restricting access to guns reduces gun crime. there is no getting around that.
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It worked for Britain and I believe Australia.
restricting access to guns reduces gun crime. there is no getting around that.
if Adam Lanza's mother hadn't been in possession of a Bushmaster M17S, a semi-automatic, more kids would be starting the 2nd grade this fall in Newtown, CT.
restricting access to guns reduces gun crime. there is no getting around that.
False. A person who wants a gun will find a gun. His mom's possession of a gun didn't trigger this event.
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The City of Chicago has no gun shops and some of the toughest gun control laws in the US. Yet, Chicago is now the murder capital of the US. People who want to commit a crime with a gun will find a gun. The person is the problem. Taking away the rights of the many to possibly hinder the actions of the few is no solution.
The person is the problem.
What is it about American persons that makes them prone to murderous incidents on a scale unseen in the rest of the developed, unconflicted world?
Seems like it's the American person that is the problem.
Why do you think that is? What is the difference between them and a Canadian, a Belgian or an Australian?
If you believe in the notion of a collective soul or identity, then you have to look at America's history -- birthed in violence that often turned people of goodwill against each other based on their allegiance either to the Crown or their ideals of self-determination, and then re-defined in violence as brother turned against brother based on their belief either in federalism or states' rights. Our history is one of violence, and you can't ignore the inherent paranoia that gets folded into a culture where we started out fighting oppression, and then fought house to house for/against that same oppression.
If you believe in the notion of a collective soul or identity, then you have to look at America's history -- birthed in violence that often turned people of goodwill against each other based on their allegiance either to the Crown or their ideals of self-determination, and then re-defined in violence as brother turned against brother based on their belief either in federalism or states' rights. Our history is one of violence, and you can't ignore the inherent paranoia that gets folded into a culture where we started out fighting oppression, and then fought house to house for/against that same oppression.
The United States is hardly the only country that has a violent past, yet others seem to be doing just fine not shooting each other on a daily basis.
Hmmm.....
The mother-in-law of James Pullum, one of two men who died in an apparent road-rage fueled shootout Wednesday, said her daughter and Pullum's mother witnessed the double shooting.
The double shooting happened shortly before 7 p.m. at the Wonder Wand Car Wash at 426 S. Steele St.
Police said the 43-year-old Pullum and the other victim, 56-year-old Robert Taylor, both pulled their vehicles into the car wash after some type of road-rage incident moments earlier.
Both had permits to carry concealed weapons.
After a confrontation between the two men outside of the vehicles, they exchanged shots that ended up being fatal to both men.
Meanwhile, in Michigan:
I doubt they were mentally ill.
YUP. Adam Lanza's mom would have bought a semi-auto out of some gangbanger's trunk all on her own 'cause that's just how gun owners roll!A person who wants a gun will find a gun. His mom's possession of a gun didn't trigger this event.
we've been through this exhaustively before. it's the same in DC. though the crime rate has plummeted, there are about 100 shootings a year. the guns are bought in MD and especially VA, where gun laws are very loose. IN and the rest of IL have very loose gun laws. it would be even worse if Chicago didn't have the gun control it already has. and that's a very selective reading of the article -- Chicago, as the third largest city in the country, is certainly going to have more aggregate murders than Flint or Detroit. but the murder rate in those cities is much higher.
restricting access to guns reduces gun crime. there is no getting around that.
then how do you explain that some of the places with the highest murder rates are some of the places with the most strict gun control?
then how do you explain that some of the places with the highest murder rates are some of the places with the most strict gun control?
I can be disgusted by this act of violence and cowardice and still suggest this "ongoing mass shooting thread" note the following;
1) How many mass shootings occur in "gun free zones" (schools, movie theatres, military complexes).
2) How many times the phrase "numerous missed red flags" pops up in the days following the shooting describing authorities or administrators' interactions with the murderer.
None in Switzerland either where there are lots and lots of guns... by law.
None in Switzerland either where there are lots and lots of guns... by law.
In October 2007, the Swiss Federal Council decided that the distribution of ammunition to soldiers shall stop and that all previously issued ammo shall be returned. By March 2011, more than 99% of the ammo has been received. Only special rapid deployment units and the military police still store ammunition at home today.[5]
What about my right to have a gunshot-free vacation?
Lawn darts (also called Jarts or yard darts) is a lawn game for two players or teams. A lawn dart set usually includes four large darts and two targets. The game play and objective are similar to both horseshoes and darts. The darts are similar to the ancient Roman plumbata. They are typically 12 inches (30 cm) long with a weighted metal or plastic tip on one end and three plastic fins on a rod at the other end. The darts are intended to be tossed underhand toward a horizontal ground target, where the weighted end hits first and sticks into the ground. The target is typically a plastic ring, and landing anywhere within the ring scores a point.
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Lawn darts had been banned from being sold in the United States for many years. The ban was challenged in court in the late 1970s, prompting the Consumer Product Safety Commission to make a compromise ruling allowing their sale provided they were not marketed as toys. However, in April 1987, seven-year-old Michelle Snow was killed by a lawn dart thrown by one of her brothers' playmates in the backyard of their home in Riverside, California. The darts had been hidden in the storage room. Michelle's father, David, began a crusade to get lawn darts banned, claiming that there was no way to keep children from getting their hands on lawn darts short of a full ban.[1]
Due in part to Snow's lobbying, on December 19, 1988, the CPSC reinstated the outright ban on lawn darts.[2] In the previous eight years, 6,100 people had been sent to the emergency room due to lawn darts. Out of that total, 81 percent were 15 or younger, and half of them were 10 or younger. On the week the commission voted to ban the product, an 11-year-old girl in Tennessee was hit by a lawn dart and sent into a coma.[1]
Shortly after, in 1989, they were also banned in Canada.[3] Since then, alternatives have surfaced that are available for sale in Canada that are made of plastic.
It is possible to import parts of a lawn dart - plastic flights, metal bodies, and steel spigots - as well as a complete set of replacement parts to repair damaged lawn darts, into the US and Canada. However, fully assembled individual darts, sets, and kits are banned from entry by US and Canada customs.
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The same reason a healthy person gets sick when they are surrounded by sick people. We don't live in bubbles.
If you removed 90% of the guns in the US, you would not see a 90% drop in gun crime. The individuals who want to commit a crime using a gun will find a gun.