@Old Gabby Johnson: there’s no constitutional right to drink alcohol.

@Old Gabby Johnson: I remember when a naked hillbilly took a dump on a Florida highway. Bath salts were banned in days. But children get slaughtered and the spineless cowards in the GOP wring their hands and do their NRA masters bidding.

@Butch Francis: there was once a law banning alcohol in the US constitution – you may have heard of it – but then people discovered it was crazy and removed it when it proved to cause more harm than not.

You see things can change there Butch when humans educate and evolve… oh wait – ‘evolve’ is an issue too isn’t it. So like when 300 years ago a law was made for its time with single action weapons does not mean that people should be carrying around weapons that can kill hundreds on a whim – for a person to kill 17 people by themselves when the constitution was framed – by the time they reloaded they could be taken out with a child with a toothbrush.

@Old Gabby Johnson: ye so as I said there’s no constitutional right to drink alcohol.

@Old Gabby Johnson: or kinder eggs!

@Butch Francis: theres no constitutional right to be an idiot but that doesn’t seem to make a difference…..

@Dave Hammond:
I think we all support you in that right Dave.

@Tom Tom: soldiers on a base are unarmed for the most part, and those with ammunition even less!

@Tom Tom: no , absolutely nobody thinks that arming teachers is a good thing – except the NRA who have held this as a talking point for a long time now – more guns is always the solution – Trump was funded to the tune of 30 millions dollars by the NRA so he just does their talking points ( the whole ‘fund his own campaign and not be linked to lobby groups’ ) that was all BS. 30 million dollars in NRA funding ??

@Ben McArthur: The Base Civilian Police were armed. It’s not that bad of an analogy actually. Trump is proposing a small number of armed people within a school, the Base Civilian Police took on Hasan and were initially unable to stop him until he ran out of bullets and was then shot by one of their sergeants.

@siobhan pat mulcahy: why do ye trolls all sound the same..?

@siobhan pat mulcahy: Troll

@siobhan pat mulcahy: Incorrect.

@siobhan pat mulcahy: he hasn’t done anything yet! Fooling the system

@siobhan pat mulcahy:
It’s a positive step.

@David Sinclair: talking to yourself is not a good step,David..

@siobhan pat mulcahy: funniest thing I’ve read in quite a long time.

@Francis Mc Carthy:
I’ll bow to your experience on that one Francis.

@siobhan pat mulcahy: there’s always a few twits.

@Are U Rosie too: they must be ruskies

@Dean: A gun is a tool. Alcohol is a drug.

@Billy-Bob White: lol, bring the drinking age down to 16 and owning a weapon at 18 won’t look too bad

@The Bull McCabe:
You’re putting it mildly when you say a gun is a tool. A gun is a weapon of war my friend

@Billy-Bob White:
….or much in general.

@Jaune Fujisawa: it is, only when tragedy strikes like this does the world see what many know. the NRA are like tobacco lobbyists were , they are lobbyists for a very very profitable industry – selling 300 million guns to the US is very profitable – so they fund their lobbyists to make sure that they own the politicians – they find pretty much any republican of note and pay their election campaigns for this very reason – listen sandy hook had 6 and 7 year old kids shot in school and the NRA didn’t wince an inch – they are a dangerously well oiled and funded lobby group – yesterday in Florida they made sure that the politicians voted not to even discuss gun controls ( days after the Florida killings ) and instead they proposed legislation to declare PORN as harmful to Americans – they are a uniquely powerful group and I wouldn’t underestimate the machine and level of control they have on decision making in the USA. Its a disgrace.

@Karen Wellington: in a democracy citizens have every right to organise or join advocacy groups of their pleasing.

@Billy-Bob White:
Actually they don’t… A majority of their membership want universal background checks but the NRA say no..
Why? They are the unofficial arm of the gun manufactures, it is hard to see who is running who at this stage… NRA used to be a good organisation who actually encouraged responsible gun ownership, now they are more gun lobby.

@Cowboy Ted: citizens don’t have the right to join advocacy groups?

@Billy-Bob White: an advocacy group of five million members should not have as much sway as the NRA does

@Billy-Bob White: Do you not understand that an advocacy group does not have the right to a veto over the rest of the population?

@Billy-Bob White: political representatives are elected (in a democracy), what you’re referring to is a lobbying group, they have the right to lobby (that’s where special interests groups hire well-connected professional advocates, to argue for specific legislation in decision-making bodies, like Congress and contribute large sums to specific individuals in order to hold sway over them) on behalf of their 5million members (1.53% of the population).

@Aidan O’ Neill: Own or bare arms in a well regulate militia

Lets see arms in 1780′s – muskets that reload after one shot with one bullet and a well regulated militia to fend off possible imperial enemy

2018 assault rifles that can kill hundreds on one round and anyone who is 18 regardless of militia .

‘merica.

@Old Gabby Johnson: I’m always curious,

For those that want the right to arms why are they ust content with hand guns, shotguns and M16′s?

Why not grenades, rocket launchers and missiles like ICBM’s?

After all, like M16′s these also didn’t exist in 1780′s, but they are after all “arms” so why can’t a citizen also own them? Why should the government control them and restrict responsible missile and ICBM ownership?

if you are going to claim you have rights to arms then either go the whole hog or admit that the whole thing is flawed.

@Barry Somers: Nunchucks for all!

@Old Gabby Johnson: you don’t know much about guns, but there is no need for irrational fear. Mine sit in their safe doing harm to no one!

@Pat Cbar:
I know a lot about guns. If you really own them why not explain how hard it is to get them in Ireland? Also what classes of weapons are available?

@Barry Somers: Agreed. Also there’s no reason why children or convicted felons shouldn’t have arms. Nothing in the Second Amendment says their right can be restricted by law. Even convicted murderers don’t lose their constitutional right to free speech or a fair trial – what’s special about guns?

@Anton Dec: mine are held in the US, and never firnd their way to any schools, and never shoot anyone!!!!! Go figure, they must be faulty

@Ben McArthur: SCOTUS interpreted that the 2nd can be restricted in the case of felons and the mentally ill by congress if they so wish.

@Ben McArthur: come on man, the words “well regulated” are in there

@Butch Francis:
Why?

@Butch Francis: Lets hope that those teachers get better training than the police officers at the LA & NY departments ;-) Just looked at a few stats from a few years back, & i was surprised to see that their % for hitting targets -was at 29% & 34% …yikes.lets hope they’ve improved …

@David Carino: look on the bright side, increasing the age to 21 means he’s not proposing to arm the hall monitors as well

@Butch Francis: You really are a no nothing troll.

@David Carino: you do know it wasn’t his idea? Someone put it to him from the audience. Media skipped that bit.

@Ronan Gallagher: he is selling the idea, does it matter who’s idea it was originally? And he had it all worked out, cowards, gun free zones, trained teachers etc. Audience member who proposed it was probably a plant.