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DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
it will prevent people from shooting each other with LEGAL guns. People will still have guns illegally and there are too many guns in circulation to effectively "ban guns" in America. People will just murder each other with other means. Bombs, fire, stabbings etc and shootings with illegal guns. which is worse because there is no repercussion for the murders from the illegal gun shootings because the gun isn't registered to anyone.
Axeroberts · 56-60, M
@DeluxedEdition I agree there are just too many in circulation to have much of an effect anymore
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
@Axeroberts I think if america focused more on mental health than gun control we would have less psychos murdering each other. just a personal opinion
ElwoodBlues · M
@DeluxedEdition And where are the 2nd Amendment advocates who are willing to spend money on mental health? What mental health measures are they advocating??
How about this: gun owners will need a national permit, and one of the conditions to that permit is a clean bill from a certified mental health professional. Sound good?
How about this: gun owners will need a national permit, and one of the conditions to that permit is a clean bill from a certified mental health professional. Sound good?
Swoop62 · M
[@Ynotisay Those comparisons do not relate.
Ynotisay · M
@Swoop62 Sure they are. Big issues, that impact us all in some way, that demand some type of response. You have to start somewhere. But is anyone calling for any laws to ban legal guns? Other than assault weapons which are designed for one thing which is to kill human beings? No. They're not.
IllThinkOfSomething · 26-30, M
@ElwoodBlues That sounds fantastic!
[quote]it will prevent people from shooting each other with LEGAL guns[/quote]
False. I've never heard anyone yet call for a complete ban on guns, when speaking of gun control. Moreover, if assault rifles, specifically, are banned again (they were already banned before, but that ban had a 10 year sunset provision and expired), and a month later someone kills someone with an assault rifle, then that gun is no longer "LEGAL", it is one assault rifle that was not turned in or confiscated, and it is in the shooter's position illegally, which means your claim makes no sense.
The previous assault weapons ban [i]did[/i] bring down the rate of gun violence:
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/06/15/did-the-assault-weapons-ban-of-1994-bring-down-mass-shootings-heres-what-the-data-tells-us/
Moreover, look at any country with actual gun control. Gun control does not cause an instant spike in illegal gun deaths, or stabbings, mailings of envelopes full of anthrax spores, etc.
Anyone against gun control doesn't have any valid argument to oppose it, they just don't want to give up their own guns, because in the US, particularly among the right wing, guns are a [i]religion[/i]. That (cult)ure is unique to the US, and it's not something to be proud of.
@DeluxedEdition
False. I've never heard anyone yet call for a complete ban on guns, when speaking of gun control. Moreover, if assault rifles, specifically, are banned again (they were already banned before, but that ban had a 10 year sunset provision and expired), and a month later someone kills someone with an assault rifle, then that gun is no longer "LEGAL", it is one assault rifle that was not turned in or confiscated, and it is in the shooter's position illegally, which means your claim makes no sense.
The previous assault weapons ban [i]did[/i] bring down the rate of gun violence:
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/06/15/did-the-assault-weapons-ban-of-1994-bring-down-mass-shootings-heres-what-the-data-tells-us/
Moreover, look at any country with actual gun control. Gun control does not cause an instant spike in illegal gun deaths, or stabbings, mailings of envelopes full of anthrax spores, etc.
Anyone against gun control doesn't have any valid argument to oppose it, they just don't want to give up their own guns, because in the US, particularly among the right wing, guns are a [i]religion[/i]. That (cult)ure is unique to the US, and it's not something to be proud of.
@DeluxedEdition
Ynotisay · M
@BlueGreenGrey Well stated. Particularly the "gun ban" bullshit. Because that's what it is. Bullshit. But what gets me is how blatantly ignorant that is but some, for whatever reason, lock in to it. There's been NO call for a ban of all guns. But you can't tell that to the fear-driven.