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originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
a reply to: scottobereal
Yup its a accurate statistic look it.
Something like 1.5 million gun related deaths since 1968 vs 1.2 million in wars since 1776.
Link
You guys effectively have a 9/11 taking place every day and are doing nothing about it, thats why the rest of the world looks at your relationships with guns with shock.
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
You know what I find amazing.
In a country of about 300 million, where there is roughly one gun for every citizen, people actually think that mass shootings are the result of some grand conspiracy rather than just a symptom of mass almost unregulated gun ownership.
with so many guns being owned by so many people mass shootings are almost a inevitability.
I think Australia is a really good example, in 1996 after the port-Arthur massacre they went through a process of massive changes to gun laws. In the years before this they had roughly one. mass shooting a year, after the new laws came into effect. Since then I think they have had one mass shooting, their gun related homicide rates have fallen year on year as have suicide rates because most people before 1996 were shooting themselves.
America has had 273 mass shootings this year alone and more people have died from mass shootings from 1968 than have died in every single war America has fought in since its independence.
Guns are the reason for so many mass shootings.
Not false flag attacks
If that were the case then after combine they would have gone gun grabbing, certainly would have expected it after Sandy Hook. But ohhh no, the big gun lobbies can't have that, you have to laugh when a senator tweets about how sad he is about the the deaths in Vegas when he takes donations from the big gun lobbies. Lets fly the flag at half mast for all those who died in Vegas.....then next am off have to go to a dinner hosted by the gun lobbyists and after that we have a few international arms sales to negotiate. Its not bad enough that they are killing your kids on our streets, hell lets also sell guns to countries who we know will then pass those guns on to people killing our troops.
The whole thing pisses me off.
mass almost unregulated gun ownership.
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
You know what I find amazing.
In a country of about 300 million, where there is roughly one gun for every citizen, people actually think that mass shootings are the result of some grand conspiracy rather than just a symptom of mass almost unregulated gun ownership.
with so many guns being owned by so many people mass shootings are almost a inevitability.
I think Australia is a really good example, in 1996 after the port-Arthur massacre they went through a process of massive changes to gun laws. In the years before this they had roughly one. mass shooting a year, after the new laws came into effect. Since then I think they have had one mass shooting, their gun related homicide rates have fallen year on year as have suicide rates because most people before 1996 were shooting themselves.
America has had 273 mass shootings this year alone and more people have died from mass shootings from 1968 than have died in every single war America has fought in since its independence.
Guns are the reason for so many mass shootings.
Not false flag attacks
If that were the case then after combine they would have gone gun grabbing, certainly would have expected it after Sandy Hook. But ohhh no, the big gun lobbies can't have that, you have to laugh when a senator tweets about how sad he is about the the deaths in Vegas when he takes donations from the big gun lobbies. Lets fly the flag at half mast for all those who died in Vegas.....then next am off have to go to a dinner hosted by the gun lobbyists and after that we have a few international arms sales to negotiate. Its not bad enough that they are killing your kids on our streets, hell lets also sell guns to countries who we know will then pass those guns on to people killing our troops.
The whole thing pisses me off.
NO, guns aren't the reason for so many mass shootings, people with guns are. The weapon can do NOTHING by itself. It needs an operator to make it into a killing machine. And the reason that person decided to use it to kill others is what needs to be understood, and stopped. If your theory was true, we should have 300 million mass shootings daily. We don't.
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: nOraKat
What if the majority of mass shootings were done by crazies, gangsters or terrorist trying to make a point...yeah I know right?? Sounds hard to believe..
originally posted by: Templeton
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
a reply to: scottobereal
Yup its a accurate statistic look it.
Something like 1.5 million gun related deaths since 1968 vs 1.2 million in wars since 1776.
Link
You guys effectively have a 9/11 taking place every day and are doing nothing about it, thats why the rest of the world looks at your relationships with guns with shock.
No there hasnt been a mass shooting nearly every day this year. That's ridiculous. And now please post the stats on how many crimes are stopped and outright prevented due to armed citizens.