Is now the time to talk about reducing gun violence?

[Silent3]

After all, right after a terrible mass shooting is never the right time, according to some people.

COVID-19 seems to have slowed down gun violence... so does that make now the time to talk about?

Nah... people can't be expected to think about gun violence at a time like this!

[Claustrum]

1. With their logic, we shouldn't even talk about COVID-19

It's still happening, we shouldn't talk about it now /s

But why are republican blaming China and WHO? It's so hard to follow their logic and rules.

[doc03]

2. You notice the Republicans saying the flu, swimming pools, drugs

whatever kills people but we aren't shutting down the country. I haven't heard one of them say guns are killing people.

[Goodheart]

3. No, we need lots of guns because, after all, they cause fewer deaths than the flu.

/sarcasm

[gibraltar72]

4. No it's too soon. maybe later when we're not so emotional.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Couple of days after Nova Scotia shootings, PM Trudeau promised more gun controls coming

Two or more guns used came from the US (illegally, of course).

[Silent3]

6. Well, that's Canada!

They've always been terrible about defending the US Second Amendment!

[Dial H For Hero]

7. Sure. What polilcies do you recommend?

[Silent3]

9. The post was mainly about how, for the right wing, it's never time to talk about this...

...regardless of circumstances, but just for the record, I'd recommend, at a federal level, not just state-by-state:

* Better enforcement of existing gun laws.
* Universal background checks.
* Waiting periods.
* Legally required safety training.
* Closing gun show and private sale loopholes.
* Banning of sales of weapons that have no realistic use for hunting or personal self-defense.
* Same for large-capacity magazines, bump stocks and the like.
* Buy-backs like Beto O'Rourke proposes.
* High taxes on ammunition.
* Revocation of "stand your ground" laws that go as far as defending things like the killing of Trayvon Martin.

Probably a few more things if I keep thinking about it, but I think you get the picture. Most, if not all of this, is pretty standard for the Democratic platform, and widely supported by many Americans.

[Dial H For Hero]

11. That's certainly the case. As for your specific proposals:

* Better enforcement of existing gun laws.: Agreed

* Universal background checks.: Agreed.

* Waiting periods.: Partial agreement. I would argue for a licensing system that incorporates a waiting period for one's first firearm. After that, there's no point.

* Legally required safety training.: Agreed, as part of a licensing system.

* Closing gun show and private sale loopholes.: Agreed.

* Banning of sales of weapons that have no realistic use for hunting or personal self-defense.: Disagree. "Assault weapon" bans are based on cosmetic features. Therer's no practical difference between an AR-15 and a Mini-14.

* Same for large-capacity magazines, bump stocks and the like.: Disagree. One can change reduced capacity magazine in seconds, rendering a ban on normal capacity magazine pointless. As for bump stocks, they've recently been banned.

* Buy-backs like Beto O'Rourke proposes.: Disagree. The blowback from confiscating tens of millions of the most popular rifles in America would ensure Republican rule for a generation.

* High taxes on ammunition.: Disagree: What's the point? Even if the already existing tax was increased by !000%, it wouldn't prevent someone bent on a massacre from accumulating a couple of hundred rounds.

* Revocation of "stand your ground" laws that go as far as defending things like the killing of Trayvon Martin.: Agreed.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

8. What's stopping you?

[Silent3]

10. Nothing personally!

Which is kind of the point of this post.