December 25, 2012 05:06AM
|
Moderator
Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 8,017
|
If I could respond to a couple points:
> We need a ban on automatic AND semiautomatic weapons and magazine clips that hold more than 7 bullets.
Banning high-capacity magazines isn't enough. The Virginia Tech shooter had a backpack full of clips. You'd need to ban clips altogether, then limit the number of rounds the weapon can accomodate. Make it so the shooter has to manually load in each individual bullet once he's empty.
> In fact, let's be clear about Newtown: the killer had no criminal record so he would never have shown up on a background check.
He might have shown up on a "mental health" background check. Though, implementing those is fraught with danger. (Should I be denied a gun because I'm ADD? Suffered a bout of depression once, several years ago? etc.)
> None fit the legal description of an "assault" weapon.
Are you sure the Bushmaster doesn't fit the bill? It certainly seems to based on the pictures I've seen.
> Why on earth would we need 300 million guns in our homes?
He asks this question *right* after talking about the exceptionally high rate of violent crime in the U.S. relative to other wealthy nations. To some extent the one may follow from the other. It needn't be "whites fearing blacks"- it may just be "whites and blacks fearing violent crime, in general".
Would also be worth investigating the prevalence of hunting as a hobby in the U.S. vs. other wealthy nations with high(er) rates of gun ownership (Switzerland, Finland, Canada).
Switzerland is a great example. On the one hand it shows that a relatively high rate of gun ownership doesn't necessarily precipitate a high rate of gun crime. On the other, it highlights how jacked up the United States is, since the Swiss have lots of guns and yet somehow refrain from shooting each other all the time.
Subject |
Author |
Posted |
|
alansmithee |
December 24, 2012 05:38PM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 05:06AM |
|
Quas |
December 26, 2012 05:58AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 26, 2012 04:26PM |
|
TaterPig |
December 26, 2012 07:42AM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 26, 2012 12:28PM |
|
TaterPig |
December 27, 2012 03:30AM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 27, 2012 04:01PM |
|
TaterPig |
December 28, 2012 02:10AM |
|
Java |
December 28, 2012 02:38AM |
|
TaterPig |
December 28, 2012 03:42AM |
|
Quas |
December 28, 2012 07:12AM |
|
TaterPig |
December 28, 2012 09:02AM |
|
Quas |
December 28, 2012 12:43PM |
|
RobDarken |
December 28, 2012 01:05PM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 28, 2012 03:42PM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 28, 2012 04:49AM |
|
satchmo |
December 28, 2012 04:50PM |
|
Rade |
December 26, 2012 03:22PM |
|
Quas |
December 26, 2012 06:57PM |
|
Rade |
December 26, 2012 07:58PM |
|
Quas |
December 27, 2012 03:41AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 27, 2012 04:09AM |
|
TaterPig |
December 27, 2012 05:05AM |
|
TaterPig |
December 27, 2012 03:29AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 26, 2012 03:41PM |
|
Rade |
December 26, 2012 07:54PM |
|
Batman |
December 26, 2012 06:00AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 05:38AM |
|
kanye |
December 25, 2012 08:22AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 04:47PM |
|
kanye |
December 25, 2012 11:50PM |
|
Rade |
December 26, 2012 06:04AM |
|
kanye |
December 26, 2012 06:38AM |
|
Rade |
December 26, 2012 10:02AM |
|
kanye |
December 26, 2012 11:21AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 04:55PM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 05:37PM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 05:42PM |
|
The Forsaken(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 03:26PM |
|
MiyagiYojimbo |
December 25, 2012 08:47AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 08:32AM |
|
kanye |
December 26, 2012 12:02AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 26, 2012 10:27AM |
|
MiyagiYojimbo |
December 26, 2012 04:21AM |
|
kanye |
December 26, 2012 06:43AM |
|
kanye |
December 26, 2012 06:43AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 06:34AM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 07:00AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 02:07PM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 07:05AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 06:32AM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 07:06AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 07:20AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 06:38AM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 25, 2012 09:40AM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 06:25AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 05:42AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 05:15AM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 06:29AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:37AM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 06:58AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 02:23PM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 03:28PM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 03:59PM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 25, 2012 06:35PM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 06:57PM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 26, 2012 04:22AM |
|
Rade |
December 26, 2012 05:54AM |
|
Isildur(VIP) |
December 26, 2012 06:42AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 06:03AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:07AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:17AM |
|
zoskia |
December 25, 2012 06:28AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 06:51AM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 25, 2012 09:03AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 02:35PM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 05:48PM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 26, 2012 12:04PM |
|
RobDarken |
December 26, 2012 12:17PM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 09:06AM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 25, 2012 09:07AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 09:13AM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 25, 2012 09:28AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 10:09AM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 25, 2012 12:19PM |
|
vortexmagus |
December 25, 2012 12:19PM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:31AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:42AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:30AM |
|
Java |
December 25, 2012 06:42AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:44AM |
|
Java |
December 25, 2012 06:48AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:51AM |
|
RobDarken |
December 25, 2012 06:51AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:55AM |
|
Rade |
December 25, 2012 06:22AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 06:29AM |
|
(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
December 24, 2012 08:54PM |
|
tesline |
December 24, 2012 10:14PM |
|
BattleCharmed |
December 24, 2012 09:31PM |
|
(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
December 24, 2012 11:12PM |
|
Batman |
December 25, 2012 02:26AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 25, 2012 02:31AM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 24, 2012 11:38PM |
|
Rhyaldrin |
December 24, 2012 11:38PM |
|
TaterPig |
December 24, 2012 06:17PM |
Sorry, you do not have permission to post/reply in this forum.