a) Yeah, we've lost a whopping 75-80 people to mass shootings this year. That's...almost a blip on the radar.
b) You're a bit of a fruit loop, aren't you?
Most countries have fewer than 10% of the shootings that the U.S. has. Some as few as 1%. And most of those are drug, gang, and domestic violonce, which don't count to public concern.
While I'm inclined to agree, if drug, gang and domestic violence shootings don't count, then there's really not a whole lot to worry about in terms of gun control here, either.
The only problem is that you aren't able to even try to change anything, even if TEN MILLION people agree on something.
Why would we change something based on the opinion of 3.2% of the population?
I'll even dumb down the argument to first person shooters: how many enemies do players typically kill, without dying, with a pistol vs. a semi-automatic weapon?
Most pistols are semi-automatic. And it depends. Is the target my size and actively trying to kill me, or is it small, slow, incapable of inflicting damage against me, and captive? Because in the latter case, it doesn't really matter whether I have an AR-15 with a 30-round mag, a 1911 with a few 10-round mags, or a Smith and Wesson Model 19 with a half dozen speed loader clips.
you will be amazed to see that in civilized countries, it is nearly unthinkable to have someone breaking into houses. I'm not saying it does not happen, it does. I just happens so rarely that it is NOT a problem.
Well, perhaps they were going to the Saloon looking for a job, or to meet someone else who was paying for a badly-needed drink, and they just happened to withdraw some $ on their way out.
Or perhaps it was burning down, and they needed to pull money out so they could buy a fire extinguisher across the street (where there was no ATM or card reader) to put out the fire and save a baby.
I don't think I've ever seen subsidized housing that didn't have at least a handful of new cars with giant ridiculous rims. People are gaming the system far more often than you'd like to admit. Sorry reality sucks.
Assuming your figures are correct, this is true. If you ignore lives saved with defensive uses, assume that none of the 1,800 would find alternate means to murder, and disregard the emboldening effects on the criminal class. We'll not get into whether 1,800 people is worth the fundamental defensive rights of an entire nation.
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Your husband or pet in a dark hallway after making too much noise coming in late
Easily mitigated by identifying your target.
The inside of your mouth after a getting fired from your job
Cute.
The next door neighbor kid, after your kid borrows your gun to "scare him."
Yeah, it's impossible to secure a gun against your kid.
a) Yeah, we've lost a whopping 75-80 people to mass shootings this year. That's...almost a blip on the radar. b) You're a bit of a fruit loop, aren't you?
"Mexican guns" are actually generally bought in the US due our relatively lax gun laws
Accurate, but misleading.
I'm already careful about securing them. As is anyone whose brain functions at even half-capacity.
Most countries have fewer than 10% of the shootings that the U.S. has. Some as few as 1%. And most of those are drug, gang, and domestic violonce, which don't count to public concern.
While I'm inclined to agree, if drug, gang and domestic violence shootings don't count, then there's really not a whole lot to worry about in terms of gun control here, either.
The only problem is that you aren't able to even try to change anything, even if TEN MILLION people agree on something.
Why would we change something based on the opinion of 3.2% of the population?
They have the side effect of ensuring that no million people can improve it.
Tyranny of the majority was, and is, a legitimate concern. Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Can we maybe take "search history" out of that?
Nobody said you do. Although I'm not entirely certain where the "machine gun" thing is coming from.
I'll even dumb down the argument to first person shooters: how many enemies do players typically kill, without dying, with a pistol vs. a semi-automatic weapon?
Most pistols are semi-automatic. And it depends. Is the target my size and actively trying to kill me, or is it small, slow, incapable of inflicting damage against me, and captive? Because in the latter case, it doesn't really matter whether I have an AR-15 with a 30-round mag, a 1911 with a few 10-round mags, or a Smith and Wesson Model 19 with a half dozen speed loader clips.
It's legal in my city, so long as there's no alcohol being served at the same establishment.
From what I understand, you guys actually have some seriously capable air rifles compared to anything we really produce here.
I could do it with a bolt cutter, a dremel, and some spare metal parts from...anything.
you will be amazed to see that in civilized countries, it is nearly unthinkable to have someone breaking into houses. I'm not saying it does not happen, it does. I just happens so rarely that it is NOT a problem.
Bullshit.
How about "no?"
And we're all funding it, to boot.
Well, perhaps they were going to the Saloon looking for a job, or to meet someone else who was paying for a badly-needed drink, and they just happened to withdraw some $ on their way out.
Or perhaps it was burning down, and they needed to pull money out so they could buy a fire extinguisher across the street (where there was no ATM or card reader) to put out the fire and save a baby.
Are we going to pretend that there's not a blatant liberal bias in the MSM?
I don't think I've ever seen subsidized housing that didn't have at least a handful of new cars with giant ridiculous rims. People are gaming the system far more often than you'd like to admit. Sorry reality sucks.
Doesn't that make voting their "job," so to speak?
We did it once.
They get more money when students actually show up.
Manifesto...attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technologies requiring large-scale organization
So pretty much all of techdirt could be reported over this
funded the research
Taxpayers?
There is no concealed carry in Illinois, with or without a permit.
Assuming your figures are correct, this is true. If you ignore lives saved with defensive uses, assume that none of the 1,800 would find alternate means to murder, and disregard the emboldening effects on the criminal class. We'll not get into whether 1,800 people is worth the fundamental defensive rights of an entire nation.