Thanks. - Edit 1
Before modification by nossy at 04/10/2017 06:39:11 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 to whom the phrase "you can pry them out of my cold, dead hands" would be accurate. It's difficult all around.