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When you were a child and you abused something did your parents allow you keep doing it?
According to you they did.
CorrectKnives were designed to cut things. Cars were designed to transport small groups of people without the need for horses. Nutcrackers were designed to crack nuts.
Propel a projectileWhat were guns designed to do?
I know history. That is one of its many uses.Guns were invented to use in warfare in order to kill enemy human beings... learn some history...
Okthe Chinese invented the proto-gun in the form of a fire lance to use in warfare.
This is demonstrably false. Guns are not designed to kill.All guns were designed to kill from then on and just because some people use them for target shooting does not mean that the gun was not invented to kill people and continually redesigned/improved to make killing people more effective.
On this planet, the same one as yours, they are designed to propel a projectile. They can be USED to kill. Just like a softball bat.What are guns designed to do on your planet?
In every instance, until it’s amended. Or did you think the 4th amendment doesn’t cover automobiles, telephones and computers?In what specific instances does a document written before the invention of the cartridge inhibit the enactment of sensible gun regulation?
They demonstrably are not.Of course they are!
They are used for a myriad of things, that does not involve killing.They are not used for macrame!.
I really don't think I was "trying to make a thunderous point". I was just asking a question. It seems the only one "thundering" here is someone other than me.
Make an argument in your own words. I’m not watching a video.Here's a better YouTube video. It also relates to my comment about cars.
Hi, george48.
Thank you for reading my post and responding to it.
It's unfortunate but true that the annual number of deaths by gunshot in the United States of America is tolerable to large numbers of our citizens.
Regards, stay safe 'n well 'n un-shot.
You can’t ban any type of arm that is in common use.You can ban any type. That is the point.
Too bad all the employees weren't packing. When does this ****ing rw insanity ever end?
Objection (opposition?) to a particular “gun control” law or policy is neither expressing tolerance for nor approval of “gun deaths”.
That sort of truth bending (to be kind) is often used to assert that if you oppose giving every single parent (earning less than $125K/year) a $300/week payment then you are tolerating or approving child poverty.
Hi, ttwtt78640.
Yup. People play all sorts of games with words. That's why I'm perhaps more careful than most on this site when composing a post. There are some gun laws which do nothing at all to reduce the annual number of gunshot deaths in the US.
Regards, stay safe 'n well 'n un-shot.
CongratulationsWell, I hope you have the greatest "ShootsGiving" ever, my friend
Some stats on the race of the "killed 6" mass shooter. In 17 incidents from 2017 to April 2022 (not including the Black shooter in the recent Chesapeke shooting) we get:
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Whites and Hispanics are under-represented, and Blacks are vastly over-represented. Across all races, the motive for the 17 "killed 6" shootings were:
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Of the 41.2% that were rampage shooters:
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Some stats on the race of the "killed 6" mass shooter. In 17 incidents from 2017 to April 2022 (not including the Black shooter in the recent Chesapeke shooting) we get:
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Whites and Hispanics are under-represented, and Blacks are vastly over-represented. Across all races, the motive for the 17 "killed 6" shootings were:
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Of the 41.2% that were rampage shooters:
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What is your source for this data? More importantly, what is your point?
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ Relevant links are "past years", along with 2022. Shooting can be ordered by number of deaths. It looks like the Chespeke shooting isn't on the site yet. 2 more "6 killed" are also there, however they include the shooters. It could be that part of the data in #914 includes the shooter as well. This is the data I used for #914:
The news only reports a subset of shootings, but there are a lot that go relatively unreported.
Depends on what you consider "common Use"You can’t ban any type of arm that is in common use.
I don’t know. My guess is they would see this as more of a state responsibility than a federal one.Have Republicans ever presented a bill relevant to mass shootings and the funding/expansion of mental health social services since, say, Columbine? I'm doubting it (but willing to be surprised).
Thank you for your prompt reply. The data presented, concerning only 17 (obviously, cherry picked?), mass shootings shows (IMHO, serious) bias.
Yep, 34 mass shootings in November alone-and still six days left!It's not an occasional occurrence, it's daily.
Please stop with the weak car nonsense. Unlike cars, guns are designed to kill, and have no mitigating factors engineered into them to reduce the death toll. The reverse, if anything.
Hilarious. What else, apart from killing things and shooting at targets, are guns designed to do?Guns are not designed to kill. Your deflections do not change that.
Indeed, it only covers "6 killed". Mass shootings account for a very small percentage of overall gun deaths but get the most press. In all of 2021, a total of 75 people were killed with a mass shooting of 6 or more killed. So far this year, including the recent Walmart, it's 91.
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