If every American had a gun would there be more or less dead bodies ?
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Roundandroundwego · 61-69
@markansas do you think that comment is meant to get anyone into a murderous mood? Why is that normal online, now?
jim44444 · 70-79, M
Since you provided no criteria other than "every American" I will define my assumptions.
Every American = all 330 million without regard to age of mental faculty.
Gun = using an AR-15 style as the standard since that is fresh in everyones mind.
So my answer to your question is there would be carnage, bodies rotting in the streets waiting for burial.
Why?
Imagine young children with an AR-15, how many playground arguments would be settled with death?
Imagine every felon or psychopath or dementia sufferer with such a weapon.
How many domestic disputes would result in the slaughter of the family?
Arming every American with such weapons would plunge our society into anarchy with would be feudal warlords vying for dominance.
Every American = all 330 million without regard to age of mental faculty.
Gun = using an AR-15 style as the standard since that is fresh in everyones mind.
So my answer to your question is there would be carnage, bodies rotting in the streets waiting for burial.
Why?
Imagine young children with an AR-15, how many playground arguments would be settled with death?
Imagine every felon or psychopath or dementia sufferer with such a weapon.
How many domestic disputes would result in the slaughter of the family?
Arming every American with such weapons would plunge our society into anarchy with would be feudal warlords vying for dominance.
BizSuitStacy · M
It's not about the number of guns. It's about who has them. The number of firearm homicides today is roughly 50% lower than it was 1993, per FBI statistics. But the number of guns owned has more than doubled since then. 90% of firearm homicides are committed by felons, per the FBI. It is already illegal for felons to be in possession of a firearm. So if you really want to see a substantial reduction in firearm homicides, get the guns out of the hands of violent criminals. New gun laws won't fix it since criminals break the law by definition.
Grateful4you · M
@BizSuitStacy I know deer hunting is a necessary "evil" since culling the deer is a need to keep herds from starving (sorry evil was the wrong word) NO guns should be sold to teenagers period as it is a known psychological fact that teens have not yet developed mature reasoning skills and tend more toward compulsive behaviors. No one in the USA
"needs" an AR-15 with t he possible exception of some QUALIFIED Law enforcement and/or military and they need to pass rigid mental examinations with an at least 90 day waiting period and NO prior criminal record.
"needs" an AR-15 with t he possible exception of some QUALIFIED Law enforcement and/or military and they need to pass rigid mental examinations with an at least 90 day waiting period and NO prior criminal record.
BizSuitStacy · M
@Grateful4you Congratulations. You memorized the gun control talking points nicely.
[quote]I know deer hunting is a necessary "evil"[/quote]
The founders weren't thinking of hunting deer when they wrote the 2nd Amendment.
[quote]NO guns should be sold to teenagers[/quote]
And yet our gov't has no problem with 18 year olds in the military handling fireapower [b]FAR MORE POWERFUL[/b] than what civilians are allowed to own.
[quote]No one in the USA
"needs" an AR-15[/quote]
Ohh...my favorite! So, the 2nd Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights, and not the Bill of Needs. That statement is also a signal of firearms ignorance. In other words, the only people who use the catch phrase "no one needs an AR-15" typically don't know much about firearms. Other than looking scary, what is it about the AR-15 that is so objectionble?
Psychological exam for the average citizen? To be given by whom? Leftist psychologists who hate guns? 90 day waiting period? Why 90 days? Why not 10 days like we have in my state? The purpose of the 10 days is a cooling period...no one is actually spending time looking into you background. That's accomplished in just a few minutes through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
And of course, you've completely deflected attention away from my first comment. We have more than twice as many guns as we did in 1993, but roughly half the firearm homicides. So the number of guns isn't the issue. And 90% of the firearm homicides are committed by felons. Yes...the problem all gun controllists simply refuse to acknowledge is that violent criminals with guns represents the elephant in the room. Is your answer to this problem is to take guns from law abiding citizens?
[quote]I know deer hunting is a necessary "evil"[/quote]
The founders weren't thinking of hunting deer when they wrote the 2nd Amendment.
[quote]NO guns should be sold to teenagers[/quote]
And yet our gov't has no problem with 18 year olds in the military handling fireapower [b]FAR MORE POWERFUL[/b] than what civilians are allowed to own.
[quote]No one in the USA
"needs" an AR-15[/quote]
Ohh...my favorite! So, the 2nd Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights, and not the Bill of Needs. That statement is also a signal of firearms ignorance. In other words, the only people who use the catch phrase "no one needs an AR-15" typically don't know much about firearms. Other than looking scary, what is it about the AR-15 that is so objectionble?
Psychological exam for the average citizen? To be given by whom? Leftist psychologists who hate guns? 90 day waiting period? Why 90 days? Why not 10 days like we have in my state? The purpose of the 10 days is a cooling period...no one is actually spending time looking into you background. That's accomplished in just a few minutes through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
And of course, you've completely deflected attention away from my first comment. We have more than twice as many guns as we did in 1993, but roughly half the firearm homicides. So the number of guns isn't the issue. And 90% of the firearm homicides are committed by felons. Yes...the problem all gun controllists simply refuse to acknowledge is that violent criminals with guns represents the elephant in the room. Is your answer to this problem is to take guns from law abiding citizens?
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
robb65 · 56-60, M
It wouldn't make much, if any difference. Pretty much anyone who wants one can get one, including people who legally can't buy one and have to resort to buying them on the black market, and at least a few who probably should have been banned from owning one, but thanks to a well paid lawyer.....
