Originally Posted by notorious:
Other than this one instance, how was it ever not safe before?
There is a lot of overreaction going on.
It's always been safe. Nobody stopped having classes at UT after Charles Whitman capped all those folks.
The real issue here is the ease that one man can cause so much damage/carnage. It's a difficult enough issue to just get people to engage in a real dialogue.
Disclaimer: **I'm not now, nor have i ever been a "gun grabber", but the discussion of how to prevent this type of carnage is going to have to take place. I have no idea how you "prevent it". [Reply]
Originally Posted by notorious:
Other than this one instance, how was it ever not safe before?
There is a lot of overreaction going on.
Feel like the PR hit is gonna be so big that new changes will come from it. "How did this man get so many weapons to his room?" "What are you doing to make sure this won't happen again?"
How does the hotel answer these questions? [Reply]
Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish:
It's always been safe. Nobody stopped having classes at UT after Charles Whitman capped all those folks.
The real issue here is the ease that one man can cause so much damage/carnage. It's a difficult enough issue to just get people to engage in a real dialogue.
Disclaimer: **I'm not now, nor have i ever been a "gun grabber", but the discussion of how to prevent this type of carnage is going to have to take place. I have no idea how you "prevent it".
There is a fairly obvious reason for this. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Feel like the PR hit is gonna be so big that new changes will come from it. "How did this man get so many weapons to his room?" "What are you doing to make sure this won't happen again?"
How does the hotel answer these questions?
Why should the hotel have to answer that?
And here's the next level of discussion:
why shouldn't the manufacturer of the (possibly used) trigger device that being discussed be accountable also? [Reply]
Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish:
Why should the hotel have to answer that?
And here's the next level of discussion:
why shouldn't the manufacturer of the (possibly used) trigger device that being discussed be accountable also?
I own an AR15 and several handguns, and I don't see how the manufacturer of a legal device should be held accountable for selling something that is legal.
I don't see any issue with making these devices illegal to be honest. I am pro gun but I don't really see a need for these kinds of things and this type incident does make me ponder the need. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
I own an AR15 and several handguns, and I don't see how the manufacturer of a legal device should be held accountable for selling something that is legal.
I don't see any issue with making these devices illegal to be honest. I am pro gun but I don't really see a need for these kinds of things and this type incident does make me ponder the need.
I get being pro gun. I hunt, I have guns for that.
But some of these guns man, I dunno. I have a hard time seeing the reason for them but it's a tough situation [Reply]
