I've got a fully automatic 22cal pistol I use for dicing veggies. In mere seconds my veggies are in tiny pieces. they are also all over the walls, the floor and the ceiling, but I haven't found a knife yet that can get the job done faster.
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Again discounting a huge part of the problem. Why can't we have a solution that addresses both proximate causes: gun control and mental health.
The plain statistics on the numbers of mass shootings before, during, and after the ban indicate otherwise, but if you have an evidenced-based argument to make that this data is misleading, I'm all ears.
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Re-election video for Reeves released a week ago. I love how he like totally articulated plans and ideas in this video…
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And we wonder why mass shootings are a problem here? Most countries just don’t have this sick fetish around guns.
SteakNEggs
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I had bb guns at 7. I had my first 30-30 at 10. There were no mass shootings or very very little?
What changed? Cell phones? Constant access to the internet? More people on anti-depressants? Gun safety?
I'm genuinely curious.
What changed? Cell phones? Constant access to the internet? More people on anti-depressants? Gun safety?
I'm genuinely curious.
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Does it matter? For the purpose of solution, anyway?
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The Comumbine High School massacre happened. News media was obsessed. Movies were made. The cultural impact was massive, and mentally disturbed people everywhere took note.
Before columbine there was a phrase in pop culture called "going postal" because until then most mass shootings took place in the workplace and there had been a rash of them at post offices. My mother was a letter carrier at the time and she said it was a pretty toxic work environment that was probably organization wide that was caused, at least in part, by the adversarial relationship between the union and management. The post office also hires a lot of vets which probably contributed.
But yeah, these things are sort of like trends. You don't hear about post office shootings anymore because that's not the trend now. Those same people who might have shot up their workplace now go to a public place to do the shooting because that's just the way it works now.
But yeah, these things are sort of like trends. You don't hear about post office shootings anymore because that's not the trend now. Those same people who might have shot up their workplace now go to a public place to do the shooting because that's just the way it works now.
I think it does matter. Guns are part of the equation, but something has changed that is causing people do this stuff. Without a Constitutional amendment, there will be guns in this country, so you have to do your best to fix it from both sides. One side of the equation is hard due to constitutional protection, the other side is easier. It needs to be a combined approach. When assault weapons truly account for so little death, their bans won't do much towards a real solution. Handguns are the real threat, but not even dems want to try to ban them, and probably can't based on Heller/Bruen.
When there is a shooting, while always horrible, I can at least somewhat understand when a shooter has a "reason" for going after the victims, even if abhorrent and not based on reason or reality. Examples are people getting fired, left by companion, etc. At least in those cases, there is a reason.
When an adult goes and shoots up a school of kids, or randomly shoots up a concert, or mall, we have to figure out what is causing people to go off the rail like this for no apparent reason. Because if you only get rid of guns, there will still be knives and 8,000 lb trucks, gasoline, homemade bombs and SUVs to take people out. Seriously, what the **** is wrong with people in our society?
Until there is a real solution, I'd like to see more protection in schools. Maybe not metal detectors as I don't want any kid to feel like they are "institutionalized", but maybe reinforced doors with bullet proof glass, doors that actually stay locked from the outside and more resource officers at the schools.
We put more armed guards on our politicians than we do our own kids. The Nashville shooter allegedly skipped her first intended target as it had armed security and went to her old school which was vulnerable. Gun-free zones seem to have the opposite of the intended effect. It seems like schools are often preferred targets as they are gun-free zones without security.
At the same time, spend money on mental health. Require mental health and background check screenings for every gun purchase, and have those checks be recurring (not just when you buy the gun). And punish straw buyers or gun owners that don't secure their guns, which then get used in mass shootings with heavy jail sentences.
Republicans flaunt guns for money and votes. Democrats flaunt banning the same guns pictured for money and votes. 103 people died in "mass shootings" in 2001 using FBI definitions or 706 if you include Gun Violence Archive's definition (shootings with no deaths included) of the 48,830 deaths (more than half are suicides). Most of these shootings did involve rifles. However, these are a sliver of gun homicides each year, but are the most publicized.
Basically these ARs that Republicans celebrate and Democrats abhor are responsible for less than 3% of all deaths by gun (shotguns were 1%). Handguns are responsible for approximately 60% of firearm homicides. The number is much higher as 36% don't list the type of guns, but many estimate that handguns truly account for closer to 90% of firearm related deaths.