Bubble Boy
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Has the crazy Info Wars guy called this a hoax yet?
children killed at point blank range? nothing
Republican Congressman shot? nothing
country music fans killed en mass? ....
Investors betting that new calls for gun regulation will give the gun industry the boost that the NRA's incendiary videos could not.
NRA ads in VA (where there is an election for governor in November) pushed back a week.
The rebuttal argument of America doesn't have too many guns, America has too many crazy people is absurd. If we have a mental health problem, then we don't need so many fucking guns.
Any of those friends could kill someone today with their guns. None of them are going to kill anyone with their video games.
Banning "violent" video games is about #179 on the list of effective solutions.
But again, those who have handguns for self protection aren't know much for their logic and/or sound reasoning.
I am deeply sympathetic to this view, but it's been litigated already and failed. I can't imagine courts ever reversing course. (If they did, though, I'd want to hold Big Pharma liable for opioids too.)
I mean I know literally dozens of friends that own guns and have never killed anyone? Two can play that game. My argument was we normalize and champion media that glorifies exactly what we're all trying to prevent and no one wants to even mention it when looking for solutions.
At the Battle of Mons, the first major engagement of WWI, the Germans advanced against the best and most experienced regiments of the British Expeditionary Force. The Brits had few machine guns, but were so well-drilled in firing their bolt-action Lee-Enfields that the Germans thought they were encountering fire from massed machine gun batteries.
He played $100 a hand poker
All major Vegas properties should have the same rule that the Wynn properties do - No weapons on property. If you are at a Wynn property, leave your guns at home. This applies to off-duty cops (who can put them in safes) or those who are attending gun shows/conventions.
You have the right to keep and bear arms, but private property owners also have the right to ban weapons on their property.
I bet if Caesar's, MGM Properties, etc., took this stance it would pay off in higher profits.
Agreed. Just responding to the assertion that Dems had control over all three branches of government under Obama.
As to gun control legislation prior to 2010, I imagine they didn't have the votes and healthcare was a higher priority.
Again, are you suggesting that if Dems had 2/3 of each chamber and a liberal SC they wouldn't pass comprehensive gun control?
Help fund buybacks with taxes on ammo, new sales and transfers.
I question people who are more afraid of ISIS than a guy like this.
I realize that my opinion may be unpopular on this forum, but how exactly do "buybacks" actually help? First, the government can't buy back something they never owned. Second, most of the weapons are turned in by the very people that are potential targets of gun violence, leaving them without a way to defend themselves. Criminals aren't turning these guns in- it's little old ladies that don't want their deceased husband's gun in the house because they never learned how to properly handle or shoot it. And they turn it in for a fraction of what it is worth (with some exceptions). Gun "buybacks" are nothing but wastes of tax dollars that make local politicians feel good without actually doing anything productive.
Perhaps a better option is for the local police to offer to train the public to properly use a firearm, learn good gun safety, and respect the power that it represents so the everybody won't be so crazy when the see one. And if they still don't want a gun in the house, let dealers come from outside the city, where gun violence isn't an issue, and buy them at fair market value.
There's nothing evil about a gun. It is a tool that can be used for evil or good, depending on who is using it.