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JJLehto
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I mean we couldn't even pass the Toomey-Manchin bill which is a pretty non threatening moderate bill put forward by a libertarian Republican from a mostly rural state and a conservative Dem from WV.
So yeah we probably don't have much hope for even reasonable laws. And sure Vegas was an unprecedented tragedy in size, but Sandy Hook was 20 children. So if the mass murder of 20 elementary age children was not able to prompt even mild reform, why will this? Not to be bleak or anything ha
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JJLehto
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Actually more I thought about it, not even sure that's realistic, esp in a busy Vegas hotel let's say.
I know little of gun laws state to state but educated guess, Nevada probably has quite lax laws. Oh yeah just cause I am less into gun control than the avg liberal it's deff essential. Like I said above it seems there are studies to show it likely will bring some decrease in crime, and its very likely to decrease suicides. Would be nice to have US based studies but again, we cant fund them/are afraid to because of the NRA. That sure is some freedom! That really is the problem, from what I have seen I THINK most American's are pretty on board with more stringent checks and even things like assault rifle regulation and what not (though support for outright bans has dropped....thanks unnecessary Obama anger) it really shouldn't be this difficult, but $ in politics
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Atavachron
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Since it is unlikely there are more crazy people prone to violence in the US than in any other big modern country, it falls on gun availability. More specifically, particular gun laws which don't discriminate much between something reasonable for home defense such as an automatic eight-shot pistol, and something unnecessary like a machine gun or other weapon of war (many of which are already illegal to own or sell). As gun materials and construction has improved and cost of production gone down, machine-type guns have become common and cheap, much like automatic flick-knives were of the mid-20th century.
When the American gun culture, both the thoughtful intelligent people and the lowbrow morons, evolves to recognize all non gun owners' right to not be under threat, then maybe loopholes, gun shows, internet sales, illegal exchanges, and shady backroom dealings will be cracked down on. Until then I don't see the "If you can own one Uzi why not ten?" attitude changing. |
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Man With Hat
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^ would they be able to stop him? Honest question...what's the law (in Nevada) about bringing concealed (or unconcealed for that matter) weapons into a hotel?
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JJLehto
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Someone, from Europe, asked me this very same question. Do you have your bags searched in Europe? Here, they dont. In all my life, I never once have seen our bags searched when entering a hotel, nor have I ever heard of it. Ever. It's just not something we do. Which after this, may be something we should think about. Thinking about it, kind of amazing it's not been until now something like this happened. It's come out that between the hotel and his house, the gunman had 42 weapons, as well as ammonium nitrate in his car. He had 23 weapons with him in the hotel. Also wired $100,000 to the Philippines and seems to have had a major gambling problem. So way too soon to draw any possible motives, could be any number of things. What I do know is: No one, no one, has any reason to have 42 weapons. Sorry to your rights, and I am a big rights guy and fairly neutral on guns, but 42??? Cmon And yeah maybe we should start screening bags when entering a hotel, would be very easy to do and ya know, probably shouldn't just let people walk in when they may possibly have 23 weapons on em
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Equality 7-2521
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Walked in with them in his luggage? Not exactly a hard hurtle to pass.
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Quinino
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As if it makes any difference - it seems there were at least 20 (twenty) rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition... |
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Blacksword
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As an American colleague once said to me when I asked him why you 'need' guns. He said it asn't about need it was about ones 'goddamn right!' |
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How the hell did he get into a hotel in Vegas with 10 automatic weapons?
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chopper
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I guess they just want the right to shoot any who burgles their house or generally upsets them in some way. Whatever it is they don't seem likely to give up the right any time soon, no matter how many times this sort of thing happens
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Blacksword
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The Second Ammendment may have been appropriate in the violent beginnings of the USA, in the days of muskets, tricorn hats and going into battle on horseback, but it actually doesn't stand up now. At it's heart is the citizens right to form militia's to defend itself against tyrannical governance. What's not understood is that if a tyrannical government seriously wanted to 'enslave' citizens, they would simply carpet bomb them from the air, and a basement full of semi auto's is not going to stop that.
