tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post6997320188430847461..comments2024-03-27T11:22:03.840-04:00Comments on Ramona's Voices: Yes, it's about Guns, because Treating Guns like Favorite Toys is Killing UsRamona Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-74868889073373815932012-12-20T10:18:21.656-05:002012-12-20T10:18:21.656-05:00Exactly. Everything you said. Thank you.Exactly. Everything you said. Thank you.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-9059351564048230952012-12-20T10:16:43.529-05:002012-12-20T10:16:43.529-05:00As you've probably seen, our governor did veto...As you've probably seen, our governor did veto the gun bill. I'm not sure I can trust him, even about that. Seems he always has something up his sleeve.<br /><br />We have an obsession with big guns in this country and the statistics bear that out. We far outnumber gun ownership and gun crimes in other civilized countries. I remember when people in other countries used to look up to us. That's a thing of the past and I doubt if we'll ever get our reputation back.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-67096933326480691182012-12-20T10:13:37.997-05:002012-12-20T10:13:37.997-05:00It's heartening to hear from a gun owner, and ...It's heartening to hear from a gun owner, and I appreciate what you've said here. We need to differentiate between gun owners and gun nuts. Nobody needs an arsenal.<br /><br />I agree, too, about the need for better access to mental health care. We've let those people down and now it's time to pay the piper. We've gone on for too long treating mental illnesses like they're not nearly as important as physical illnesses.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-16955473980085266002012-12-20T09:57:57.352-05:002012-12-20T09:57:57.352-05:00Look at these television shows cropping up lately,...Look at these television shows cropping up lately, "Top Shot", "Sons of Guns", and "American Guns". The guns are treated like toys, the targets explode, it's a great big toy fest.<br /><br />But theres no respect or treatment of the firearm as a weapon,no respect for it's lethality, it's just a really loud toy. Thats how most of these gun bunnies think of them.<br /><br />As for these Doomsday preppers, they're all mentally ill. These people aren't stockpiling guns to put deer or small game on the table, they're keeping these military grade weapons for one thing: To kill the hordes of city people they imagine will flee the cities after the apocalypse and eat everything in their path.<br /><br />So when the dear departed Mrs Lanza was taking her mentally ill son to the range and teaching him to shoot the .223 Bushmaster with the 100 round drum, she was training him to do what he did, kill a lot of innocent people.Cthulhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097786256433955754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-2627891773499928512012-12-18T11:15:53.663-05:002012-12-18T11:15:53.663-05:00You've articulated exactly what I've been ...You've articulated exactly what I've been unable to write about this. Guns are viewed as toys, big-boy's deadly toys, and gun manufacturers promote them as toy manufacturers promote the latest transformer toy.<br /><br />Tour governor would veto that damned bill, if he had a spine.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-48458865049058923062012-12-18T10:09:14.887-05:002012-12-18T10:09:14.887-05:00As a man who has spent nearly his entire adult lif...As a man who has spent nearly his entire adult life under arms, a professional carrier of guns, who has guns and still carries a gun, I agree with every word you said.<br /><br />And I would gleefully give up my guns if it meant never seeing another Newtown.<br /><br />This is an issue with many facets, and we need to address every single one. Espcially, along wiht doing away with these weapons and things like extended drums, we need universal healthcare and the better access to mental health care that goes with it.Cthulhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097786256433955754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-31887963149015537602012-12-17T14:21:41.193-05:002012-12-17T14:21:41.193-05:00Thank you, Mauigirl. Thank you, Mauigirl. Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-27229281758413642962012-12-17T13:47:16.803-05:002012-12-17T13:47:16.803-05:00Excellent post.Excellent post.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-45953842063963969002012-12-17T08:43:41.993-05:002012-12-17T08:43:41.993-05:00Amen!Amen!Louis de Piterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571705847604688260noreply@blogger.com