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In reply to the discussion: BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE A GUN PROBLEM IN AMERICA [View all]billh58
(6,655 posts)Last edited Fri Dec 14, 2012, 08:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Yes we can stop crazy people from getting guns by making guns very hard to get and keep. We had some fairly sane laws on the books until the fucking NRA and its red necked zombie followers started buying and intimidating politicians.
Those of you who claim some sort of "inalienable right" to carry fucking guns around in society for "self-protection" are a large part of the problem because you can't hold on to the fucking things. Too many guns in the hands of too many people will (and does) lead to too many crazies with fucking guns, and too many deaths of innocent people.
Yes, we CAN stop insane people from doing insane things with guns, and the answer is simple when you take away the fucking NRA blinders and the insane shit about the Right to Kill and Bury Americans (RKBA). You want a gun? Then jump through the hoops necessary to protect the rest of society, and be responsible for the fucking thing.
The argument that "gun control legislation can't prevent gun violence" is a logical fallacy on its face, and bullshit on its merits. Of course tight regulation of a poisonous substance can be imposed to the point of minimizing its impact on the public, and has been done with many products. Guns are indeed just as detrimental to our health as any other poisonous product. And, guns can be safely regulated as soon as people like you stop enabling the NRA-inspired gun fanatics and cultists in this country with bullshit illogical platitudes and false arguments.