America's Gun Violence
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I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
Here's an actual Obama sponsored set of proposals going down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gun-control-overhaul-is-defeated-in-senate/2013/04/17/57eb028a-a77c-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?utm_term=.9611d78a2204
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YEah but that was second term way after his two year honeymoon with congress. And as a nation we failed but Connecticut passed some great gun reform laws after sandy hook.mrussel1 said:Here's an actual Obama sponsored set of proposals going down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gun-control-overhaul-is-defeated-in-senate/2013/04/17/57eb028a-a77c-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?utm_term=.9611d78a2204I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
The reality is that he never had 50 Senate votes for gun reform. Look at the Senate makeup in 2009. There were probably at least five democrats that would not vote yes.mcgruff10 said:
YEah but that was second term way after his two year honeymoon with congress. And as a nation we failed but Connecticut passed some great gun reform laws after sandy hook.mrussel1 said:Here's an actual Obama sponsored set of proposals going down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gun-control-overhaul-is-defeated-in-senate/2013/04/17/57eb028a-a77c-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?utm_term=.9611d78a22040 -
How does any of that help the NRA buy politicians?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Sure.dudeman said:How many NRA supporters? Maybe 5 million. How many gun owners? Maybe 75-100 million.
The average gun owner doesn't give the NRA shit.
But let's not discount the gun owner that isn't a member, yet still drools on themselves when cleaning their gun.
There's quite a few of those guys- let alone the additional 10 million that identify as members even though they haven't paid their dues.If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV0 -
It doesn't.dudeman said:
How does any of that help the NRA buy politicians?Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Sure.dudeman said:How many NRA supporters? Maybe 5 million. How many gun owners? Maybe 75-100 million.
The average gun owner doesn't give the NRA shit.
But let's not discount the gun owner that isn't a member, yet still drools on themselves when cleaning their gun.
There's quite a few of those guys- let alone the additional 10 million that identify as members even though they haven't paid their dues.
But it does afford a region of comfort where politicians are not damned shaking hands with the devil."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
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This article highlights so much of what is wrong with gun culture, and segments of North American culture in general, today.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-amanda-painter-mass-shooting_us_5b081ab4e4b0802d69caad89
This ex-husband and father of three shot and killed his three children and his ex-wife's new partner, then non-fatally shot her, telling her he was leaving her alive to live with the pain, and killed himself. She had taken his gun away because she feared him using it on himself or on her, but his family pressured her to give it back, so she did. After the murder of her children, some people blamed her, because she left him.
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Halifax2TheMax said:
A ton of damning statistics.
We always talk about gun deaths, but for every death... there are three people injured by gunfire. The numbers are brutal.
This might be the worst one: Seven children and teens (age 19 or under) are killed with guns in the U.S. on an average day (as per your source). It supports what most have been saying around here: having a gun in the house exponentially increases the chances of someone getting hurt or killed by a gun."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
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Bentleyspop said:
And the line for him should be the line for everyone else: the guns he carried for 27 months in the streets of Iraq should not be in the streets of America.
It's... so... painfully... obvious."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Yes, if this 85% - 90% estimation is accurate, then you'd think that the NRA would have lost 85% - 90% of its millions of members. Instead, gun sales and NRA membership purchases increase after every mass shooting, and NRA members are not dropping out. There was 10% increase in NRA memberships after Newtown alone. And I figure that those members who refuse to acknowledge how complicit the NRA is when it comes to this crisis in America, then they are also complicit. Anyone who claims to support increasing gun restrictions and continues to be an NRA member actually doesn't support increasing gun restrictions at all.dignin said:
If so many gun owners want more restrictions then why aren't there more restrictions?mace1229 said:
I can think maybe 1 person who doesn’t want more gun restrictions here. Every source I’ve ever seen puts it at 85-90% of gun owners want change.bootlegger10 said:I was okay with gun ownership a couple years ago. I never would want to own one myself but understood the reasons people would want to own one.
But listening to you gun nuts not want to give a damn inch has made me 100% change my opinion and I say take all the guns. If you can't compromise just a little bit to try to save some kids' lives than I'm sorry, you blew it. Let's get some legislation to take all of your guns you self-absorbed, uncaring, and scared scared scared scared scared scared scared scared people.
so where are you getting this idea from? Are you basing this statement from one poster on a single forum and applying it to all gun owners?
