re: #72 CarolJ

Can I rant a little? Mental Illness happens like any other illness in all ages, races, and in both sexes, so how come I never hear about an elderly widow who feels she doesn’t have anything to live for shooting up a store or church? When was the last female mall or school shooter? And mental illness is like any other illness, in degrees? How come professionals can’t tell us where on the spectrum of illness a mall shooter happens to be, and what to do about it?

Another rant: the gun humpers first response is “don’t take my guns!” as if it’s the only approach gun control people have to such mass violence. But America no longer gives a
shit about their feelings. Even when there are suggested bans, those are limited to the AR-15 and other similar weapons. Frankly, if you need more than a revolver, six-gun, or shotgun in an urban area, then its time to do something about the quality of law enforcement in your area, not stockpile 25 guns you will never use.l

Not counting the town gun shop, there are more guns in my town than people. Every last home has a gun including mine (I have one).

Most people here have multiple guns for different kinds of shooting (target, skeet, deer or elk, &c).

The gun shop here does not sell AR-style firearms. Most of his business is actually ammunition for out-of-town hunters in the area.