Unlimited "Guns, Fuck Yeah!" Thread

[Freeky]

I don't believe idiocy counts for all of that inattention. Some of it is from the mindset one gets when they just constantly "make do," which is what the prideful, the ignorant, and those who are all too aware that they are too close to poverty for comfort call going without. It saps one's strength and attention, as I'm sure many here know firsthand, and one experiencing the doubtful pleasure of making due might have an inkling of why societies didn't form until there was extra of the things that were needed.

There's a lot of insight to be had on just the other side of the fence fromvl the yard with the bottom layer people. It's no wonder people research this, the effects are so fascinating!

Misunderstand me not; I am maybe far from the very bottom. But I see it there, all the same. The future is all lined up, from an empty fridge (the scariest vision of all) right on down to the Orange Grove/I10 overpass in summer, where you can never escape the stench of things used up, out of luck, and very very DEAD.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Gun control - The brit approach   

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I get the sense that the whole gun control "debate" is a red herring that is being purposefully amplified by politicians on all sides of the aisle because real issues like financial corruption, income inequality, the prison-industrial complex, and the revolving door of private interests and positions of power are all a bit too inconvenient, complex, and intractable for the common American idiot to focus on for any period of time.

Focusing on any of those things could result in the public demanding they DO something, and DOING something would impede the ability of the super-rich to continue getting super-richer. Gun control, on the other hand, won't change anything, so all the major corporations remain happy and the gap between the rich and poor continues to widen and our social problems continue to worsen... but that only affects the plebes, so it doesn't really matter.

[AFK]

That's bullshit because it isn't either/or.  And a majority of the public right now does want Congress to do something about gun violence and gun regultation, WHILE, they are also working on the economy.

[East Coast Hustle]

Thank god we designed a system with built in check against being governed by the whims of the populace, huh?

[AFK]

Yes, because public safety is an awful "whim". 

[East Coast Hustle]

So far, you have managed to be completely unable to present so much as a shred of actual evidence that any sort of gun control will result in improved public safety.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

But but but it can be rolled in with policies that DO do something!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Thereby making it magically do something, too!

[P3nT4gR4m]

The Hosrie is strong in this one

[East Coast Hustle]

[AFK]

So far, you have managed to be completely unable to present so much as a shred of actual evidence that any sort of gun control will result in improved public safety.

It's pretty fundamental really.  Increase the opportunities for intervention, whether it is the attempts to purchase guns to be used for gun violemce, or the actual act of gun violence itself.  I did post earlier a piece written by a gun owner from Texas who believed that measures such as restricting magazine capacity could create those extra seconds first responders need to incapacitate an assailant and reduce the body count.

[P3nT4gR4m]

So far, you have managed to be completely unable to present so much as a shred of actual evidence that any sort of gun control will result in improved public safety.

It's pretty fundamental really.  Increase the opportunities for intervention, whether it is the attempts to purchase guns to be used for gun violemce, or the actual act of gun violence itself.  I did post earlier a piece written by a gun owner from Texas who believed that measures such as restricting magazine capacity could create those extra seconds first responders need to incapacitate an assailant and reduce the body count.

If I had half the mag capacity, I'd walk in with twice as many guns. Next pile of hypothetical bullshit?

[AFK]

Which may be easy for you, but harder for others.  We're talking population level here, not individual. 

[East Coast Hustle]

So far, you have managed to be completely unable to present so much as a shred of actual evidence that any sort of gun control will result in improved public safety.

It's pretty fundamental really.  Increase the opportunities for intervention, whether it is the attempts to purchase guns to be used for gun violemce, or the actual act of gun violence itself.  I did post earlier a piece written by a gun owner from Texas who believed that measures such as restricting magazine capacity could create those extra seconds first responders need to incapacitate an assailant and reduce the body count.

I'm sorry, did you include any evidence that gun control would improve public safety in that post?

Because either I'm blind or you don't understand what the word "evidence" means.