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This article questions the findings of that. PS - Vox is really biased. Tom Send a noteboard - 04/10/2017 06:08:44 PM

I realize that this article is a bit weird, but it does cite extremely relevant facts, such as the fact that our per capita homicide rate is far lower than in some countries with gun control. Mass shootings are more common here, yes, but overall deaths are much lower. Other countries have tons of weapons but lower rates than even we do.

My point is that always running to gun control is a wasted effort not only because of our Constitution (and the fact that you won't get enough people to support amending it to remove the Second Amendment), but because it doesn't fully address the issue. I suspect that people would use truck bombs more or other modalities if we implemented gun control, because (1) our society is angry, (2) many people feel isolated, and (3) we have really shitty mental health care.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Bump stocks are considered legal because they are not mechanical devices and... - 04/10/2017 06:01:31 AM 577 Views
Yup *NM* - 05/10/2017 02:55:59 AM 269 Views
Hold your fire. - 04/10/2017 06:39:03 AM 730 Views
There's a very significant correlation between eliminating firearms and reducing suicide. - 04/10/2017 07:54:27 AM 745 Views
Wrong - 04/10/2017 08:50:24 AM 547 Views
Did you actually look at the graph you posted? - 05/10/2017 10:01:09 AM 556 Views
We have an audio of the attack and that was little better than a round a second - 04/10/2017 02:21:35 PM 591 Views
good point - 04/10/2017 03:57:37 PM 602 Views
I wouldn't oppose banning bump-stocks but I am not it would have changed the out come here - 04/10/2017 06:11:27 PM 471 Views
me too - 04/10/2017 06:41:55 PM 630 Views
Re: I wouldn't oppose banning bump-stocks but I am not it would have changed the out come here *NM* - 05/10/2017 03:28:06 AM 291 Views
Why edit when you can double post? *NM* - 05/10/2017 03:36:22 AM 291 Views
Easy enough to ban both. *NM* - 05/10/2017 02:59:15 AM 261 Views
and blocking stuff like that is one of the reasons I don't support the NRA - 05/10/2017 06:37:36 PM 594 Views
I found this article interesting. - 04/10/2017 03:22:20 PM 803 Views
It was an interesting article (here comes the "but" - 04/10/2017 03:43:13 PM 555 Views
Don't talk about my butt - 04/10/2017 06:00:58 PM 573 Views
would I do that? - 04/10/2017 06:39:37 PM 532 Views
of course most people should be more worried about being shot by a family memeber - 04/10/2017 06:31:05 PM 488 Views
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Re: Many won't fear it unless they've seen it happen. - 04/10/2017 06:51:09 PM 543 Views
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Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest it's only small children. - 05/10/2017 11:13:22 AM 534 Views
Sorry if I came off as be offended - 05/10/2017 12:14:32 PM 531 Views
This is getting very apologetic. - 05/10/2017 12:21:43 PM 543 Views
Re: Sorry if I came off as be offended *NM* - 09/10/2017 08:38:11 PM 263 Views
This article questions the findings of that. PS - Vox is really biased. - 04/10/2017 06:08:44 PM 715 Views
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Thanks. - 04/10/2017 06:24:40 PM 506 Views
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no it isn't - 05/10/2017 03:50:09 AM 570 Views
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That was a rhetorical question. *NM* - 04/10/2017 11:32:48 PM 300 Views
"None of the proposed ideas would have stopped the incident." - 05/10/2017 03:01:55 AM 490 Views
Personal rights are more important than incidental murders. - 06/10/2017 11:46:44 PM 580 Views

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