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Thanks. nossy Send a noteboard - 04/10/2017 06:24:40 PM

And I know how vox is, but I appreciated having the information pulled together in one place. It's also why I mentioned that I'm still skeptical of accepting it without doing my own work.


View original postI 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.

Well, we're both weird, so I'm happy to read it.
View original postMy 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.

I tend to agree with some of that, actually. But that's why I think we should be discussing it hardcore, and addressing those points as part of the whole. I own guns, and I know more than a few people for whom the phrase "you can pry them out of my cold, dead hands" would be accurate. It's difficult all around.
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Las Vegas shooter had 12 guns modified with bump-stocks TheCrownless - 04/10/2017 03:15:33 AM 1301 Views
The House Bill the SHARE Act also was going to legalize Armor Piercing Bullets has 212 cosponsors Roland00 - 04/10/2017 05:38:08 AM 806 Views
Bump stocks are considered legal because they are not mechanical devices and... damookster - 04/10/2017 06:01:31 AM 578 Views
Yup *NM* TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:55:59 AM 270 Views
Hold your fire. Nargs - 04/10/2017 06:39:03 AM 730 Views
There's a very significant correlation between eliminating firearms and reducing suicide. Ghavrel - 04/10/2017 07:54:27 AM 745 Views
Wrong Nargs - 04/10/2017 08:50:24 AM 547 Views
Did you actually look at the graph you posted? Ghavrel - 05/10/2017 10:01:09 AM 556 Views
looks like the study was structured more for politics than science random thoughts - 04/10/2017 02:33:59 PM 613 Views
People are more complicated than airplanes and buildings, so the science is more complicated as well Ghavrel - 05/10/2017 10:03:45 AM 493 Views
Studies show that 90% of studies show what the person doing the study wanted to prove random thoughts - 05/10/2017 12:09:51 PM 499 Views
The statistic in the article I linked below for nossy says 75% of gun deaths in 5% of ZIP codes. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:15:15 PM 564 Views
We have an audio of the attack and that was little better than a round a second random thoughts - 04/10/2017 02:21:35 PM 592 Views
good point damookster - 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 random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:11:27 PM 472 Views
me too damookster - 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* random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:28:06 AM 291 Views
Why edit when you can double post? *NM* random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:36:22 AM 292 Views
Easy enough to ban both. *NM* TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:59:15 AM 262 Views
and blocking stuff like that is one of the reasons I don't support the NRA random thoughts - 05/10/2017 06:37:36 PM 594 Views
I found this article interesting. nossy - 04/10/2017 03:22:20 PM 804 Views
It was an interesting article (here comes the "but" damookster - 04/10/2017 03:43:13 PM 556 Views
Don't talk about my butt nossy - 04/10/2017 06:00:58 PM 574 Views
would I do that? damookster - 04/10/2017 06:39:37 PM 532 Views
of course most people should be more worried about being shot by a family memeber random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:31:05 PM 489 Views
Many won't fear it unless they've seen it happen. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:38:03 PM 568 Views
Re: Many won't fear it unless they've seen it happen. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:51:09 PM 544 Views
My nephew wasn't Child when he shot himself. random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:35:37 AM 494 Views
Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest it's only small children. nossy - 05/10/2017 11:13:22 AM 534 Views
Sorry if I came off as be offended random thoughts - 05/10/2017 12:14:32 PM 531 Views
This is getting very apologetic. nossy - 05/10/2017 12:21:43 PM 543 Views
Re: Sorry if I came off as be offended *NM* random thoughts - 09/10/2017 08:38:11 PM 263 Views
This article questions the findings of that. PS - Vox is really biased. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:08:44 PM 715 Views
the problem is the stats on the US ignore facts that don't sell the narrative random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:23:48 PM 609 Views
Thanks. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:24:40 PM 507 Views
There's nothing wrong with an AR-15 per se. It's a good hunting rifle. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:02:56 PM 595 Views
I live in Alabama, but I've never owned a gun, and could never understand the use of an AR15... TyrReborn - 04/10/2017 06:55:26 PM 562 Views
I knew a guy in Florida who also hunted wild boar. damookster - 04/10/2017 06:58:44 PM 539 Views
It's also great for killing dozens of people in a crowd from a 32 story window TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:58:48 AM 504 Views
no it isn't random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:50:09 AM 570 Views
Nothing was done after 20 or so little kids were slaughtered at Sandy Hook. Vodalus - 04/10/2017 11:14:26 PM 499 Views
It's the same debate from the same place we were then.... Jeordam - 04/10/2017 11:24:28 PM 498 Views
That was a rhetorical question. *NM* Vodalus - 04/10/2017 11:32:48 PM 300 Views
"None of the proposed ideas would have stopped the incident." TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 03:01:55 AM 490 Views
Personal rights are more important than incidental murders. Cannoli - 06/10/2017 11:46:44 PM 581 Views
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