What's with the double-Ks in your name, man? What does spell check do when you try to type it? Is it some sort of Finnish thing? Because if it is, that's cool. Finns are OK in my book because they love tango.
Rifles do as well. But since that's probably not acceptable to you, there will be no common ground.
If you're talking about target shooting, that's right in my wheelhouse, since that's what I use guns for. Who needs a 100 round magazine for target shooting? In fact, there are completely non-lethal guns that work for target shooting.
Let me ask you, besides target shooting and the destruction of life, what use does a gun have? I mean, maybe it's just coincidental that ads for guns like to mention, "stopping power", which is a gun industry marketing term for killing.
When your goal is to massacre as many people as possible before the police show up, reload times are very important.
Militias will never pose a serious threat to a tyrannical government if they cannot suppress government forces with direct fire in order to facilitate maneuver. They need a GPMG, but fully automatic weapons are heavily restricted. How about a tri-barrel gatling gun? Chamber it in 5.56mm (if you want a lighter, almost squad support weapon), 7.62 NATO, and 7.62x54 Russian. Maybe even.338 Magnum
You are planning to murder U.S. soldiers and law enforcement. You are a menace. Please turn yourself in right now.
Which is another reason people like the gun. Military guns are thought to be proven and more reliable... which you want when you are defending yourself.
Do you also want a 100-round drum magazine when defending yourself? Who are you defending yourself from, the University of Texas marching band?
Please explain to me why any civilian has a need for a 100-round magazine or why they should be sold.
how do you account for MILLIONS of weapons being dumped into the population's hands every year yet murders decline?
The people who are at prime murdering age have been either a) exposed to less lead after the EPA was formed or b) incarcerated (US has the highest incarceration rate in the developed world).
Plus, since the average gun owner now own 8.1 guns yet only has two hands, there bound to be diminishing murder returns per gun. Also (and this is true) the number of households that own guns has gone down. This decrease alone accounts almost precisely for the decrease in murders.
Also, your premise is flawed. More guns = more murder.
Except it's not an assault rifle. Where would you draw the line? detachable magazine? Semi automatic operation?
No semi-auto long guns at all for people who don't know how to behave themselves. Universal background checks which include the terror watch list (once due process means to challenge inclusion on the terror watch list are put in place). Also, full gun registration for all civilian weapons. And remove liability protections for firearms manufacturers. Why should they be the only industry in the US that is free from liability even in the case of negligence. Also, unlike the NRA, I don't believe people who have been convicted of felonies should be allowed to own guns until they are given back their voting rights. Because in my opinion, the right to vote precedes the right to own a sexy military-style weapon. I don't care if it's just a matter of how it looks. The AR-15 was developed to be used by members of the military. If a gun buyer wants an AR-15 because it looks cool and deadly and gets the urban camo package and extra mags, they should be immediately be placed on the terror watch list, because what the fuck? Either it's for self-defense or it's not. It's not supposed to be a sex toy.
That's where I draw the line.
I've owned guns, both handguns and long guns, over four decades. I've qualified (in the past) as marksman and sharpshooter. I don't have a problem with gun ownership. I just don't think mopes should own guns, and I don't believe that the second amendment indicates an individual right to own firearms.
Look at the spreadsheet again. The definition of mass shooting as 4 or more killed has been in place for the entire period covered by the data.
Since the 1980s, the baseline of four fatalities has generally been used for studying mass murder, according to Professor James Alan Fox of Northeastern University, who has written multiple books on the subject.
From your data, I see deaths up a factor of 2.33, woundings up a factor of 3.1, and shootings up a factor of 2.26. From what to what, you say? From President Bush to President Obama. Perhaps President Obama's deliberate use of "divide and conquer" to politics and the "us vs. them" rhetoric he spews is the reason that mass shootings have greatly accelerated during his Administration?
Look at the spreadsheet again. The rate of increase of mass shootings has not accelerated. It started immediately after the Heller decision during the Ronald Reagan administration and has been on a steady increase ever since. Both in the number of mass shootings and the lethality.
Speaking of Reagan, here's a photo of him showing very poor trigger discipline, proving that he wasn't really a sportsman or gun enthusiast. He was just using the gun issue to crank up the yahoos. the same way he did with the welfare issue and the race issue.
Please tell me what you mean by "gun culture" and where you got your supporting evidence; also please tell me exactly how you propose to "inderdict", and then perhaps we can discuss it.
Please send me a self-addressed, stamped envelope and $17 in US currency or Steam gift cards, and I will send you instructions on how to google information yourself.
I invite you to read a good book on the gun culture of the USA.
