numberwang said:
What do you do about the car attacks in Europe? One method replaces another method? |
Because we've had seventeen car attacks in one-a-half months?
numberwang said:
What do you do about the car attacks in Europe? One method replaces another method? |
Because we've had seventeen car attacks in one-a-half months?
newwil7l said:
There are more murders in cities with huge populations than murders in the countryside with low ones? Who would have thought?!
Jesus some of you are just not even trying. |
Read the article, it is highly disproportionate. 2% of counties have 51% of the murders but not 51% of the population. Even within counties is is mostly limited to some city districts with sky high murder rates.
Hiku said:
While you may not be against implementing stricter gun reform that you believe would help decrease violence, there are people that just wouldn't make that trade off because they either believe that the government will come for them, or they're just don't care as long as they can keep their hobby. I've spoken to people I consider fairly reasonable (usually at least), who think the military will attack them if they lose access to their firearms. As for the kid who bought the gun, what made it legal had to do with the type of gun he bought, and that it was from a private seller. I recall reading it was federal law applying to every state, but since I can't remember the source to that I'll just edit that part out.
More here: http://time.com/4172274/what-its-like-to-own-guns-in-a-country-with-strict-gun-control/ I highlighted some of the important parts. It's basically a more pain in the ass process. You have to renew your license every year for some of them, and go through gun safety training. Universal background checks, etc. There's no doubt that USA has so many guns in circulation on the black market that it would probably be problematic if you start off by banning guns from law abiding citizens. Getting rid of the majority of those guns would be a long process. |
Perhaps this is naive of me, but I honestly think that if a sincere and intelligent argument can be made in favor of a law likely to reduce violence, the majority would support it. You're never going to get everybody, but all you need is the majority in order to change the law.
A quick Google search indicates that the federal law in question seems to apply to thirty states, though I'm unsure if this is accurate.
I'm certainly not against the idea of people needing to regularly pass some sort of test to maintain a gun license, as with a driver's license. Personally not a fan of having to join any club, and I'm a little wary about random police inspections. But again, I'm not against the concept in general.
My problem with the no-fly list being used as a measure for being able to legally purchase a gun or not is that there doesn't appear to be any clear way you get your name on the list or can prevent getting on it. Secret government lists as a means for restricting one's rights is where my paranoia really begins to kick in.
And I'm going to push back on the claim that a law was passed which helps mentally ill people get guns. Technically correct, but the specifics of the bill pertain to people who cannot manage their finances due to some mental disability. This is a very specific form of mental illness and I don't see why such people should be prevented from owning firearms, when their disability has nothing to do with their grasp on reality. Rather their ability to process numbers and the like. Admittedly, this affects such a small portion of individuals that it seems to be more of a political football, but I'm not against the law as it stands now.
Maybe the current legislation as related to firearms works for Australia. If so, Godspeed. I'm no expert and only have the publicly available statistics at my disposal. I'm simply hesitant to assume that what works for one country would automatically work for another. Japan has a higher suicide rate than the U.S., but I wouldn't conclude from this that Japan needs to be more like the U.S. in order to reduce said rate.
Again, I'm going to push back on one of these claims. The suicide rate in Australia saw a spike right after the new gun laws, then a drop, but has been consistently on the rise for the past decade or so. I don't know what correlation between the two there are, if any, but I wanted to point that out.
As I say, I'm not against trying new gun laws, provided they have a reasonably likelihood of reducing violence behind them. But with the continuing decline of gun crime in the U.S., I admit I'm more wary to stray from the current path, potentially risking an unnecessary spike in violence where one need not occur.
Hiku said:
I made a post about NRA's practices somewhere before, but it'd be hard to dig it up. |
Interesting information, but I'd want to hear the opposition's argument before making a judgment call. As I say, I'm really just not familiar with the NRA beyond hearing/seeing their name invoked quite often.
numberwang said: Read the article, it is highly disproportionate. 2% of counties have 51% of the murders but not 51% of the population. Even within counties is is mostly limited to some city districts with sky high murder rates. |
Forget the article look at the Actual facts and Data
The states with the highest homicide rates in the USA are in 2016
GOLD medal Louisiana 11.8,
SILVER medal Missouri 8.8
BRONZE medal Alabama 8.4
Why is this?
foodfather said: As always, it looked like the FBI failed to do their job and ''friends'' and famiy were silent... that caused these deaths, not gun control. |
What are you arguing be done?
Like, I feel like I often see statements like this from people criticizing gun control, but what you are advocating is removing someone's second amendment rights without due process. That seems harsher than most proposed gun control measures to me.
They can't be blaming this on mental issues because
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/28/trump-sign-bill-blocking-obama-gun-rule/98484106/
dirtylemons said:
Children die in every country, no exception. And violence is certainly not a unique problem to the U.S. |
I called people fools for letting children get shoot by military style guns and not immediately saying that they don't belong on our streets given our society. Do you not agree with that? If not, I think you are a fool. This is not me trying to be offensive.
GProgrammer said:
Forget the article look at the Actual facts and Data The states with the highest homicide rates in the USA are in 2016 GOLD medal Louisiana 11.8, SILVER medal Missouri 8.8 BRONZE medal Alabama 8.4 Why is this? |
A state wide comparison hides the relevant urban/rural distinction. The murders happen in the left/democratic dominated city districts of these states, not in the rural areas.
GProgrammer said: They can't be blaming this on mental issues because https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/28/trump-sign-bill-blocking-obama-gun-rule/98484106/ Trump signs bill reversing Obama rule to ban gun purchases by mentally ill |
Do you think think Trump voters do most of the murders in the USA? Because most of the murders are concentrated in Democratic dominated districts.