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originally posted by: violet
a reply to: RalagaNarHallas
The China event was 10 attackers who killed 28.
That’s 2.8 killed per attacker .
Florida was one person who took out 17
I also suppose if you can’t get your hands on guns (unless you live in America) a knife is the weapon of choice
originally posted by: nOraKat
a reply to: SailorJerry
And then SOMEONE is going to have to go get them from citizens. Im willing to bet that voluntary list is going to be very very short.
I imagine when automatic weapons were banned in Australia, people thought the same thing. That there was going to be a sh# storm. But there was no sh# storm, and people voluntarily handed in their guns (though they did get paid for them - paid for by the citizens own tax contributions).
originally posted by: burgerbuddy
originally posted by: violet
a reply to: RalagaNarHallas
The China event was 10 attackers who killed 28.
That’s 2.8 killed per attacker .
Florida was one person who took out 17
I also suppose if you can’t get your hands on guns (unless you live in America) a knife is the weapon of choice
Oh you can die here as fast as being shot.
Just need to be an asshole part time bus driver and kill 19 in a heartbeat.
Or how bout a night time ride through the Andes or the himalayas in a bus?
originally posted by: Nexttimemaybe
As long as all gun owners are able to prove they are part of a well regulated militia I see no reason why people can't own rocket launchers and flame throwers if that's what they want.
That's reasonable right?
originally posted by: RalagaNarHallas
www.politico.com... they dont even think the bump stock ban or even increased NCIS will pass this has a snowballs chance in hell of passingi could even see trump vetoing it
But that proposal has been rejected twice by the Senate in the past five years, despite public support for instituting background checks on Internet and gun show sales. And the chief GOP sponsor of the Fix NICS bill rejected Schumer’s plea to go much bigger than improving the existing background check system. “I’m for doing what’s achievable. If we want to get bogged down again, do nothing? To me that’s unacceptable,” said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas). Fix NICS is “the most obvious place to start. I’m not saying finish there, but start there and let’s get that done.” It’s unclear precisely what Trump wants Congress to do. He has spoken of improving background checks, raising the age for buying some rifles to 21 and enacting a ban on bump stocks, which allows semi-automatic weapons to mimic the rate of fire of fully automatic ones. But Republicans are bearish on doing much beyond Fix NICS and enacting a bump stock ban, with that perhaps being done under the president’s executive authority. “Most of us believe that’s a Second Amendment right that’s not to be trifled with,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) of the gun control debate. He said both Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had little appetite for a big gun debate. “We’re not going to ban the AR-15. But we can ban bump stocks. I don’t know about the age change,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in an interview with The Greenville News. “I don’t know where that’s going to go. It depends on what the president does.”
and if they do some how manage to get it passed and its not vetoed the scotus will take it up and crush it like DC hand gun ban Goursh is far from anti gun would almost be worth it to have it pass just to have SCOTUS rule it unconstitutional so it cant be attempted again
Yeh...cuz next thing you know it, somebody will propose a "Patriot Act" or some fool notion. Way to integrity, 'Murica!
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: Xcathdra
The United States must not devolve into a group of fearful children willing to give away Rights to maintain the illusion of security.