And I invite you to read about some up-to-date research showing that more guns = more crime.
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I've seen some Finns I'd like the geminate with.
What's with the double-Ks in your name, man? What does spell check do when you try to type it? Is it some sort of Finnish thing? Because if it is, that's cool. Finns are OK in my book because they love tango.
Also, al-Cohn.
https://youtu.be/_mZ3UmRbAgY
^Doesn't understand how science works^
If you're talking about target shooting, that's right in my wheelhouse, since that's what I use guns for. Who needs a 100 round magazine for target shooting? In fact, there are completely non-lethal guns that work for target shooting.
Let me ask you, besides target shooting and the destruction of life, what use does a gun have? I mean, maybe it's just coincidental that ads for guns like to mention, "stopping power", which is a gun industry marketing term for killing.
Cars, wood chippers, motorcycles and chainsaws all have uses other than the destruction of life.
Not if the NRA gets its way:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
http://www.usnews.com/news/art...
Manufacturing and selling an inherently dangerous product with a high expectation of causing harm.
If you don't have a 23mm anti-air cannon, how are you going to defend yourself from your tyrannical government?
We've got dickwads above saying that they need to be able to own the same weapons as the military. ALL of the same weapons.
The prosecution rests.
This one: " And remove liability protections for firearms manufacturers. "
When your goal is to massacre as many people as possible before the police show up, reload times are very important.
You are planning to murder U.S. soldiers and law enforcement. You are a menace. Please turn yourself in right now.
Do you also want a 100-round drum magazine when defending yourself? Who are you defending yourself from, the University of Texas marching band?
Please explain to me why any civilian has a need for a 100-round magazine or why they should be sold.
The people who are at prime murdering age have been either a) exposed to less lead after the EPA was formed or b) incarcerated (US has the highest incarceration rate in the developed world).
Plus, since the average gun owner now own 8.1 guns yet only has two hands, there bound to be diminishing murder returns per gun. Also (and this is true) the number of households that own guns has gone down. This decrease alone accounts almost precisely for the decrease in murders.
Also, your premise is flawed. More guns = more murder.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
http://thinkprogress.org/justi...
Tell me about an individual going into a night club and killing 50 people with a pocket knife.
No semi-auto long guns at all for people who don't know how to behave themselves. Universal background checks which include the terror watch list (once due process means to challenge inclusion on the terror watch list are put in place). Also, full gun registration for all civilian weapons. And remove liability protections for firearms manufacturers. Why should they be the only industry in the US that is free from liability even in the case of negligence. Also, unlike the NRA, I don't believe people who have been convicted of felonies should be allowed to own guns until they are given back their voting rights. Because in my opinion, the right to vote precedes the right to own a sexy military-style weapon. I don't care if it's just a matter of how it looks. The AR-15 was developed to be used by members of the military. If a gun buyer wants an AR-15 because it looks cool and deadly and gets the urban camo package and extra mags, they should be immediately be placed on the terror watch list, because what the fuck? Either it's for self-defense or it's not. It's not supposed to be a sex toy.
That's where I draw the line.
I've owned guns, both handguns and long guns, over four decades. I've qualified (in the past) as marksman and sharpshooter. I don't have a problem with gun ownership. I just don't think mopes should own guns, and I don't believe that the second amendment indicates an individual right to own firearms.
You're absolutely right. I had that wrong. The individual right to own firearms didn't come along until 2008.
Look at the spreadsheet again. The definition of mass shooting as 4 or more killed has been in place for the entire period covered by the data.
Since the 1980s, the baseline of four fatalities has generally been used for studying mass murder, according to Professor James Alan Fox of Northeastern University, who has written multiple books on the subject.
Look at the spreadsheet again. The rate of increase of mass shootings has not accelerated. It started immediately after the Heller decision during the Ronald Reagan administration and has been on a steady increase ever since. Both in the number of mass shootings and the lethality.
Speaking of Reagan, here's a photo of him showing very poor trigger discipline, proving that he wasn't really a sportsman or gun enthusiast. He was just using the gun issue to crank up the yahoos. the same way he did with the welfare issue and the race issue.
https://gunmart.files.wordpres...
I agree with you completely. The SU-16CA should not be available to the general public either.
Like adding a drum magazine when you want to go shoot stop signs or murder 50 people.
Please send me a self-addressed, stamped envelope and $17 in US currency or Steam gift cards, and I will send you instructions on how to google information yourself.
And I invite you to read about some up-to-date research showing that more guns = more crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Get back to me when you finish the article.
But mass shootings are up, starting coincidentally with the Heller decision.
An op-ed is not a source.