• @[email protected]
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      251 year ago

      Every other country has a FRACTION OF A FRACTION of the amount of shootings that we do, and you have the gall to sit there and go “none of what you said or propose will stop someone”, when politicians and gun control groups have literally proposed NUMEROUS extremely common sense fixes to help curb the violence. It’s fucking loons like you that rally against it ad nauseum because “DeMs CuMmInG fEr MuH gUnS!1!”. You’re nothing but a gun lobbyists mouthpiece who would rather let kids get killed so you can keep an overpowered AR than try LITERALLY anything to help alleviate the situation.

      No one is coming for my shotgun, or my handgun, or my hunting rifle. Literally no one will ever pass a law that will ban those. Red flag laws WORK. Mandatory withholding periods WORK. Banning AR weapons and bump stocks would be a step in the right direction. Pushing these laws on a federal level would help. Would it stop everything? No, but it would provide a LOT more opportunities to catch someone before it happens.

      Fuck, do something to help our kids, don’t be the barrier that makes it more difficult.

    • MonsterHighStan
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      71 year ago

      So what do you think is going to decrease school shootings? What are you proposing or support that will improve the situation?

        • @[email protected]
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          So basically… Fix every other nearly impossible to fix problem first before even deciding to do anything about the actual guns, if anything at all?

          And to be clear, by impossible to fix, I mean politically, not that these problems are actually unsolvable.

            • Flying SquidM
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              21 year ago

              So you’re plan is to try and tackle something that’s written into the constitution… that’s your goal?

              You mean like slavery?

                • Flying SquidM
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                  11 year ago

                  Nope. I’m equating slavery to tackling something in the constitution and changing it. You know, the thing you just implied was not something that could be done. I’m sure you know that and are obfuscating.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              I didn’t specify a plan one way or another. I just think it’s crazy that the talking points you presented seem pretty clearly designed to just kick this issue down the road, cause at least that way you still get to have your guns.

              And believe me, solving all those things you mentioned would be great. But why not also try and do something about the major gun issues at the same time too?

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  We do have a societal problem. We also very much have a gun problem.

                  And proposing all these other things you know won’t get accomplished is a way to shift all the responsibility away from the gun issue itself.

                  And you aren’t being emotional about even the thought of some more gun control or anything to even tackle that issue head on? Come on.

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            No, not crickets. Those things sound great, let’s do them. We should do everything we can, and that also includes stricter gun laws.

            Not term limits though. It may sound like a good idea, but I implore you to research issues with term limits.

              • prole
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                11 year ago

                Term limits will seal the deal to the end of our Democracy.

                Either you’re arguing in bad faith, and know this, or you’re refusing to inform yourself of the downsides.

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                    Buddy, I’m not going to do all the work for you. This is a well researched subject with a ton of information, it’s not some brand new idea.

                    I was mainly referring to elected positions, I’m not necessarily against term limits for Supreme Court Justices.

                    Edit: See my reply to the knob below for a few sources.

        • MonsterHighStan
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          Those are all fantastic suggestions. In my opinion we absolutely should be taking much more drastic measures to decrease school shootings in the meantime, as nearly everything you suggest would still take at least ~15-20 years to see results. Any dead kid is too many and there are way too many school shootings.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          And you can end with bringing your gun regulations up to speed to every other developed nation.

      • tygerprints
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        Nothing will improve the situation until we make a concerted effort to shut down gun manufacturing and distribution, even forcibly removing them from the hands of criminals any way we possibly can. And since the kid-killers at the NRA won’t allow that, the answer is - this problem of mass murder in schools is only going to intensify until everyone’s child is at risk and can no longer attend public schools of any kind. And that’s only the tip of the horrific iceberg of a shitshow that’s coming to our country.

          • tygerprints
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            11 year ago

            I am as leftist as any human being ever could be - and damn proud of it. Saying the truth always seems like “going off the deep end” to people who aren’t able to comprehend. I consider your remark proof of that.

      • tygerprints
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        Actually with the new proposals to remove firearms from anyone with any kind of criminal background or mental health disorder, and the law being amended to allow this, there are ways to effectively stop people from having firearms. It’s simple humanitarian guidelines that need to be enacted. Only a churlish dolt would refuse to see the common sense of keeping guns out of the hands of men and boys.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Since you asked me this twice, I will not answer it again. But I will touch on the black market part, no one can enforce the black market and that’s why it’s called the black market. but just because the black market exists doesn’t mean legal market shouldn’t. if you think a firearm shouldn’t have to be registered legally because it’s possible to get it illegally, then you are missing the whole point of laws and civilization, and I’m not really sure why you’re here.