tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-189530924198240172.post3840291939141196118..comments2023-07-26T01:58:47.843-07:00Comments on Mort Mather's Happy Blog: Put an armed person in every school. Scott Supakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-189530924198240172.post-31632798100989102172012-12-17T12:39:14.599-08:002012-12-17T12:39:14.599-08:00Also, the idea of having armed people around to re...Also, the idea of having armed people around to respond to these idiots is dangerous. We don't need more crossfire.<br /><br />A few of the people who were at the Giffords shooting were armed, and one of the armed men almost shot another of the armed men because he mistakenly though he was the shooter. <br /><br />Yeah, more guns is not the answer.Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-189530924198240172.post-10243469176219285582012-12-17T12:36:07.035-08:002012-12-17T12:36:07.035-08:00Fully automatic weapons, where they keep firing if...Fully automatic weapons, where they keep firing if you hold the trigger down, have been illegal in the US for a long time. What this, and other, shooters have used are semi-automatic weapons where you fire once for every time you pull the trigger. <br /><br />I have very little hope that gun control efforts will do much to stop this kind of thing. While I support an assault weapons ban, and a ban on big clips, I think there are so many guns within reach for crazy people, or just assholes, that these bans will likely be ineffectual in curbing what looks to be a contagion spreading across the nation. <br /><br />Matt Yglesias has a much better idea: <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/12/17/ammunition_tax_taxing_bullets_could_reduce_violene.html" rel="nofollow">tax the ammunition</a>. This reminds me of the old Chris Rock stand-up bit about how we need bullet control, and if bullets were really expensive, we'd see a big change in their use.Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.com