And I’ve also seen said many times “no one wants to take your guns”. But your about the 4th or 5th person this week to say so.
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Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Bentleyspop said:
And the line for him should be the line for everyone else: the guns he carried for 27 months in the streets of Iraq should not be in the streets of America.
It's... so... painfully... obvious.
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he didn't have two years....educate yourselfmcgruff10 said:
Again, Obama and both houses of congresses had two freaking years to get this done but didn’t do shit. And yes it wasn’t filibuster proof but they could have done something. Instead we have a republican majority that can’t even ban bump stocks. Both parities are definitely to blame and I don’t care about who is to blame more than the other. No one can meet at the 50 yard line. Instead it is ban on the left and open carry ar-15 s on the right.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Sure.dudeman said:How many NRA supporters? Maybe 5 million. How many gun owners? Maybe 75-100 million.
The average gun owner doesn't give the NRA shit.
But let's not discount the gun owner that isn't a member, yet still drools on themselves when cleaning their gun.
There's quite a few of those guys- let alone the additional 10 million that identify as members even though they haven't paid their dues.Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
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he didn't have two years....educate yourselfmcgruff10 said:
Again, Obama and both houses of congresses had two freaking years to get this done but didn’t do shit. And yes it wasn’t filibuster proof but they could have done something. Instead we have a republican majority that can’t even ban bump stocks. Both parities are definitely to blame and I don’t care about who is to blame more than the other. No one can meet at the 50 yard line. Instead it is ban on the left and open carry ar-15 s on the right.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Sure.dudeman said:How many NRA supporters? Maybe 5 million. How many gun owners? Maybe 75-100 million.
The average gun owner doesn't give the NRA shit.
But let's not discount the gun owner that isn't a member, yet still drools on themselves when cleaning their gun.
There's quite a few of those guys- let alone the additional 10 million that identify as members even though they haven't paid their dues.
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Are you Ok?...offer something to the conversation other then belittling other people...tbergs said:
Are you okay? Maybe take this off the forum and reach out directly if you feel you've been slighted. Hope your day goes better.i_lov_it said:Gern Blansten said:Please go smoke another bowl
Very Intelligent answer from *You're Blanched*...come on *You're Blanched*???
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I could resort to ***NAME*** calling just like you...simply because I don't agree with what you said...but I won't thoughjeffbr said:
I believe this is what gets overlooked or lost by the hardcore defenders of the 2A (and I used to be one of them). The argument that we need guns to protect ourselves from government tyranny. The reality, though, is exactly what we're currently experiencing. We have a president who has no regard for laws, truth or principle, and the people with the guns who want to protect themselves from tyranny are the same people eating this up and throwing all of their support behind Cheetolini, sending around memes bashing the press and the media in general, normalizing abhorrent behavior, accepting lies, unravelling civil rights, etc... My2hands has it right - fascism and tyranny will happen without guns being fired. It will happen because of a cult of personality. It will happen because of fake patriotism, and hyper-nationalism.my2hands said:
Your home arsenal wouldn't do shit to stop a tyrannical government...PJPOWER said:
In a perfect world, there would be no criminals at all and there would be no tyrannical governments and farts would smell like daisies. It is a pointless hypothetical, though, as daisies have very little nutritional valueHughFreakingDillon said:
In all honesty, in a perfect world, guns would be illegal. the US is obviously way too far gone for that, but don't you agree it would be ideal? if criminals had automatic sentences of whatever term just for possessing one, don't you think that would drive down the need for citizens, or do you think people would still hang onto this "tyrannical government" nonsense?PJPOWER said:
Maybe so, maybe the right phrase would be “nobodies are saying ban all guns”HughFreakingDillon said:
there are plenty of citizens saying ban all guns. no politicians, that I've seen, are saying ban all guns. I think that's what people are referring to when saying "nobody is saying ban all guns".PJPOWER said:
“Nobody is saying ban all guns”. Bootlegger is saying “ban all guns” for reference, lolbootlegger10 said:Okay, so I am now for the banning of all guns. There has to be a way for homeowners to feel safe though. Perhaps a stun gun or some other type of weapon that absolutely can't be used for a mass shooting.
