Re: Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new school safety plan and proposed changes to gun laws
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 3:07 pm
Small, incremental infringements....for the children.
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Simple solution. Buy a Field Notes notebook. Make notes of every firearm with S/N and exactly where it is kept. Then you don't even have to look on shelf 1, 2 or 3 in the gun safe, you go straight to shelf 2 and the one you want.cyphertext wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:48 pmIs this really an issue for you? Do you have so many places that you secure your firearm, you might "forget" where you secured it?Soccerdad1995 wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:16 pm If I can't remember where I secured my gun, but it might be in a safe deposit box that I won't be able to get to for a couple weeks, should I report it just to be safe?
Also, I want to make it clear....I want to read his "plan", but I'm on day 2 of a migraine, so...reading anything of substance is going to have to wait until pain and drugs are gone.
I think what soccerdad was getting at is that he changes the location of his guns depending on if he's traveling or not so he might forget which safe/location he put his guns.LDB415 wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 3:34 pmSimple solution. Buy a Field Notes notebook. Make notes of every firearm with S/N and exactly where it is kept. Then you don't even have to look on shelf 1, 2 or 3 in the gun safe, you go straight to shelf 2 and the one you want.cyphertext wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:48 pmIs this really an issue for you? Do you have so many places that you secure your firearm, you might "forget" where you secured it?Soccerdad1995 wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:16 pm If I can't remember where I secured my gun, but it might be in a safe deposit box that I won't be able to get to for a couple weeks, should I report it just to be safe?
We live in a society where nobody wants to take responsibility for their actions so it's easier to blame an inanimate who can't defend itself.LeonCarr wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 4:44 pm When are the Santa Fe shooter's parents, or any other mass shooter under 18's parents, going to be charged with making firearms accessible to minors?
Putting adults in jail for not keeping their firearms secure is a big step in the right direction.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
Here you go. The process has been in place for some time now. https://www.dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense ... cation.htmSoccerdad1995 wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 1:04 pmA lot of the proposals are focused on student school shooters, so the idea is probably that these are trusted adults who know the kids somewhat well.twomillenium wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:48 pmI agree with what you are saying. If this red flag law does come into being, it should also include mandatory stiff penalties for the abuse of such law. I am not sure why school district employees are given special attention to file a petition, when most (yes, I said most) think that firearms somehow are dangerous all by themselves. I actually think the school district employee was a "feel good" addition to poor thought. Why are they anymore special than anyone else???Soccerdad1995 wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:16 pm I'm opposed to pretty much all of the proposed new gun laws. In particular the "revenge" proposal that allows people to have firearms taken away from relatives they are arguing with, under the guise of a red flag law, and the requirement to file a police report within 10 days of the time that a person "should have known" that a gun was lost or stolen. If I can't remember where I secured my gun, but it might be in a safe deposit box that I won't be able to get to for a couple weeks, should I report it just to be safe? And am I given absolute immunity from any charges for filing a false police report if the gun turns out to not in fact be lost/stolen?
We need a red flag law to take away vehicles, first. Just as dangerous as a gun in the hands of a criminal, and vehicle ownership is not an inalienable right.
I'm not sure he is technically underage for be allow access to guns. We need to check it out. Abbott said something about it this afternoon....he said something about wanting the leg. to write clarifying language, or something to that effect, because right now it reads "under age 17" and it needs to read either "including age 17" or "under age 18". If I understood this part correctly, he was allowed access, I think?LeonCarr wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 4:44 pm When are the Santa Fe shooter's parents, or any other mass shooter under 18's parents, going to be charged with making firearms accessible to minors?
Putting adults in jail for not keeping their firearms secure is a big step in the right direction.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
In order to charge the parents then a law would have to be made up. He was 17, parents not required to lock up firearms from him.Grundy1133 wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 4:49 pmWe live in a society where nobody wants to take responsibility for their actions so it's easier to blame an inanimate who can't defend itself.LeonCarr wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 4:44 pm When are the Santa Fe shooter's parents, or any other mass shooter under 18's parents, going to be charged with making firearms accessible to minors?
Putting adults in jail for not keeping their firearms secure is a big step in the right direction.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
if that's what needs to be done then so be it. I guarantee you if the parents were scared of going to jail, they'd be sure to keep their guns locked up which would in turn make it harder for these delinquents to get their hands on guns.twomillenium wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 5:57 pmIn order to charge the parents then a law would have to be made up. He was 17, parents not required to lock up firearms from him.Grundy1133 wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 4:49 pmWe live in a society where nobody wants to take responsibility for their actions so it's easier to blame an inanimate who can't defend itself.LeonCarr wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 4:44 pm When are the Santa Fe shooter's parents, or any other mass shooter under 18's parents, going to be charged with making firearms accessible to minors?
Putting adults in jail for not keeping their firearms secure is a big step in the right direction.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
So what about this story... Possibly very different outcome if the firearms were not accessible to minors...LeonCarr wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 4:44 pm When are the Santa Fe shooter's parents, or any other mass shooter under 18's parents, going to be charged with making firearms accessible to minors?
Putting adults in jail for not keeping their firearms secure is a big step in the right direction.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr