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originally posted by: panoz77
Funny that so many of these mass shootings were in California, NY and Chicago, the cities with the most strict gun laws. Hmmmm.
originally posted by: BobbyJoeSmiths
They are too many guns out there. Something needs to be done. a reply to: Scapegrace
originally posted by: BobbyJoeSmiths
They are too many guns out there. Something needs to be done.
originally posted by: CryHavoc
originally posted by: BobbyJoeSmiths
They are too many guns out there. Something needs to be done.
What do you suggest?
Taking guns away from over 9 million registered gun owners who didn't do anything wrong is only the answer for someone who sucks at math. And the FBI, ATF, and Local Police have more important things to do than to collect guns that weren't used in a crime.
What you are seeing on the news is less than 1% of registered gun owners. And it's also including unregistered guns or stolen guns.
originally posted by: BobbyJoeSmiths
originally posted by: CryHavoc
originally posted by: BobbyJoeSmiths
They are too many guns out there. Something needs to be done.
What do you suggest?
Taking guns away from over 9 million registered gun owners who didn't do anything wrong is only the answer for someone who sucks at math. And the FBI, ATF, and Local Police have more important things to do than to collect guns that weren't used in a crime.
What you are seeing on the news is less than 1% of registered gun owners. And it's also including unregistered guns or stolen guns.
America has more guns than people. We all become desensitized to the violence. Nowhere is safe anymore, whether it's church or the grocery store.
originally posted by: ]
Nowhere is safe anymore
originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: BobbyJoeSmiths
Its a good thing, really. Violence will always be a part of life. It only ends once enough people own guns, carry guns and proficient enough using guns to immediately and permanently end these threats every single time one pops up.
That, and, eliminating our problem gang/drug culture by any means neccesary. And stop attacking police officers when they ventilate some scum bag criminal.
And finally, stop trying to control the lives of uninvolved third parties every time something dumb happens. What some random low intelligence idiot does isn't my concern, has nothing to do with me or my property (including my guns)
Do those couple tiny little things and the violence problem is gone in a few years. No other choice, the ones responsible for the bulk of it will be in the ground.
A simple misunderstanding or argument ends in unnecessary murder now.
originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: BobbyJoeSmiths
More guns would have resulted in a bullet being put into the bad guy sooner. This is how lives are saved.
When seconds count, law enforcement is only minutes away. As will always be the case. Not their fault, it is how the system is designed (to punish crimes after the fact). The system, our Constitution and state laws, also empowers citizens to carry weapons for defense (to stop a forcible felony in progress)
A simple misunderstanding or argument ends in unnecessary murder now.
Which is exactly why the intended victim of the loose cannon should've been armed. Instead of having to stand there and eat lead, they could eliminate the threat, preventing the murder from taking place.
originally posted by: BobbyJoeSmiths
They are too many guns out there. Something needs to be done. a reply to: Scapegrace