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Gun Control Reform Activism

CTyankee

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10. But my point is he wasn't dangerous until he was. IOW, this was a crisis he hadn't faced before. But I agree that a

Reply to Sancho (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 08:12 AM

Nov 2023

strong license is better than nothing. But that is cold comfort to her family and my family who lost a loved one who was just starting her life with her new husband.

The only thing we can do is to stay out of states that do not carefully control guns. Even then, as we saw in CT, we still face danger from guns illegally smuggled into our state.

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NO. The presence of a gun in the home is itself a MAJOR danger to the people in it. CTyankee Nov 2023 #6

Exactly...which is why a license should be required... Sancho Nov 2023 #7

The man who killed my viece had a license. It didn't stop him from getting angry, drunk and going for the gun. CTyankee Nov 2023 #8

Yes... Sancho Nov 2023 #9

But my point is he wasn't dangerous until he was. IOW, this was a crisis he hadn't faced before. But I agree that a CTyankee Nov 2023 #10

It is possible but extremely unlikely that no one knew a person was possibly dangerous... Sancho Nov 2023 #11

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