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Another Mass Shooting in Texas
I have no idea what the solution is.
I mean, I do: intact Families and a culture that does not promote despair and rage.
But since that is not on the table, I have no idea. Taking away guns from citizens has never been shown to work in this nation. That seems to be all that is ever proposed.
Guns have always been in the hands of the people. Mass shootings are a sign of sickness in America as much as theft of AC parts. In the great depression, people did not rob infrastructure. We are sick and dying as a society.
Not enough people believe in anything but getting what is good for themselves or in hurting others because of their pain. It is the Republic of Rome in its last days.
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Fixed it for you. You’re welcome.
There are roughly 20X more deaths due to traffic accidents in the US than even the heavily padded data for “mass shootings.” How much do you worry every time you get into a car? How far are you willing to go to change that?
Rationalizers will rationalize.
That’s your country, and I’m happy for you, that you can live in a way you feel blessed. I sincerely mean that.
But that’s not the country we here in the States live in.
We already have laws against murder. We need to address the sick culture. Politicians won’t do it and prefer to attack gun owners.
I don’t see what the problem is with the NICS program.
Sounds reasonable. We could add another question to the NICS paperwork : “20. Do you intend to shoot innocent people?” That should do it.
Mass shootings are happening now that we require background checks. The country did better before we started having government permission. it isn’t the guns.
What defines a “lunatic”? And why should I trust the government to decide what classifies one as a “lunatic”? Asking for my MAGA friends.
My country knows only too well the damage caused by gunmen. Our strict laws derive from bitter experience.
What country do you live in that is free of crime and murder? If not free of these things, why do you not defend yourself and your loved ones? Btw. Mass shootings are a problem in gun-free zones. Elsewhere, armed citizens terminate the threat.
Different strokes and all that. I guess you’ve never had to use a gun in self-defense?
I now live in a state where concealed carry is considered a constitutional right; no permit needed. I never worry about someone emptying his/her gun on strangers. An armed society is a polite society because potential aggressors never know when they might attack someone who is “walking heavy”.
Japan is also an island, has strict border control, and a different culture. Our problem is cultural
Again, that’s your country (which ever one it is). Again, I happy for your situation.
In the U.S. our own laws come from our own bitter experience. Those we thought were own countrymen, though an ocean away, tried to seize our own weapons. The weapons needed to defend our homes and communities. Thus our constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms.
This comment makes no sense. We have home invasions in many communities, robberies, gang violence, and mentally ill folks shooting people. Are you suggesting that if we disarm, those criminals will become law-abiding citizens? Or are you suggesting we should disarm and become victims?
For well over a century, if the question was “revolver”, the answer was “Smith & Wesson”, or so I’ve heard. I think mine must be lacking motivation. I mean it’s right there, free to move about, and not once has it picked up those nearby “Critical Defense” .357 Magnum cartridges and loaded itself, to say nothing of going out on the streets looking for trouble. It’s so lazy I don’t even lock up the ammo. Of course, there are no kids or liberals sharing the residence.
Some denials are mistakes.
Why do we have to explain a human right?
Democrats turned them loose- said it was cruel to lock them up.
They find it easy to get them in Australia, too.
No, they’re “gun free zones.”
SSRIs aren’t controlled substances. And they’re handed out like candy. Benzos are level 4 controlled substances, and there’s been a crackdown on them over the last few years because they contributed to many opioid deaths.
It doesn’t work if the data is not input.
You sure that things didn’t get better possibly due to some other political accord? Or are the same gunman-inspiring tensions still simmering, but with loads of angry terrorists kicking rocks and moaning about how very ‘ard it is to get a gun? Nobody knows how to build a bomb? Will no one rid me of these inturbulent laymen!
It also doesn’t work because it can’t predict the future.
That is stupid.
It is like noticing that people in seatbelts die in car crashes therefore we should eliminate seatbelts
We give people who are unstable medications. The more we do that, the more likely it is someone who is unstable will be on meds.
While there is an important point there (equivalent to survivorship bias), the selection bias argument is weakened to the degree that SSRIs and such are overprescribed, particularly among youth.
Seeing as how I believe that ADD/ADHD etc is ridiculously overdiagnosed by our feminized youth apparatus, you can see how I also believe the meds are overprescribed.
Overprescribed? I have seen SSRIs help a lot of people over the years. I have 30 years of experience in the field.
The right to bear arms is in the Constitution. That doesn’t make it a human right and I don’t recognise it as such.
I have made a simple point – that a society where guns are rare is safer than one where they are plentiful and easily obtained. I know the USA and Ireland are different. I know that Ireland has gun crime, but at a vastly lower level, and mostly involving criminals killing other criminals. When an innocent is killed or injured, it is seen as an enormous outrage, not a trigger for politicking and finger-pointing on all sides. How many people spent time today poring over social media hoping that the shooter was or was not of a particular skin colour? Because that it has come down to – is it “a white supremacist”, an immigrant, or maybe a transgender person? And then the different sides report or do not report the facts, based on their political leanings. And this goes round and round, with a heightened siege mentality on one side, and an arrogant dismissal of legitimate concerns about safety on the other. And more innocents die.
If you fail to see a problem, you’re never going to solve it.
Flippancy is a poor form of debate about serious matters.