Here, just about everyone I know owns at least one gun, most own an assortment. I strongly suspect that finding anyone withing say, a 10 mile radius of where I am who doesn't own a gun would be quiet a challenge. And yet it's a peaceful place and shootings are rare to the point it's big news when it happens. As long as you're not screwing someone elses wife or dealing drugs the odds of being shot are extremely low.
Meanwhile 60 miles away it's a different story. There's certain neighborhoods you simply don't want to be in after dark, and maybe not even during the day. You can almost bet on there being a shooting or two over the weekend, and quiet possibly and innocent bystander getting caught in the crossfire. I have no way to know for sure, but my best guess is that guns are a lot less common there than they are here, They certainly have a higher police presence compared to where I am which is well outside of police jurisdiction and I almost never see any law enforcement in this community so that doesn't explain it either. My best guess is there's a higher concentration of hoodlums there than there is here. I could guess why that is, and I might guess wrong, but the thing I'm sure of is you could hand out guns and ammo by the cases here and it would still be a safe and peaceful community.
Here, just about everyone I know owns at least one gun, most own an assortment. I strongly suspect that finding anyone withing say, a 10 mile radius of where I am who doesn't own a gun would be quiet a challenge. And yet it's a peaceful place and shootings are rare to the point it's big news when it happens. As long as you're not screwing someone elses wife or dealing drugs the odds of being shot are extremely low.
Meanwhile 60 miles away it's a different story. There's certain neighborhoods you simply don't want to be in after dark, and maybe not even during the day. You can almost bet on there being a shooting or two over the weekend, and quiet possibly and innocent bystander getting caught in the crossfire. I have no way to know for sure, but my best guess is that guns are a lot less common there than they are here, They certainly have a higher police presence compared to where I am which is well outside of police jurisdiction and I almost never see any law enforcement in this community so that doesn't explain it either. My best guess is there's a higher concentration of hoodlums there than there is here. I could guess why that is, and I might guess wrong, but the thing I'm sure of is you could hand out guns and ammo by the cases here and it would still be a safe and peaceful community.
Grateful4you · M
This country has a history of random gun- caused carnage it's a social phenomenon that has gone on since the first Europeans stepped foot on this continent, the pointless slaughter of buffalo from train windows via the infamous Winchester. The mass genocide of Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and it goes on and on.
"Praise the lord and pass the ammunition" We can justify gun murder since everyone will tell you good people, we have god on our side.
"Praise the lord and pass the ammunition" We can justify gun murder since everyone will tell you good people, we have god on our side.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@Grateful4you It's a 'god given right' no less.
Grateful4you · M
@RodionRomanovitch God sure is swell (as long as he stays on our side and doesn't mind that I'm gay too much.)
BitterSweetPotato · 31-35, F
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@BitterSweetPotato [media=https://youtu.be/YHVMF7_qkZM]
BitterSweetPotato · 31-35, F
@RodionRomanovitch funny.. but don't know if I should laugh or cry
smiler2012 · 56-60
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
@Paladin whatever you like. The countries without the shooting aren't all free. Sometimes without a welfare state, nobody is ever free. I imagine that American people like having freedom be for the very few, while forced work is huge for most people. It's up to you.
Paladin · 56-60, M
@Roundandroundwego Your reply doesn't seem to line up with what I said.
In fact, I'm not sure what you are going on about.
In fact, I'm not sure what you are going on about.
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
@markansas I personally believe that if we are to have the right, gun education and safety should be covered in schools.
Honestly, being taught about stuff in school can kill the 'cool factor' of a lot of things. You can reveal the gun for what it is, a tool for killing. Destroy the illusions that it projects manliness and you might even see gun ownership go down without actually violating anyone's rights. They will just be making more informed decisions about the tools they believe they need for their personal lives instead of trying to acquire status symbols.
Honestly, being taught about stuff in school can kill the 'cool factor' of a lot of things. You can reveal the gun for what it is, a tool for killing. Destroy the illusions that it projects manliness and you might even see gun ownership go down without actually violating anyone's rights. They will just be making more informed decisions about the tools they believe they need for their personal lives instead of trying to acquire status symbols.
Poeticdiva · 31-35, F
checkoutanytime · M
Graylight · 51-55, F
@checkoutanytime Good thing's there's nothing like 50 years of research on the feebleness of that concept.
checkoutanytime · M
@Graylight everything the experts tell you is a lie, especially global warming for one. People latch on to these theories and make it a religious belief, its crazy
Graylight · 51-55, F
@checkoutanytime Yeah, thanks. Gonna go with 75 years of good science over Grizzly Adams.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
I believe there would be less. Those who prey on the innocent and unarmed would have to think twice about committing a violent act, unless they have a death wish for themselves.
@Carissimi
On the other hand, every single person who wanted to do harm would have the means at their fingertips.
There seems to be this strange thought that if everyone had a gun then [i]fewer[/i] people would get shot.
Well that's just not how things work. And you can see that reflected in the data. Countries where the population has less access to guns have lower rates of gun related violence and death.
So evidently the idea that those who wish to do harm will think twice about doing it is not bourn out.
On the other hand, every single person who wanted to do harm would have the means at their fingertips.
There seems to be this strange thought that if everyone had a gun then [i]fewer[/i] people would get shot.
Well that's just not how things work. And you can see that reflected in the data. Countries where the population has less access to guns have lower rates of gun related violence and death.
So evidently the idea that those who wish to do harm will think twice about doing it is not bourn out.
SomeMichGuy · M
More.
And it's the partitive problem, so "fewer bodies", not "less bodies".
And it's the partitive problem, so "fewer bodies", not "less bodies".
Virgo79 · 61-69, M
"Every" American shouldnt have a gun.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
More, many more.
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