America's Gun Violence

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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,830
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    good god. It is incredible to me, surprising me on a daily basis, that people like this exist in 2018. is it all trump's fault? I don't know. I think the fire was always smoldering, but he's throwing fuel on it for sure. 
    It’s more than fuel. He is giving them a call to action. 
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,105
    Can’t begin to understand the problem unless you can study the problem but the NRA and repubes know it’s bad for business. Sure, both sides want reasonable gun control reform.

    House GOP appropriators block funding for gun violence research - POLITICO https://apple.news/AtQYnltTkRca_tRAh8eTZnA
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    Gun nuts.

    Sacha Baron Cohen Fools Republicans Into Filming Ad About Arming Toddlers - HuffPost https://apple.news/AyXr8SIbKT7SJ2mr_p9dMAQ
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,105
    And more “responsible” gun owners or Darwins?

    He thought the gun he was cleaning was unloaded. Now his 5-year-old daughter is dead. - The Washington Post https://apple.news/A7VwpumM2SOePMVeMQdBaBA
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,465
    edited July 2018
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Is this you clicking your heals?
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,113
    edited July 2018
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Australia isn't the U.S. (600,000 weapons were bought back as compared to tens (?) of millions in the u.s.)  
    Post edited by mcgruff10 on
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Reading through the thread, I was going to post “just wait for the Australia isn’t the US comment”, but lo and behold it’s already here. I guess we just have to do nothing, because no other country is the US. 
     
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,113
    oftenreading said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Reading through the thread, I was going to post “just wait for the Australia isn’t the US comment”, but lo and behold it’s already here. I guess we just have to do nothing, because no other country is the US. 
     Well it
    Well it is not the same. Apples to oranges. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,465
    mcgruff10 said:
    oftenreading said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Reading through the thread, I was going to post “just wait for the Australia isn’t the US comment”, but lo and behold it’s already here. I guess we just have to do nothing, because no other country is the US. 
     Well it
    Well it is not the same. Apples to oranges. 
    If you want them to be, to push your agenda I guess.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    mcgruff10 said:
    oftenreading said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Reading through the thread, I was going to post “just wait for the Australia isn’t the US comment”, but lo and behold it’s already here. I guess we just have to do nothing, because no other country is the US. 
     Well it
    Well it is not the same. Apples to oranges. 

    "Not the same" is such an incredibly weak argument used to dismiss an action that has proven successful elsewhere. Of course the two countries are not the same; when are two situations ever exactly the same? And yet we take examples from elsewhere and apply them to our own situations every day, often with success, especially when we take the time to put some effort in. Are you really going to try to argue that the US has never modeled legislation after another country before?
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Australia isn't the U.S. (600,000 weapons were bought back as compared to tens (?) of millions in the u.s.)  

    So you're saying sweeping gun control measures would do nothing? Absolutely nothing?

    Come on, man.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Australia isn't the U.S. (600,000 weapons were bought back as compared to tens (?) of millions in the u.s.)  

    So you're saying sweeping gun control measures would do nothing? Absolutely nothing?

    Come on, man.
    Tariffs are too high and we're out of brooms so no sweeping here. There are lots of thoughts being...thought? I'm sure the solution is right around the corner...
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    Gun nuts.

    Sacha Baron Cohen Fools Republicans Into Filming Ad About Arming Toddlers - HuffPost https://apple.news/AyXr8SIbKT7SJ2mr_p9dMAQ
    Jesus.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXeMoBPSDk
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,113
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Australia isn't the U.S. (600,000 weapons were bought back as compared to tens (?) of millions in the u.s.)  

    So you're saying sweeping gun control measures would do nothing? Absolutely nothing?

    Come on, man.
    No I was talking about gun buybacks. How do you do it on that scale?

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Australia isn't the U.S. (600,000 weapons were bought back as compared to tens (?) of millions in the u.s.)  

    So you're saying sweeping gun control measures would do nothing? Absolutely nothing?

    Come on, man.
    No I was talking about gun buybacks. How do you do it on that scale?

    Hasn’t even been successful on a small scale where it has been tried in the US.

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    dignin said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    Gun nuts.

    Sacha Baron Cohen Fools Republicans Into Filming Ad About Arming Toddlers - HuffPost https://apple.news/AyXr8SIbKT7SJ2mr_p9dMAQ
    Jesus.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXeMoBPSDk
    Happy shooting, Kids!

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    mcgruff10 said:
    oftenreading said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    tbergs said:
    Well, some on here would just write that 5 year old death off as the reality of stupid people existing amongst our 325 million population. Just nothing you can do about it. Guns are essential in every day life. Children are expendable youth. 
    Maybe if you click your heals three times all guns will magically disappear!
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html?via=gdpr-consent

    Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping gun-control measures. A decade and a half hence, the results of these policy changes are clear: They worked really, really well.
    Reading through the thread, I was going to post “just wait for the Australia isn’t the US comment”, but lo and behold it’s already here. I guess we just have to do nothing, because no other country is the US. 
     Well it
    Well it is not the same. Apples to oranges. 
    Apple, oranges, blah blah blah.  They're both fruit.  There is just an abundance of one more than the other.  Doesn't mean we should continue to do NOTHING about the apples because the US has more of them than Australia had oranges.
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