Subj : Re: School Massacre at Brazil
To   : Flavio Bessa
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Fri Mar 15 2019 17:04:49

On 13 Mar 2019, Flavio Bessa said the following...

 FB>         As you might have seen on the news, two idiots carrying a .38 SPL
 FB> revolver and a crossbow invaded a high school at the city of Suzano, Sao
 FB> Paulo, and killed 10 teenagers aged 12-17.

 FB>         In Brazil is extremely difficult to purchase a weapon. It can
 FB> take months to get a license, you need to prove that you are mentally
 FB> sane, you need to pass a shooting skills training course, get a permit
 FB> from the Army (!) and stuff, and yet these things happen.

If people are determined or driven to kill one or more people. The existence 
of gun laws regardless of how strict is not going to keep them from obtaining
a firearm. I tend to look at a firearm as a tool. By itself, it doesn't hurt
or do anything good or bad. It takes a person to decide what the firearm is 
used for. I personally have no problems with gun laws that prevent gun
onwership or possesion by people who A) Haven't been trained in the safe
operation of a firearm. B) Violent criminal history. C) History of mental or
emotional instability.


Jeff

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