So would you prefer 24 hour news coverage of the shooting? Maybe plaster the shooter's face all over the news and in effect glorify his actions?
So would you prefer 24 hour news coverage of the shooting? Maybe plaster the shooter's face all over the news and in effect glorify his actions?
Living in Europe I find it hard to bekele that America can't seem to newest and that the problem is guns. Over here the number of shootings is a lot less as its much harder to get guns. It's like you's are in denial over there. It makes your nation look really dumb!
It's so obvious, less guns equals less gun crime.
Its funny every gun I have purchased (and I live in a gun friendly state, not even CA or NY) I have had the gun store call the FBI to do a quick background check.
Thats not the problem though...even a deranged person doesn't like to get shot at...so where do they go? To places were guns aren't allowed. See the problem is when you ban guns you only ban them from the people who want to obey the law. No one starts a shooting were they will get shot back at.
(BTW the media does a poor job reporting shootings that don't happen b/c a responsibly citizen with a CCW does something)
While I agree that America is pretty ignorant place on the whole I don't think guns are the problem.
I own a penis and to date, i've yet to rape anyone.
wascallywobert wrote:
No one starts a shooting were they will get shot back at.
The scary thing is that you probably really believe this.
The problem is gun restrictions. Why couldn't these kids and teachers defend themselves? If only all the other 13 year olds each had a gun so they could defend themselves and shoot other dangerous 13 year olds. Or if the teachers had guns so that they could shoot kids who are a threat.
Don't disarm kids!!! wrote:
The problem is gun restrictions. Why couldn't these kids and teachers defend themselves? If only all the other 13 year olds each had a gun so they could defend themselves and shoot other dangerous 13 year olds. Or if the teachers had guns so that they could shoot kids who are a threat.
lol 9/10!
jj strock wrote:
take blacks and hispanics away from the gun crime statistics and the USA is almost as low as Switzerland. Ban blacks not guns.
Right, because whites have never shot up schools.
Blacks and Hispanics may certainly commit more crimes, but it's always whites that do the really sick stuff.
Don't disarm kids!!! wrote:
The problem is gun restrictions. Why couldn't these kids and teachers defend themselves? If only all the other 13 year olds each had a gun so they could defend themselves and shoot other dangerous 13 year olds. Or if the teachers had guns so that they could shoot kids who are a threat.
Exactly. If only the teacher, who was a former Marine and National Guardsman, had a gun he would still be alive and the second kid would not have been shot.
I think it is more of a culture issue though. There are countries that have lots of guns that do not have the gun crime we have. How do they do it?
In context of my reply to the post I replied to and this thread please offer a logical reason why this point of view is wrong? Recent Shootings?Aurora Theater--guns aren't allowedNaval Yard-guns and cammo kept seperateRecent Nevada Shooting, Newton (and Columbine)--guns aren't allowedThese shooter came to kill not to fight. Why didn't they go down to the police station or some facility with armed guards?
oosk wrote:
wascallywobert wrote:No one starts a shooting were they will get shot back at.
The scary thing is that you probably really believe this.
Yanks in denial re guns wrote:
Living in Europe I find it hard to bekele that America can't seem to newest and that the problem is guns. Over here the number of shootings is a lot less as its much harder to get guns. It's like you's are in denial over there. It makes your nation look really dumb!
It's so obvious, less guns equals less gun crime.
That's like saying less criminals equals less crime.
You can't make simple correlations like that without taking culture into account. Most gun related crime occurs in drug laden impoverished neighborhoods.
You could say less alcohol equals less drunk driving deaths, but living in Europe, you would know that's not true at all...
Yanks in denial re guns wrote:
Living in Europe I find it hard to bekele that....
I'm going to start using this phrase all of the time.
george oscar bluth wrote:
Yanks in denial re guns wrote:Living in Europe I find it hard to bekele that....
I'm going to start using this phrase all of the time.
Sorry, already trademarked it.
no...
do you always build a strawman when someone thinks differently than you?
shukhov wrote:
no...
do you always build a strawman when someone thinks differently than you?
Please explain how my statement was a strawman.
trollololol wrote:
Yanks in denial re guns wrote:Living in Europe I find it hard to bekele that America can't seem to newest and that the problem is guns. Over here the number of shootings is a lot less as its much harder to get guns. It's like you's are in denial over there. It makes your nation look really dumb!
It's so obvious, less guns equals less gun crime.
That's like saying less criminals equals less crime.
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what??? So you are saying that more guns = more criminals? Well, then you agree with him, guns ARE the problem.
Talk about "Pumped Up Kicks"!
deacon wrote:
While I agree that America is pretty ignorant place on the whole I don't think guns are the problem.
I own a penis and to date, i've yet to rape anyone.
Just curious... Where did you buy yours? Are you willing to sell?
jj strock wrote:
take blacks and hispanics away from the gun crime statistics and the USA is almost as low as Switzerland. Ban blacks not guns.
gotta love it. This comment has been on here for a full two days without any action by you know.
And you gotta love the wejo defense whenever I bring up an example like this to him, he'll say: well, we can't monitor every post. Yet, if this were a derogatory post about, oh, I don't know, G.M. (not the company), or the people on letsrun not doing their jobs, or Laura Bush, or his Dad's connections to Dubya, etc......WHAM!....those posts would be vaporized in seconds. MILLIseconds even.
But a racist post bashing the black race ( a regular occurrence on here) doesn't even get noticed.
Talk about F'd up priorities on this site!
Tyrannosaurus Rexing wrote:
what??? So you are saying that more guns = more criminals? Well, then you agree with him, guns ARE the problem.
No, idiot. I am saying that more criminals = more gun crimes. Last time I checked, guns don't cause crime...drugs and poverty do. Increase the amount of illegal drugs and the number of impoverished and you will see an increase in crime (hint hint...look at low income urban areas)