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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
I don't care to try..........and my "politeness" level to you is unchanged. Your perception or your backbone might have changed, however.
Your approach, if measured in generations, has merit for the specific type of domestic violence that you refer. Unfortunately, it fails for two specific reasons:
1) It would need to carry some significant strength whereby the number of legal weapons is significantly reduced throughout the country. As you know, under the current political climate, this is impossible.
2) It addresses the domestic violence with handguns that is quite prevalent in society today and seeks to reduce the casualties from that violence. It fails to address the random violence committed by one deranged individual who carefully planned an attack on a large group of sitting ducks.
Now, notice that the thread is all about the second paragraph, as noted above. It is not about the first paragraph.
Therefore, all I can suggest to you, is that you're right back where you started............no realistic plan to accomplish the goal..........and the need to "do something". Is that "polite" enough for you?
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total restriction on handguns would certainly have an effect on mass shootings.
interesting statistics-
A Guide to Mass Shootings in America | Mother Jones
Most popular mass shooting weapon is the semiautomatic handgun, check out the statistics in the link. Yes, I know it upsets you that we could ban all handguns after the fact, but still, no handguns would force mass shooters to move to a much larger, and much more likely to be detected earlier weapon.
If someone has it in their head to kill a bunch of people with a gun, any time and any place they do it will be a surprise, and it will probably be successful. However, that does not mean that there might not be an improvement in the murder rates of the country as a by product.
I think its ridiculous for you to specify that we can only discuss ways to resolve mass shooting problems. Any legislation would have effect on all firearm crime, not just mass shootings.
quote- "Since 1982, there have been at least 62 mass murders
* carried out with firearms across the country, with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii. We've mapped them below, including details on the shooters' identities, the types of weapons they used, and the number of victims they injured and killed."
12-17-2012, 07:20 PM
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