The FAST Approaching Gun Ban

[yodajazz]

Is there no hope for these old industrial towns that were once our pride? Sad, sad news.

Here's one in this past month, I left out. A ten year old was shot in the chest. He was riding in the car next to his father who was killed, by shooter just walking up to the car at a traffic light. What kind of person will he grow up to be?

[buttslinger]

I think if you connect the dots between the apparent inability of the Democrats to effectively limit the number of guns, the flagrant politicalization of the NRA, and the lack of regulation of violent kid's video games, you might ask yourself if it's possible the U. S. Government actually wants a shotgun in every house. Maybe they know things we don't.

[Fyusian]

Americans and guns, I've never understood their obsession but more bizarre is their inability to recognize that there is a problem in America. Other countries that don't have guns have less crime especially less murder and murder sprees are rare, in America there's like what? Several mass shootings a year by a psycho and gun nut but apparently there's still some justification for having less gun control? America needs gun control. That much is obvious.

I'm just glad I live in a country where I would really get to defend myself. Here in England, even though there are those who illegal acquire firearms still, gun crimes are far rarer and the worst you'd get is someone pulling a knife on you and with that I know how to defend myself.

Someone pulls a gun out on you though and even if you've got a gun yourself, you're dead. All it takes is one bullet and unlike with a knife, you have no chance to dodge or even react to defend yourself unless the shooter is hesitant to shoot you and you're standing right next to them to disarm them.

[Ben in LA]

Two more shootings happened recently in Houston and Arizona and I'm like...

[buttslinger]

I'm not a numbers guy, I'm bewildered by all the stats, but if I had to guess I would say gun statistics are tied into the American notion that anybody can buy a lottery ticket and win 50 million, or step up to a slot machine in Vegas and beat all the odds. Truth is, the House always wins and THE ONE PERCENT have the game fixed.
I don't event know what it means that the I% own half of everything, or half the possessions, or what, I really don't know, but I think it means they own everything that's up for grabs, and the 50% of wealth that the 99% "others" own are just SLAVE ACCESORIES like a roof over your head, a car to drive to work, food, clothes, and a week at the beach so you don't revolt.
In America guns mean FREEDOM, even if 99 out of 100 people are prisoners of their damn job. You don't see gun violence with people that have fruitful careers and happy families, you see gun violence in trailer parks and ghettoes. Statistically these are the same people that drink and smoke and buy lottery tickets. Dreamers.

[broncofan]

Woman fires gun at shoplifter fleeing a home depot. The shooter hung around and cooperated with the police apparently, which I think is irrelevant. She should be in jail.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...epot/73468588/

[hippifried]

Some people are just too stupid to have guns.

[broncofan]

Some people are just too stupid to have guns.

This is the truth and a truth about people generally. If people were universally smart and responsible and sensible and cool-headed, our current gun laws would make perfect sense.

[hippifried]

If people were universally smart and responsible and sensible and cool-headed, our current gun laws would make perfect sense.

Well... Not really.
If that were the case, why would anyone feel a need to be armed in the first place?

[broncofan]

Well... Not really.
If that were the case, why would anyone feel a need to be armed in the first place?

Target shooting. Hunting. As antiques commemorating a more violent time. I dunno, but there would be no reason to restrict their ownership, except to protect children. Typically the status quo is that something is allowed unless there is a reason for restrictions. The reasons we have are based on people being difficult to trust with devices that kill.