Current Affairs The " another shooting in America " thread
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I think we should ban all bellend wums, but in moments of self-reflection I realise that includes me from time to time, so then maybe not.
Lobster Johnson
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Hence he won't reveal his opinion on the holocaust
Agree folks aren’t going to give up their guns up.
I’d fully back something like the Australian guns laws. Even that is fantasy in the current climate.
For now, I’d take regulation of private sales, much improved background checks, and penalties for gun owners who don’t secure their guns from kids, theft or “lend“ them out
TN Toffee
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Lived in the US my entire life, and never once have I fired, much less owned a gun. Like I posted earlier, while it goes against how a lot of people feel, study after study has shown that owning or carrying a gun makes you statistically LESS safe.
Lobster Johnson
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Sandy Hook killed the drive for any effective gun control in America. That was the point where dead primary school children became an acceptable amount of collateral damage in the FReDum/Society debate.
I joke and all that and its clearly not as bad as im about to make out, but how do you honestly go the shop for a pint* of milk and not be looking over your shoulder for somebody on a mow down?
I've worked in the US for extended periods and never once felt the need to own a gun, was dating a girl who had a gun in her house and just found it weird
RISK OF BEING SHOT IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR SHOPPING FOR MILK IN A COUNTRY OF FREEDOM AND STUFF. AND JESUS. Also dinosaurs and humans coexisted. I am working on my master's degree because I'm really really smart. Here is an opinion poll about something.
Second amendment innit, it’s not indoctrinated into our brain cells through hours and hours of brain washing by inbred blurts and the NRA.
Yep. You have to be incredibly comfortable with the gun and willing to kill someone without hesitation or it is more likely to be used against you.
In 7th grade so age 12-13 years in PE class we actually had a week of shooting instruction with a BB rifle. There was an actual shooting range under the gym.
Red flag laws do seem to make some difference
California’s ‘Red Flag’ Law Utilized for 58 Threatened Mass Shootings
In the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead, legislators in Washington, D.C., and across the country are debating “red flag” laws or extreme risk protection orders, or ERPOs. Such orders, known in California as gun violence restraining orders, or...
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Although they are frustratingly ill applied - the shooter allegedly involved in Club Q would have seemed like an ideal candidate given his prior threats.
Doesn't look as cool as Robocop
www.bbc.co.uk
San Francisco to allow police 'killer robots'
The measure permits police to deploy robots equipped with explosives in extreme circumstances.
www.bbc.co.uk
Yep. I just wish more people realised it is a right, not an obligation.
As a few have said, the horse has already bolted making retrospective regulation pretty much impossible. But with a bit of backbone they could easily introduce a large tariff on new guns and use that to manage the mental health issues that the NRA keep saying is the bigger problem
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