What is your take on Liberals and Politicians using the tragic Florida shooting as momentum to ban guns?

I am a moderate, so I have some conservative, liberal, & independent ideologies. No one is going to take away gun rights unless you are a felon, have some seriously unstable MH issues, or want to start WW III. My issue is that folks are using guns to take out their animosity on a group/religion/orientation or whatever that is in conflict with their beliefs. Get cut off on the road, there's cap in your behind. Mexican/Asian/Black kids/men playing their music too loud and posturing at me? Cap in your behind. Neighbors throwing crap in your backyard? Wife leaves yo for another man/woman? Unresolved issues from childhood that carries out into anger issues as an adult? Uneasiness about your own manhood, fear of being ridiculed, or insulting of your religion because of what others are doing around you that don't affect you? Yep...that's a cap in your behind.

There are many responsible gun owners out there. And there are folks that I wouldn't want within a mile of a weapon. As a nation, we need to ensure our MH funding isn't cut, folks who have been convicted of DV/threaten harm or death to groups of people/on the Do Not Fly List do NOT have access to guns OR jobs in security that can afford these opportunities. We also need to do studies and research about this issue. I know I will get flack for it, but it's my opinion. There's even something out by Astronaut Mark Kelly & GEN Petreaus about a study on guns through Veterans Coalition for Common Sense, which many veterans and 2A advocates will be skeptical of.

I grew up in a rougher neighborhood where gun violence wasn't uncommon in & out of school, & we had weapons in the house for protection. By the time I was 14, I was wondering why the shootings in school didn't make the news. Then Columbine hit 10+ yrs, & we had so many folks wonder what could've been done to prevent the tragedy. Maybe if we had looked into trying to fix this problem in neighborhoods like mine back in the late 80s, we wouldn't have the issues in the nicer areas years later. My ex thought I was heartless for equating one with the other, but we'll never know if looking into those senseless acts of violence when I was a kid could have helped prevent the tragedies we're seeing now. And I don't want to wonder if I had done everything in my power to lessen the chance for other families to deal with the tragedy that my friends & family have experienced with some idiots with guns.

I am pro gun and there's no way in hell I would go into a club with a weapon or CCP in an urban area/large scale event in or outdoor. I was at West Hollywood Pride marching in the parade. If a shooting/threat had happened, there's no way LEO's would know who's the perp & who's the upstanding citizen trying to protect their community. There's a time & a place. This club, major events, college classrooms, in the mall is NOT the place for taking out a threat when there are innocent civilians around & also no idea of if there are others in collaboration with the original gunman laying low. You trespass on my property or break into my home? You will be shot because as a woman living with another woman,I will do what needs to be done to protect my family like anyone else.

This will be a tough issue. Doing nothing is not helping. Arguing isn't helping. What are we going to do?

I think we need to ban Muslim extremists.

An AR-15, AK-47, SKS, (bought in the US), are all semi-automatic, with a maximum capacity of 30, except the SKS, which is a strip loaded 10 round weapon, and there are many more varieties in this category. A Calico .22 has a top fed helical magazine that holds 100, and the Calico 9mm holds 50, which can be reloaded with a fully loaded "mag" very fast. At short range, like a night club, the .22 would be a logical weapon of choice. This weapon was manufactured in Bakersfield, California before the State started their many changes. My point is, the weapon is nothing more than a tool, it is the defective human pulling the trigger, and the never ending "up for re-election" politicians who make all weapons sound like a SADAM device (I hope some of you remember this weapon and its intended use for the Fulda Gap). The second amendment has two very good points...the legal ownership of a weapon, and the ability to use said weapon not only for self defense, but to remind those governing our country, that the citizens have the right to change corrupt politicians without the lengthy process of a vote, which today is bought by special interest groups.

When you give up your legally bought and registered weapon, you might as well leave your front door open posting a diagram to your daughters bedrooms and all your valuables, because weapons can always be obtained by the illegal method, and that is something I don't want to see. The day I can be assured the bad guys, movie stars and elected officials are not protected by individuals with guns, then we can discuss disarming. But keep in mind, Japan made very logical statements of why they would or could not invade the United States...to paraphrase (I think it was Admiral Yamamoto) that behind every tree or bush was an armed American. It not only bothers me, but scares me to see that Field Grade Officers (not combat arms) would even consider changing the second amendment.

Logically, who would spend over one billion dollars for a $400,000 dollar job, without selling promises to those who helped pay? Would you trust your children's lives on a school bus driver, close to or over 70 years of age, or one that has a history of bad health?

Make gun education mandatory curriculum in schools, and give people the opportunity to defend themselves. There are plenty of ways to kill people without guns. Bombs, homemade flamethrowers, biological radiation and chemical weapons, etc. The list goes on, and people can get all of the materials for the listed at their local hardware store (except biological).

Unfortunately, BOTH sides of this argument will attempt to use the tragedy to their advantage, and personally I think it's deplorable. The ONLY concern right now should be for all the hurting families.

Considering that it happened in a nightclub, assuming FL carry laws are similar to TX, this would be another mass shooting that happened in a "gun free zone".

Yes, there are those misguided people that will call for stricter gun laws, and history will repeat itself, the rhetoric will prompt more people who have never owned or trained with a gun to go out and buy a gun.

In other words talk of gun control leads to the opposite result as intended, it puts more guns on the street and in the hands of people who probably shouldn't have them.

Is there a single FL elected official that isn't parroting the local LEOs or FBI? ATF stated he bought his firearms over the last few days. How could that happen, given background checks, and two FBI investigations in 2013/2014, regarding terrorist contacts. This is more than passes the smell test.

Not surprised. This is like Christmas to the gun control crowd.

i agree if somebody had a weapon the numbers could have been lowered, but i will say had federal agencies talked to earch other maybe he wont have had the weapons, from all the reports on line he was investigated twice by hls, went to saudi, even though he worked in security weres the vetting and who does it, thats who we need to be asking questions, again its people that kill no matter the way dont blame guns blame those that do it

It's BS. There mantra is never let a good crisis got to waste.