Unlimited "Guns, Fuck Yeah!" Thread

[AFK]

Which would make sense if the homeless problem was actually caused by the homeless and not a shitty economy and "safety net" with gaping holes.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Which would make sense if the gun violence problem was actually caused by guns and not a shitty economy and "safety net" with gaping holes.

Fixed that for you.

[AFK]

Except for all of the gun violence carried out by middle-class white kids.

[Salty]

 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Which is a small minority of gun violence, as I'm sure you are aware.

And it, too, seems to be related to social stressors and a sense of insecurity.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

"all the gun violence carried out by middle-class white kids"   

So what you mean is the gun violence that counts, right?

[AFK]

The point being that, yes, it isn't ONE thing.  Which is why, again, gun control is a tool.  ONE tool.  It isn't THE solution, but it should be part of an over all toolbox aimed at a solution.

[AFK]

"all the gun violence carried out by middle-class white kids"   

So what you mean is the gun violence that counts, right?

No, what I mean is that it is a complex problem where you can't just point at one thing as an excuse to not do something.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

A little more on how the economic environment impacts gun violence: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2011/01/24/a-modest-proposal-for-curbing-homicides-socialism/

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's just a blog, but I didn't want to link the scholarly articles since apparently you can't see those.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/2012/07/26/the-jokers-wild/
http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/popular-freakonomics/2012/07/24/gun-violence-has-too-many-causes/

Reference, in case you get to a place were you have access:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953698000975

[AFK]

http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/popular-freakonomics/2012/07/24/gun-violence-has-too-many-causes/

This article is sayng exactly what I said two posts ago.  A complex issue where gun regulation should be one piece of the puzzle, but hasn't been, thanks to the influence of the NRA, and other "don't take our guns/arm everyone" types.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The point being that, yes, it isn't ONE thing.  Which is why, again, gun control is a tool.  ONE tool.  It isn't THE solution, but it should be part of an over all toolbox aimed at a solution.

You sure got one thing right.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/popular-freakonomics/2012/07/24/gun-violence-has-too-many-causes/

This article is sayng exactly what I said two posts ago.  A complex issue where gun regulation should be one piece of the puzzle, but hasn't been, thanks to the influence of the NRA, and other "don't take our guns/arm everyone" types.

I think you're confusing cause and effect.

[AFK]

So do you agree with that article or not?  YOU posted it.  Did you actually read the whole thing before you posted it?  Because it was made pretty clear in that article that, while yes it is a complex issue, gun control must be ONE element of the overall solution.