Gun Control

[JJ Husker]

53 minutes ago, Enhance said:

I have traditionally found stories of 'good samaritan' gunmen who take out active shooters largely to be annoyingly frustrating red herrings.

 

In these rare scenarios, yeah, it is good someone stopped four people shot from being more. But mass shootings make up only a small portion of the overall gun and gun violence problem in this country. Not to mention that fact that most homes don't have guns. Most people don't want to own or carry guns. So, when you get these stories, all it primarily does is manifest these fringe firearm fantasies for gun activists to latch onto as proof of what a well-armed citizenry can accomplish. Never mind, of course, the obscene access to guns our adults and children have, the number of suicides committed by them, the majority number of crimes that happen with guns that are unrelated to mass shootings, etc...

I agree with your premise and the results of having so many guns  but think it’s a little misleading to say that most homes don’t have guns or that most people don’t want to own or carry guns. According to this poll, it looks to be more of a 50/50 split with larger differences based on geography, political lean etc.

 

https://news.gallup.com/poll/264932/percentage-americans-own-guns.aspx

 

[JJ Husker]

More interesting data about gun ownership in the US.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/there-are-more-guns-than-people-in-the-united-states-according-to-a-new-study-of-global-firearm-ownership/

[BigRedBuster]

Isn't it Republicans that want to give these guns to teachers?

 

 

[funhusker]

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

Isn't it Republicans that want to give these guns to teachers?

 

 

What is Massie even referring to?  Aren't people pushing to arm teachers usually conservative?

 

edit:  Ha!  I didn't see your comment, just the Twitter post...

[BigRedBuster]

2 hours ago, funhusker said:

What is Massie even referring to?  Aren't people pushing to arm teachers usually conservative?

 

edit:  Ha!  I didn't see your comment, just the Twitter post...

He doesn’t even know.  

[BigRedBuster]

Gotta admit, she’s good. 
 

 

[ZRod]

18 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Gotta admit, she’s good. 
 

 

Mr. Killoy, with all do respect the trigger mechanism is not internal to the fire arm, and doesn't see those pressures. Know your product!

 

Porter's line of thinking and questioning (regardless of whether or not you agree with her stances) should be the gold standard for our representatives. She's thoughtful, factual, and reason-based.

[suh_fan93]

Until the Republicans in the Senate get their greedy definitely tiny little hands on it... smfh

 

 

[suh_fan93]

Pleaded not guilty...  This little

 

 

[DevoHusker]

3 minutes ago, suh_fan93 said:

Pleaded not guilty...  This little

 

 

Pretty common for a prelim 

[suh_fan93]

Thanks but that wasn't the point I was making.  I'm still pretty angry at just the mention of his name.

[DevoHusker]

1 hour ago, suh_fan93 said:

Thanks but that wasn't the point I was making.  I'm still pretty angry at just the mention of his name.

Oh, I misunderstood your ire, my bad.

[suh_fan93]

5 minutes ago, DevoHusker said:

Oh, I misunderstood your ire, my bad.

 

No worries.

[commando]

worth a watch

 

 

[GSG]

12 minutes ago, commando said:

worth a watch

 

 

 

 

Some of those responses

 

If you're more offended that he said mother f*cker than you are about dead children, then you're part of the f*cking problem