Usa.... March For Our Lives....

[dunnitall]

What do you think...? Will the diehards agree?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43526413

[Bazile]

Agree what ?

[cassa333]

Die hard gun owners. No they won't.

[fender62]

to many gun lovers in the states and big money behind them

[woofgang]

Will we see an immediate change? No...... but I do think that the rock has moved. Whether or not it moves more will depend on whether people continue to feel strongly enough.

[youngmafbog]

The USA needs to work out where it can go. Banning guns with a uk style law just wont work. There are an estimated 400 million guns they will not dissappear over might no matter how luvvies protest.
In addition the us needs to understand why these mass shootings happen. Other countries have guns and dont have the problem. If they dont understand why and ban guns then another method like bombs or trucks would be used.

[youngmafbog]

Just out of interest anyone know if the luvvies have armed bodygaurds?

[anneasquith]

Small steps, if anyone can do it, it's the young people , Americans future .

[naomi24]

It might - just might - result in restrictions on the types of weapon sold, but the US will never get rid of its gun laws. I think if push came to shove most Americans wouldn't want that.

[gness]

I doubt it, dunnital......but Emma is a remarkable young woman and listening to all those voices gives me a small hope that there will be changes....x

[cassa333]

Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey.

Bit by bit they will change attitudes towards gun ownership. The young are the key in most changes of attitude so if there are more mass killings in schools the issue will spread (I hope of course there will be not others).

A start would be to make assault weapon ownership illegal in the home environment. They could be legal perhaps only in designated firing ranges and signed in and out sort of thing.

[douglas9401]

Their biggest problem is that the Emmas are far outnumbered by Goober and his mates, all muscles and mullets.

[Kromovaracun]

I don't think it is fair to call them 'luvvies' - they're being led by people who narrowly escaped being massacred and are friends/relations of people killed in school shootings.

[ichkeria]

No other country had gun ownership remotely comparable to the US. Furthermore, there must be an element of ‘copycat’ in these shootings.
We have had mass shootings here and taken action, with the result that similar attacks have not occurred.
It may be very difficult, but gun control is the way to go

[youngmafbog]

Krom, the luvvies have also hopped on so my question still stands. Personally I think it wold hav carried far more weight if they butted out.

Ick, the US is not remotely like the UK was, they have had barmy laws allowing domestic assault rifles and the such like for many years, we didnt ours was already well controlled. In addition the USA has an estimated 400million guns, we did not have anything like that number even if you proportion to population.

The way it was dealt with in this country was OTT, it punished many innocent gun club types. I just cant see that happening in the USA I wouldn't mind betting that many of the liberals bleating have a gun tucked away somewhere if they live out of the cities.

They need to find a whole new solution that will work and be accepted by the majority which is not the knee jerk "ban guns".

[andy-hughes]

I have always believed that the American psyche is still routed in the 'frontier' mentality, which is what the Second Amendment was acutally about - the ability of people to defend themselves against criminals, and the government.

I also believe that each generation is a little les enamoured with guns than the one before, and there may come a day when gun control becomes a viable campaign on which to fight an election.

Certainly not in my life time, but evolution is all about each generation changing a little from the one before, so one day ..

[andres]

I don't think changing the gun laws will have much effect. Most of the shooting atrocities since the early 80s have been committed by young white males. They have either been suffering from mental disorders or have had a deep racial hatred. Young people in their early 20s often develop schizophrenia. The problem in the US goes far deeper than gun control. A person with a mental health condition will always find a way to get hold of a gun.

[237SJ]

"I have always believed that the American psyche is still routed in the 'Frontier' mentality. That depends which part of America you go to

[pastafreak]

It certainly isn't where I come from.

[237SJ]

Well, exactly. I think some people judge countries by what they read in the press

[whiskeryron]

Its not guns that kill, its bullets I wonder if it at all possible to do away with bullets somehow ?