mad muffin wrote: » Badda bing. Badda boom. Thank you very much and good night… mic dropped.
notobtuse wrote: » Criminals and those intent on doing harm couldn't care less about the law.
JohnMc1 wrote: » It is a Culture and Morality issue and not a gun issue. There's actually less guns in the Us then there were in the 50s and 60s. There were less guns crimes back then because people were brought up to value and respect life. Unlike today's society.
TeaBagMania wrote: » Exactly, and the dems dont get it... you think the criminal gives a crap about the high capacity magazine ban? Do you think the want-a-be mass killer is going to stop in their tracks because the weapon they're using is illegal in the state? nope
NKante wrote: » I wonder if it's partly the erosion of religion and church-orientated communities. Something shifted. Have you noticed just about every American film needs scenes with guns. Even if it's a comedy. Don't want to sound like I'm 80 years old "in my day" type, but I wonder how much rap and constant gun violence in film has had an effect.
circadian wrote: » They are far from infrequent. A gun is a gun and as it stands its far too easy to get your hands on them in the USA. I'm very familiar with firearms, I've been shooting on numerous occasions in the US. I grew up in Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles, I've seen the devastation a shooting can cause. Even in comparison to the Troubles, shooting sprees in America are far from infrequent.
Tell me how wrote: » Yeah, the Western movies of the early to mid 20th century were notable for the absence of any violence.
notobtuse wrote: » Shooting sprees are infrequent in relation to the number of deaths and shootings in the US... unless you're talking about drive-by shootings in mostly urban areas with strict gun laws. But the dems and media use them to try and take away your rights and make money through viewership. I'm very familiar with firearms also, I have five. Between close family members... hundreds. Not a single death, or crime between them... go figure! How is that possible you might ask? No one with mental illness has any and we're law abiding folk.
Overheal wrote: » So our mass shootings don’t matter because there are so many more other gun homicides so so what? You guys that’s the solution! Let’s make mass shootings irrelevant by encouraging people to just commit more one-off murders, then it will be statistically insignificant! Genius!
batgoat wrote: » Scarface, Public Enemy Number One, The Big Heat. All just a sample of the gangster films from 30s to the fifties, all had lots of guns and they were all incredibly popular. How do you think James Cagney became a big name? So films are not the reason for spree shooting, Canada is equally exposed to US media and doesn't have the same issues. If I were to consider reasons why spree shootings are so common in the US. The mental health services are not readily available or affordable for that matter. The US also has an increasingly paranoid attachment to guns. The NRA take advantage of that, it increases their sales, the likes of Alex Jones and co push that even further. Hence getting the increase in militant survivalist groups.
mad muffin wrote: » That a fair comment I’ll grant you that. But you must agree. The collapse o the family unit. Especially in Africa. American communities must have a contributing factor.
batgoat wrote: » Most spree shootings are perpetrated by white people....
mad muffin wrote: » Hmmm. Hmmm indeed. Yes very… how do we put it?… So I showed you the statistics and still. Still ya just want to keep up the spin… You know when you keep spouting that kind of nonsense and ignore what’s happening in the African American communities. You get places like Baltimore.
lawlolawl wrote: » A mass shooting that kills 5 or 6 people will get nationwide media coverage for days. An average weekend in Chicago with 3 or 4 times as many shootings won't even be mentioned. Why do you think that is?
mad muffin wrote: » You can’t. It’s in The American constitution. Besides look. Take away the guns and the criminals will still get guns. Even if they can’t. They’ll get knives. London for the first time has a higher murder rate than NYC.
batgoat wrote: » Are you disputing that spree shootings are primarily perpetrated by white people? You could try to treat people with respect btw. Here's the stats btw.https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/
The Enbalmer wrote: » Wasn't it Trotsky who first invented the word "racist"? A fcucking leftist degenerate who never worked a day in his life .
notobtuse wrote: » More accurate statistics would indicate that spree shootings are not primarily perpetrated by white people.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/23/mass-shootings-tracker-analysis-us-gun-control-reddit
notobtuse wrote: » Yes it was tragic, but some of your post needs to be corrected for clarity. Best not to make a bad situation worse with untruths. The gun used was not an AK-47, but an SKS. It was not an assault rifle.. those that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire. It was a semi-automatic – one fire for one trigger pull. It was the same rifle a Bernie Sanders supporter used to try and kill GOP House members playing softball. And no, the US is not a place where you have to be afraid to send our kids to school, fill up with gas, or be afraid to go on a family day out. Yes, this type of sad event can happen in a free society, but we are not consumed by that fact. I’d say most of us are much more afraid going into some of our worst urban areas. And it is beautiful, there is no other country I'd rather live and raise my family.
alastair wrote: » https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/03/20/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-why-londons-murder-rate-is-not-higher-than-nycs/
There was a short stretch in early 2018 in which there were fewer than expected murders in New York City and an unusually high number of murders in London. This occurred in February and March of 2018.
mad muffin wrote: » From your own link.
Danzy wrote: » A mass murdering degenerate who would have put Stalin to shame when it came to killing.
