Mass shootings by young males

@MrSmooTh Unfortunately your premise is incorrect. The states with more guns have more gun deaths, more gun homicides, and more gun suicides. So having more guns around and more available makes everyone LESS safe, not safer. Nice try with the right-wing talking points though.

@windinhishair Highland Park and Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country and yet...

@MrSmooTh These guns are still available. The shooter in Highland Park acquired multiple guns legally. They need to be made illegal NOW. More guns are NOT the answer. They are the problem.

@windinhishair Also this is not a right wing argument it's a common sense argument. I didn't get this from any right wing media outlets, I came up with it using practical knowledge of what I know about the world. If I was trying to kill a bunch of people I wouldn't pick a place where everyone is armed. I'd target somewhere where people are unarmed. Aka "the path of least resistance".

@windinhishair It'll be a cold day in hell before I give up my right to defend myself with a firearm. Glad I live in Texas where our guns will never be taken away.

@MrSmooTh It doesn't matter if it is a right-wing argument or not. It is the wrong argument. If your premise was correct, the states with the most guns would have the fewest gun deaths. It is exactly the opposite. We will have more and more mass shootings and killings until these weapons are taken out of circulation nationwide and made illegal. Until that happens, we will not make progress. Those who still advocate for weapons that are designed to kill large numbers quickly and efficiently accept the killing as normal and have responsibility for their actions of doing absolutely nothing to stop them.

@MrSmooTh Handguns and other small weapons for self-protection are legal and should remain legal. You and no one other than the military and law enforcement have no need for a weapon capable of shooting multiple bullets per second and ripping apart the bodies of children and adults alike. If you believe you do, you ARE the problem.

@windinhishair An AR-15 shoots the same bullets per second as a simi auto handgun. Why? Because they are Both simi-auto.

@Montanaman Excellent. Ban them both along with clips or magazines with more than 10 bullets.

@windinhishair Banning is not the answer. I mean, where do you stop? Next, you'll say only revolvers should be legal? Then, you'll want to limit caliber. "Only .22 caliber should be legal!" Not!
50 10round magazines is just as much a nightmare.
21 years of age with thorough background checks to include social media.

@Montanaman Banning is the answer. It worked from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. We can do other things too that will also help, as you suggest. But weapons capable of killing large numbers of people quickly and efficiently have no place in the hands of anyone who is not military or law enforcement. That's where you draw the line. People should be able to have handguns for self protection, but you don't need to pop off dozens or hundreds of shots to do so.

@windinhishair That's where I draw the line. Debating is okay, because it brings to light other solutions that both sides can agree upon. Its same argument as banning books. Where do you draw the line?

@Montanaman Except books can't kill dozens of people in a couple of minutes and inflict severe damage even to survivors. So the discussion is fundamentally different in that regard.

@windinhishair Banning is still Not the answer.

@Montanaman Not the sole answer, but very definitely a part of the solution. Unfortunately, this is a case where a few have ruined it for the rest of the people who want to use these kinds of weapons. We won't make significant progress until the ready availability of these weapons is decreased.

@windinhishair I'm afraid it's too late. 😔

@Montanaman It is too late for now. It is never too late for the future. If we start doing the right things now, things will improve slowly but inexorably.