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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...=.3b6a49fc1f5a
Yeah the evidence is "clear".
Nobody is laughing at death children. What is laughable, though, is that the "greatest country in the World" won't do anything about its gun control policies, despite clear evidence all around the World about it working, just because of something thast was written like a million years ago.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...=.3b6a49fc1f5a
Yeah the evidence is "clear".
Won't be long before people are 3d printing guns on the regular.
"I'll take the ineffective gun control, please."
I love how she tries to sell the article as an objective stats related one but then goes on making subjectives conjectures about why she thinks stricter gun regulations wouldn't work.
The only hard cold fact I could find was this:
Australia and Great Britain made extensive changes in gun policy in response to mass shootings two decades ago, and there has only been one mass shooting in either place since.
"And it’s unclear what would work best to prevent gun terrorism or mass shootings, two related categories of gun death that are relatively small but receive outsize attention."
From the 538 article linked in the article. "It's so clear".
Usually, when you have gone on and on about how educated and smart you are on the internet you are compensating for some inadequacy or you are full of , but I can play along if I must. I was born in Europe, thankfully to Americans (who were incidentally were having to stand guard for you clowns during the cold war), and I am certain that I've spent a great deal more time in Europe alone than you have ever spent in the US. I've lived, traveled, and worked all across this big old world. I've even done it with a bald eagle on my shoulder and a gun in my hand. So yeah, no other country compares. If I want to go shoot a god damn moose from a helicopter I can in this SOB. Any other questions about my time outside of the US?of course you don't care bro, you are a poorly educated red neck who never traveled outside the US and thinks US is the greatest country on earth
As to being a "red neck." Well, it's true that I do work outside quite a bit, but that is usually pretty standard for someone with a natural resource education who is working in a natural resource/land management job for the gov-ment. I've forgotten more about river remediation than you will ever know. So there is that. And if the price for American dominance is some river pollution and that we are not as "happy" as some places, well I can live with that. You can to because you don't have a choice. hahaha
Having to go to the post count? hahaha That is practically waving the white flag. Pathetic.apparently I'm the one who hit a nerve bro
look at you miserable pos with 100 posts on this board since 2004 crawling like a mother er at each and every one of my posts
Oh my bad, I forgot you were French for a second.
"The victims of fatal shootings are diverse, as are the reasons for their deaths, but the national conversation doesn’t allow for much complexity. And that means that for all the grief and haranguing and calls to action, we’re likely missing opportunities to bring that number down."
"But it's so clear."
Ultimately pushing ineffective solutions which forces the other side to defend their national right is what prevents us from getting to effective solutions.
Thinking you are part of the solution but actually a part of the problem.
What about doing the same thing that caused Britain and Australia to have one combined mass shooting since then? It's not like you can't go back on that decision once you made it. Try it for a while, if doesn't change you can go back to how things were, tbh."And it’s unclear what would work best to prevent gun terrorism or mass shootings, two related categories of gun death that are relatively small but receive outsize attention."
From the 538 article linked in the article. "It's so clear".
Gun control? No, thanks. This guy likes having the ability to return fire. I imagine there are one or two European folks who wished they had that ability in the last few years.
Did stringent gun control policies stop the Paris attacks?
No, did looser gun control stop 9/11?
So it went from "clear" to "let's try this and see if it works". Gun death in mass shootings is small. I'm not going to ban automobiles because people want to blow through a crowd in them. Also there are 300mil guns you can't just try that. Especially because in reality people will be willing to lose their lives to defend their right of gun ownership.
You can make bombs in your kitchen. In the future it will easy to 3d print guns. Gun control is short sighted and ineffective. Especially compared to other solutions that don't get attention because nuanced solutions aren't divisive enough. We have to have an us vs them. My solution is "clear" you guys are "idiots".
All I know is that in countries where there's stricter gun control policies mass-shootings are almost once in a lifetime event. In the US, it feels like once per month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Switzerland
"Firearms legislation in Switzerland is comparatively liberal, more similar to gun politics in the United States than to that in most European Union countries."
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...the-world.html
Switzerland safer than Australia and Britian.
It's...it's... clear though. Take away all the guns. Is there potential consequences of that? I don't know(potential consequences have not been considered) the solution is too clear to ignore.
Comparing countries of 8 million people to countries of 30/60 million.
Guys this is enough, just grab some guns an blow your ing heads off...
Comparing geneous islands with 30/60mil people to diverse non-island countries with 330+mil people.
24mil(Australia) is only 3 times Switzerland's population. 330mil(America) is nearly 14 times Australia's population. That is the comparison you've been running with all day.
Actually, I'm compraing geneous islands of 30/60 million people with looser gun control policies to geneous islands of 30/60 millions people with stricter gun control policies.Comparing geneous islands with 30/60mil people to diverse non-island countries with 330+mil people.
And we hired quite a few more armed Sky Marshals after that. How about this one, London terrorist attack last year. The attack went on for eight mins with four unarmed officers being hurt. The attack ends in 20 secs of armed officers arriving on the scene. Bad guys will do bad things even if they can't get guns. Being stabbed or run over doesn't make people any less dead.
No, you've been comparing other countries to the US.
This is the outsized attention for the relatively small amount of deaths that 538 is speaking about."And it’s unclear what would work best to prevent gun terrorism or mass shootings, two related categories of gun death that are relatively small but receive outsize attention."
From the 538 article linked in the article. "It's so clear".
Does anyone remember how effective prohibition of alcohol and war on drugs were in America?
Police officers should have guns. Armed police officers aren't the same as armed civilians. No matter how crazy of a gun fanatic chances are that civilians either freeze or get overtaken by the situation during a terrorist attack of such magnitude and end up causing even more harm.
And yeah, I agree that if a crazy wants to do damage he will find a way to do it. But it's about making it harder for him, to cause the least damage possible and to prevent the lesser crazy s from doing it all-toghether. For example: if a school kid has a psychotic outburst for a moment, if he has a gun in hand he will do damage, if not he won't or at least will do less damage.
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