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KnightRanger · 56-60, M
@twiggy Actually, what people seem to have forgotten is the meaning of "well-regulated," in the context of when that Amendment was written. Like Inigo Montoya said in "The Princess Bride," "You keep using that word! I do not think it means what you think it means." See https://www.lectlaw.com/files/gun01.htm for more.
Also: I value lives over guns, too (so long as the owners of the lives in question are not attempting to rob, assault, or kill me or my loved ones), but the reality is that gun crime accounts for rather small percentage of non-"natural" deaths in the US, and rifles of all types account for somewhat less that 2% of those.
The proposed "solution" is way out of proportion to the actual scope of the problem. The proposal to ban AR-15s and similar firearms is either a "feel-good" proposal to make it seem like something is being done, when in fact it will do almost nothing to save lives, or else it's an attempt to disarm law-abiding citizens. In either case, I oppose it.
Also: I value lives over guns, too (so long as the owners of the lives in question are not attempting to rob, assault, or kill me or my loved ones), but the reality is that gun crime accounts for rather small percentage of non-"natural" deaths in the US, and rifles of all types account for somewhat less that 2% of those.
The proposed "solution" is way out of proportion to the actual scope of the problem. The proposal to ban AR-15s and similar firearms is either a "feel-good" proposal to make it seem like something is being done, when in fact it will do almost nothing to save lives, or else it's an attempt to disarm law-abiding citizens. In either case, I oppose it.
twiggy · 26-30, T
@KnightRanger Compare U.S. gun crime to gun crime in other first world countries, and you will see the problem. Also, compare the frequency of mass shootings between countries. You'll see that the U.S. has an astronomical problem when these comparisons are made. I'm not a supporter of banning firearms outright (I think that's a bit extreme), but I am a supporter of tighter regulations, and no civilian needs an AR-15 for practical reasons. It's not a solution, but it's a start.
redredred · M
Do actual research and you'll see that gun homicides are 50% of what they were in 1995 and that rifles of all kind, including those so-called "assault rifles" were involved in fewer than 300 murders annually. Further research, if you actually bothered to do any, would show that 2% of counties are the venue of 51% of gun homicides.
This is not a hardware problem, this is a software problem.@twiggy
This is not a hardware problem, this is a software problem.@twiggy