Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
oh, didn't know, makes a little more sense now
Mass Shooting and Gun Control Megathread
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Jerry Atrick
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This is just more silly hypothetical nonsense used to justify NOT DOING ANYTHING to curb gun violence. Same with the arguments that "other countries have mass stabbing incidents." Even though it happens, I still don't think ANY country on earth has had 220+ mass stabbing incidents within 6 months.
Have you ever tried to set a brick or stone on fire? Because that is what most school exteriors are made of. Even if a torch was able to hit the roof and the roof wasn't metal, most schools have sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers, and even fire hoses. I don't think anyone can argue that the fastest most efficient way to attain mass casualties isn't with a firearm/assault rifle.
im pretty sure anything can be set a fire with the right flammable liquid
Electrum1
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Wonder if we hear more about this. I assume if they had a gun it would of been reported.
The police shot him
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The police shot him
Police shoot man 'aggressively trying' to get into Alabama elementary school, official say
GADSDEN, Ala. (WBMA) — A man trying to enter an Alabama elementary school Thursday morning was shot and killed, according to officials. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) later identified the man as 32-year-old Robert Tyler White. ALEA was called by the Gadsden Police Department to...
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AbbeyLee
Bluelighter
I saw there was another one? Not in a school though.
jasperkent
Bluelighter
I love how the right-wingers always say If a person wants to kill people they'll do it-- using a knife, a baseball bat, etc...
OK, fair enough. So when the government takes your guns from you, they will give you all the knives, swords, hatchets, axes, bats, throwing stars, whatever you want. Since these things are EQUALLY LETHAL you'll be fine with that, right?
Also, let's look at simple facts. Owning a gun does NOT make you safer. Owning a gun makes your risk of death HIGHER-- by suicide and accident, of course, but also by homicide.
I am NOT anti-gun. I have plenty of friends who own guns and I myself have owned guns in the past. I AM anti-bullshit. Own a gun if you want, but don't tell me it makes you safer. It does not.
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OK, fair enough. So when the government takes your guns from you, they will give you all the knives, swords, hatchets, axes, bats, throwing stars, whatever you want. Since these things are EQUALLY LETHAL you'll be fine with that, right?
Also, let's look at simple facts. Owning a gun does NOT make you safer. Owning a gun makes your risk of death HIGHER-- by suicide and accident, of course, but also by homicide.
I am NOT anti-gun. I have plenty of friends who own guns and I myself have owned guns in the past. I AM anti-bullshit. Own a gun if you want, but don't tell me it makes you safer. It does not.
Association between handgun purchase and mortality from firearm injury | Injury Prevention
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Homicide
1. Where there are more guns there is more homicide (literature review) Our review of the academic literature found that a broad array of evidence indicates that gun availability is a risk factor f…
Facts and Figures
Review some basics on firearm injury and death, including a description of deaths from firearms by type and the economic costs.
Las Veghost grower
Bluelighter
Do you honestly believe that having a gun for protection raises your risk of death ? Just curious, cause I feel very safe with my gunI love how the right-wingers always say If a person wants to kill people they'll do it-- using a knife, a baseball bat, etc...
OK, fair enough. So when the government takes your guns from you, they will give you all the knives, swords, hatchets, axes, bats, throwing stars, whatever you want. Since these things are EQUALLY LETHAL you'll be fine with that, right?
Also, let's look at simple facts. Owning a gun does NOT make you safer. Owning a gun makes your risk of death HIGHER-- by suicide and accident, of course, but also by homicide.
I am NOT anti-gun. I have plenty of friends who own guns and I myself have owned guns in the past. I AM anti-bullshit. Own a gun if you want, but don't tell me it makes you safer. It does not.
Association between handgun purchase and mortality from firearm injury | Injury Prevention
injuryprevention.bmj.com
Homicide
1. Where there are more guns there is more homicide (literature review) Our review of the academic literature found that a broad array of evidence indicates that gun availability is a risk factor f…
Facts and Figures
Review some basics on firearm injury and death, including a description of deaths from firearms by type and the economic costs.
Las Veghost grower
Bluelighter
Im not very good with maths or statistics n what not but I think if your not suicidal or a complete dipshit who shouldn’t own a gun in the first place guns make you safer undoubtedly, I mean if someone breaks into your home in the middle of the night don’t you want a gun in your nightstand to protect your family ? I don’t know about you but when it comes to my family I don’t take any chances or put any good faith to not hurt us into someone trying to rob me…..and I can tell you with certainty I will shoot an intruder dead if they pose a threat to my family
i'm sure you are safe - and i certainly hope you're never a victim. i expect a lot of gun owners - whose kids accidentally shot and killed another kid or their partner - feel the same way. reggie mabry maybe did. aja johnson maybe did.
- Californians living with handgun owners more than twice as likely to die by homicide, study finds
- A National Institutes of Health study found that for each time a gun is used for self-defense, there are 11 suicide attempts involving firearms, seven assaults or murders and four gun accidents.
- A study published in the Journal of Preventive Medicine found that using guns for self-defense during a robbery doesn’t lower one’s odds of being injured.
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Las Veghost grower
Bluelighter
Yea that is truly tragic when something like that happens, making sure kids cant get a handle on a gun is one of the most important parts of gun safety..I keep my guns in electronic gun safes, one bolted to my nightstand drawer for my pistol... But these type of tragedies falls under people to stupid to own a gun unfortunately..I don’t hope I’m not a victim , I prepared to not be a victim
Jerry Atrick
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AbbeyLee
Bluelighter
Oh believe me, there is always another one
I said earlier in this thread that we see shootings in the US and now go "ho hum". But then I found out it was the Texas school shooting and had to clarify -- we aren't desensitised to those. I think the most recent was a "ho hum" mass shooting
so you're saying - or at least it seems you are implying - that you believe there are u.s. citizens who should not be permitted to carry guns?
beyond the currently forbidden categories like convicted felons, etc. i assume.
how would you go about defining and enforcing that?
alasdair
That logic is so fucking DUMMMMMB. FUCK!!!
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
Can any Americans point out any examples of when guns were successfully used to defend a citizen against a tyrannical entity of government within the last 100 years or so? Or ever, really?
Meaning they were actually justified in doing so and weren't just trying to kill cops after breaking the law.
I'm really tired of people parroting this part of the 2nd amendment.
Makes me think of Waco...
Meaning they were actually justified in doing so and weren't just trying to kill cops after breaking the law.
I'm really tired of people parroting this part of the 2nd amendment.
Makes me think of Waco...
Las Veghost grower
Bluelighter
Obviously there are irresponsible people who legally own guns, and who knows how you would go about stopping this from happening, what would you suggest
Las Veghost grower
Bluelighter
How many of those statistics are based off of illegal gun ? And if you want to hope someone willing to break into your house isn’t going to hurt your family that’s on you, I’ll protect myself
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Nas47
Road-Weary Traveler
For me like outsider this pit,that you dug out and fallen into....really hard to escape.Talk about gun control.Just look what's happening.Too much weirdos,too much guns.Have not any idea how this shit could be resolved.But you must do it somehow.You-U.S. citizens and no one else.
What the fuck are you talking about man?? What person "breaking in to your house"? You wanna talk statistics? What is the REALISTIC STATISTICAL LIKELIHOOD of someone breaking in to your house in the middle of the night to kill your family??
Very very VERY close to ZERO FUCKING PERCENT CHANCE.
Does that warrant you having a lethal weapon next to your bed JUST IN CASE something with almost NO CHANCE OF EVER HAPPENING happens??
Get a fucking grip on reality.
I completely agree.