U.S. every day is a critical fact warranting concern. This and other statistics strongly argue for tightening our nation’s gun laws.
Schoolchildren, our new generation, can play a key role enacting stricter gun laws in coming decades. If they want to send a message, fine.
But we don’t need hysteria on school campuses nationwide about shooters lurking around every corner and assertions that millions need to be spent on guards, bulletproof windows and school safe rooms. We can't protect everywhere.