If you want to go hunting, then you can go through a background check, and rent a gun for the hunting trip.
I haven't thought through all the scenarios, but this is beyond ridiculous at this point. To those on this board that want to take no action, you are disturbed individuals and you may not even know it. It was like when I was collecting Pearl Jam vinyl and trying to get every color, I didn't realize at the time how stupid that was.
Like PJsoul said earlier, the fix won't come for several generations, but we need to start now. Like with climate change, we can't change climate today or tomorrow, but we can make changes that can impact 50 years from now.
. Yes, we are way too far gone for that and that’s why I mock those that suggest a complete gun ban.
Fact is, most of the time they convince the masses to go along with them... its easier to manipulate your citizens then fight them...
Iraq invasion & occupation, shock & awe, torture, black rendition sites, detentioners held for years without charge at Guantanomo, at least 1 million dead.... that was, and is, fucking horrific and evil... disgusting... maybe the most "tyrannical" thing done by any country in my lifetime... and a ton of the masses cheered and supported it while waving flags... some still think it was fine and support it.... all based on lies, propaganda, and manipulation... your guns dont mean shit buddy, it's your brain they are going after
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which is exactly what you did before you edited it.i_lov_it said:
I could resort to ***NAME*** calling just like you...simply because I don't agree with what you said...but I won't thoughjeffbr said:
I believe this is what gets overlooked or lost by the hardcore defenders of the 2A (and I used to be one of them). The argument that we need guns to protect ourselves from government tyranny. The reality, though, is exactly what we're currently experiencing. We have a president who has no regard for laws, truth or principle, and the people with the guns who want to protect themselves from tyranny are the same people eating this up and throwing all of their support behind Cheetolini, sending around memes bashing the press and the media in general, normalizing abhorrent behavior, accepting lies, unravelling civil rights, etc... My2hands has it right - fascism and tyranny will happen without guns being fired. It will happen because of a cult of personality. It will happen because of fake patriotism, and hyper-nationalism.my2hands said:
Your home arsenal wouldn't do shit to stop a tyrannical government...PJPOWER said:
In a perfect world, there would be no criminals at all and there would be no tyrannical governments and farts would smell like daisies. It is a pointless hypothetical, though, as daisies have very little nutritional valueHughFreakingDillon said:
In all honesty, in a perfect world, guns would be illegal. the US is obviously way too far gone for that, but don't you agree it would be ideal? if criminals had automatic sentences of whatever term just for possessing one, don't you think that would drive down the need for citizens, or do you think people would still hang onto this "tyrannical government" nonsense?PJPOWER said:
Maybe so, maybe the right phrase would be “nobodies are saying ban all guns”HughFreakingDillon said:
there are plenty of citizens saying ban all guns. no politicians, that I've seen, are saying ban all guns. I think that's what people are referring to when saying "nobody is saying ban all guns".PJPOWER said:
“Nobody is saying ban all guns”. Bootlegger is saying “ban all guns” for reference, lolbootlegger10 said:Okay, so I am now for the banning of all guns. There has to be a way for homeowners to feel safe though. Perhaps a stun gun or some other type of weapon that absolutely can't be used for a mass shooting.
If you want to go hunting, then you can go through a background check, and rent a gun for the hunting trip.
I haven't thought through all the scenarios, but this is beyond ridiculous at this point. To those on this board that want to take no action, you are disturbed individuals and you may not even know it. It was like when I was collecting Pearl Jam vinyl and trying to get every color, I didn't realize at the time how stupid that was.
Like PJsoul said earlier, the fix won't come for several generations, but we need to start now. Like with climate change, we can't change climate today or tomorrow, but we can make changes that can impact 50 years from now.
. Yes, we are way too far gone for that and that’s why I mock those that suggest a complete gun ban.
Fact is, most of the time they convince the masses to go along with them... its easier to manipulate your citizens then fight them...
Iraq invasion & occupation, shock & awe, torture, black rendition sites, detentioners held for years without charge at Guantanomo, at least 1 million dead.... that was, and is, fucking horrific and evil... disgusting... maybe the most "tyrannical" thing done by any country in my lifetime... and a ton of the masses cheered and supported it while waving flags... some still think it was fine and support it.... all based on lies, propaganda, and manipulation... your guns dont mean shit buddy, it's your brain they are going after
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