To the NRA and their paid representatives in the house, the answer is always more guns. What was the question again?
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Just horrendous
Needs more like this:
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The particulars of this case make that an especially ludicrous argument given that the killer went past several armed cops to get into the school. (Thereās a whole shed load of insanity around the police involvement in this case too, but thatās another matter.)
Fuck me that is heartbreaking.
I normally hate when the press flock to these things but in this case every republican cunt should be made to watch that and explain why they support the NRA and the stupid fucking gun laws.
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I know that itās a popular view, but Iām afraid I am sympaticoed out.
While I empathise with the parents, I canāt help but think that most of them will have guns. Thus, they are part of the problem. Reap what you sow.
No child deserves to lose their life, but if their parents canāt see where the problems lie (as any civilised human can), then donāt bleat about it.
The countryās attitude is the cause. I canāt see that changing anytime soon.
Darwin wins.
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I think yes and no. The efficacy of the gun as a killing machine has increased significantly since the days of 1-2 shot rifles and the like.
And I didnāt see his point being about changing the particular guns being available, in the first half it was very much about the issues within the pro-gun community.
His point about the new rifles coming in to replace the AR15 was that they are going to make these sorts of incident way more graphic, and that might be something that starts to change the narrative around guns in the USA.
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Ted Cruz making an utter cunt of himself. He says that the US is the safest country on earth. Twat.
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If you took NRA money out of politics you would get a different answer.
I agree but still not a UK equivalent answer. Without the NRA, I suspect that enacting a civilian ban on 5.56, 6.8 and 7.62mm weapons (or at least draconian limitations on ownership) might be possible but guns that have a less overtly combat derived origin would not be anything like as easy to restrict.
On a basic level, Iām not ideologically opposed to the notion that a country with the wildlife present it has might not choose to ban all the weapons a country where the largest thing youāll encounter is a badger has. I think Iām right in saying Australia still permits some weapons we donāt for this reason (and because theyāre still nowhere near as dangerous in a mass shooting event).
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Banning cigarettes would never have worked, but making them unaffordable, unadvertisable, unlobbyable, and socially-unacceptable has massively reduced smoking.
Just sayināā¦
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Americans owning a lot of guns does not mean all Americans own guns. The vast majority of Americans donāt own and have never seen a gun. A lunatic minority are running the asylum (through buying political clout).
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The insanity level here is so acute even Stronzi is appalled. The whole ball of wax is completely insane.
This.
Handguns and āassault riflesā are the problem. A hunter will own several rifles and or shotguns; different tools for different jobs.
90% of Americans favour at the least some form of Federal background check on potential buyers. Many also support civilian bans on several classes of firearms.
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Show me where I said ALL.
You said most. Most Americans donāt own a gun.
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Ooff 