Unless the ammendment is ammended to allow for citizerns to have tactical nuclear weapons on their front lawns, it's not worth paper it's written on, and is really just an excuse for the arms industry to profit from mass murder. |
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JJLehto
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The funny thing is while I, like many Americans, see the need for sensible gun laws I have always been fairly neutral on this issue, even believing as long as you pass stringent criminal and health screenings then sure why not have your damn assault rifle (though personally I see no reason why anyone needs an automatic weapon, see no appeal in guns, and am a little sketched out by people who have this rager for them). Though as mass shootings have increased and the prevalence of automatic weapons used with em, I am now starting to reconsider.
These mass shootings are always either a case of mental illness, or terrorism of whatever variety. The latter, not sure off hand what can be done, but for the former again stringent screenings are needed and a better mental health system in general. Then there are all the other gun crimes, the bunch that happen every day and gets little attention outside local news. I think this is mostly socioeconomic and needs to be tackled a whole different way, and gun laws may not be super helpful there. But thats all for another time. Yeah it's ridiculous here. The majority of sensible people are basically held hostage by a very very loud, ideological minority. At the very least there is evidence to suggest gun control would reduce suicide, of which 40,000 a year currently happen, and there may be evidence suggesting less guns does lead to some decline in crime rate. I think it's something we should at least look into, but oops we can't...I found out today apparently there is a ban on federal funding into gun research in the US. No joke, was passed by Congress in 1996 spurred on by ya guessed it, the NRA. Apparently even though it's still possible to do, and Obama actually asked people to research it, the lack of funding and fear of immense social backlash has paralyzed researchers. Sheeeeeeeesh if these people are so sure guns dont cause crime, and more guns would actually make us safer why are they scared to even have us look into the issue? hmmmmm
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npjnpj
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Having lived only in countries with extremely strict gun control, I personally don’t know anyone who owns a gun, nor have I ever seen one outside a museum or an exhibition in my entire life. Any mass shootings have been very rare and have occurred many years apart.
My view is: if you have next to no gun control, this is what you have to expect, so quit whining when stuff happens. And don’t give me this bullsh*t about guns not killing people. |
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JJLehto
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Yes, a man with 10 automatic weapons stood on his 32nd story hotel balcony and fired into a crowd of 22,000 people. Last I saw 58 dead with 515 injured.
White guy (and thank god, if this was a muslim we'd already have a "Make America a Police State and Kill all Muslims on sight" bill passed and signed) and too early to tell what possible motivation there was. Not much detail at all, that all will come with time. All I know is IF it turns out he had some red flags....then there is NO excuse anymore for us to reject universal, strict loophole free background checks, and the willingess to deny certain people. Though even if he's 100% spotless and this was a total out of the blue incident, we still should probably have a discussion as a nation if anyone needs 10 automatic weapons. Which is unlikely. The NRA is a very powerful lobby...and if anyone objects to it being so simple, just look up NRA contributions. Here let's make it easy...here is a state by state list of politicians they have given $ to since 1998 http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/nra-donations/ Look at the letter next to the vast majority of names...says all we need right there. And I mean, sensible gun laws are actually very popular, but there's a disconnect between people and the politicians. Again, the $ says all you need.
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The T
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All hail the Second Amendment of the US Constitution!
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Absolutely wonderful story on the BBC news website reporting that an Irish champion greyhound (as in doggy racing) has tested positive for cocaine.
The mind boggles....some people will do anything for money Edited by lazland - September 14 2017 at 11:09 |
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The T
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It was even more devastating on several Caribbean islands, particularly Barbuda and St. Martin. I'm sure Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas also had a lot of damage.
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Right now they're saying almost a quarter of homes in the Keys are destroyed. Incredible.
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Teo,
I'm glad to see that you are OK. My parents are still without power but otherwise they made it through unscathed too.
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