Is no action the right action to take?

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This has been a very divisive topic, and many people just want to leave the gun issue alone altogether, and I'm not so sure that its exactly the most beneficial thing to do. I'm not saying that we should take everyone's guns, so don't get too worked up, and I'm not for a new gun law, as laws do very little. What I'm suggesting is to just make it very difficult to get a gun, with background checks, training you have to pass, safety classes you have to take, and require the purchase of a safe before you can purchase a gun. Right now, this is not the case whatsoever, anyone can walk into a gun show and buy whatever gun they please without question, and politicians actually voted against putting an end to the gunshow loophole! With great power comes great responsibility, and those honest, law-abiding citizens that want to own a gun will still be able to. 

check this out: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7297745#.UM8_VeRZWVE

Also there needs to be a gun buyback program to get guns off the street. Offer money for guns, no questions asked, even if it only gets a small number collected. More programs should be enacted to take guns out of the hands of unlawful owners. When looking at a city, you know where most shootings take place, crack down on the area instead of avoiding it like they do now.

I think there is a middle ground people can achieve. We can keep our right to bear arms, but we have to understand that with something as powerful as a gun in the hands of citizens, there should be more strict enforcement, and more of an effort to get the illegal guns out of our cities. 
And yes my ideas cost money, but not doing anything costs lives. 

Civilized debate is encouraged!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

No action is needed.

? · Answer

Taking no action is much preferable to taking the wrong action.  However, politics is never one to miss an opportunity.  The outcome of the latest violence may instead encourage more individual to purchase firearms.  Both for a perceived need for protection and believing that the government will soon ban the sale of firearms.

Obama made the statement that he would, "take steps to assure that events such as this never happen again."   A comment which worries me more than firearms sales.  The only way for Obama to fulfill this promise is to throw democracy down the toilet and create a Stalinist government -- one running on steroids.  Read some books about living under Stalin,  and then decided this is your preference for government. 
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McNamara · Answer

"Right now, this is not the case whatsoever, anyone can walk into a gun show and buy whatever gun they please without question"

False.

Assuming that reporter in your link is telling the truth, that's a fluke.  Sellers at gun shows require background checks just like regular firearm retailers do.  You've obviously never tried to buy a gun before.

While it is true that some gun shows have people who will sell guns no questions asked, tighter gun laws won't stop this.  The people selling these guns without background checks often obtain their firearms lawfully, through all the proper channels and procedures before handing them out.  The authorities cannot stop this from happening without following all these people around 24/7.

User commited avatar suicide · Answer

well, since it's PEOPLE not firearms who kills other people..

do you think liberals would support "action" in a sense of nationwide screening and subsquent lockup of all potentially mentally unstable persons so that they are prevented from -driving a car into a school crowd in a country where all firearms are prohibited?

calling for action where no action is needed often simply makes the politicians taking whatever action look good. which is the case of recent situation. noobs want to post gun control laws while they shy off any action against mentally ill persons.

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Is no action the right action to take?

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