tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post5685957474510202139..comments2023-07-27T07:23:11.765-07:00Comments on Yarning to Write: About GunsAmy Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-31915645451739294342018-02-23T01:01:15.799-08:002018-02-23T01:01:15.799-08:00I’m so horrified and sad by what children and pare...I’m so horrified and sad by what children and parents in the USA have to contend with. I’m a teacher in New Zealand. Schools should be the most equitable, fair and SAFE places in any society. You do such a great job, in your writing, of advocating for people who are at risk, who struggle. From my little corner at the bottom of the world, it seems like that empathy - and the outrage you express - are the only sane responses to what’s happening. Those and instituting decent gun control laws, of course. My heart goes out to you. JoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127593566598121558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-51360364347878727822018-02-22T02:07:06.274-08:002018-02-22T02:07:06.274-08:00I had a pretty stupid and circular argument with s...I had a pretty stupid and circular argument with someone who said "Just arm the teachers, one shot and it's all over, yeah!" He could not grasp the stupid in it at all. When I mentioned that assault guns were too powerful for the private market and why couldn't a simple handgun be enough for protection, he kept saying, in a f*cking loop, "But I need it for protection!" That Jim Jeffries clip about gun control was especially vivid in my mind, but I know that most of the gun freaks around me won't get it. I hope those kids in Florida keep applying the heat to those craven politicians, though I'm cynical enough to think that it probably won't change a thing.K. Tuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627627872064208527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-24129549820236130002018-02-21T22:53:03.101-08:002018-02-21T22:53:03.101-08:00I had to look it up, though I remember two or thre...I had to look it up, though I remember two or three shooting sprees in Germany, I wasn't sure how many there've actually been. It seems since 1871 there have been 10 incidents that fall under that label. Bad ones were Erfurt in 2002 where 17 people died (incl. the shooter) and Winnenden in 2009, where 16 people died (also incl. the shooter). In both cases weapons were available in the household of the kids. The shooter from Erfurt was a sports club member and in case of the Winnenden shooter the father was in such a club. <br />So, when I hear American politicans say that more guns are the solution than I can't really see why. If these two young men I mentioned above didn't have easy access to weapons, would these shootings have happened at all? <br />My uncle goes hunting twice or three times a year, but I have never seen weapons in his household. I would really feel unsafe (yes unsafe, not safe!), if I knew there were weapons around the place I am currently in. I know that our cultures are different in that respect and I can accept that. But still, I really don't get why civilians need weapons. Aren't police there to protect us? They are (hopefully) at least properly trained.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549841229587382250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-87149779795284614152018-02-21T21:29:11.059-08:002018-02-21T21:29:11.059-08:00As an Australian who lived through the Port Artur ...As an Australian who lived through the Port Artur Massacre and was super proud of our government , and its stand against guns in the wrong hands I really feel for you and other sensible people in your country, who must feel like they don’t matter,since nothing seems to get any of your political people off the fence and making changes.divigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077826529832364412noreply@blogger.com