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rjsquirrel

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5. I'm guessing this is meant to

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:37 PM

Jun 2016

be a defense of assault weapon ownership.

Yeah murders are down. But mass shootings are at an all time high. Sick deflection dude.

RKBA nuts need to have something to compensate for their tiny little ... Minds.

I don't see why DU tolerates them.

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Does anyone care that the murder rate in the US is lower than it has been in a long time? [View all] NobodyHere Jun 2016 OP

Context? gollygee Jun 2016 #1

As a great comfort to 50 grieving families, maybe? gratuitous Jun 2016 #4

It's more than 50. I imagine every family member of the survivors is grieving today. Cassiopeia Jun 2016 #52

The context for me is NobodyHere Jun 2016 #8

Still the worst internationally for gun violence. panader0 Jun 2016 #19

And that is supposed to make us feel better about the mass murder? Wtf? uppityperson Jun 2016 #2

Does anyone care that the concentration of victims in shootings is higher than ever? onehandle Jun 2016 #3

I'm guessing this is meant to rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #5

Did you dispose of your guns, or are you still availing yourself of the RKBA? Marengo Jun 2016 #41

Shhh lancer78 Jun 2016 #6

Who said anything about banning guns? rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #9

Banning semi-auto rifles lancer78 Jun 2016 #11

That is utter nonsense rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #12

Full-auto guns are currently legal at the federal level. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #26

Bollocks rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #66

Now you have been educated. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #69

But you probably believe in stricter controls on drunk driving. roamer65 Jun 2016 #16

Drinking and driving lancer78 Jun 2016 #25

The killer was getting sloppy drunk at the club during previous visits Fumesucker Jun 2016 #49

He used weapons gained under the system to commit a crime. roamer65 Jun 2016 #65

If you have a CC license 1939 Jun 2016 #73

"is pretty much as strict as can be without banning alcohol." Lonusca Jun 2016 #67

What militia do you belong to? bunnies Jun 2016 #22

More importantly angrychair Jun 2016 #28

"For 500 lives a year, I am not willing to do that" bunnies Jun 2016 #17

I know...right... dhill926 Jun 2016 #38

Where the hell do you pull that 500 a year number from? Cassiopeia Jun 2016 #53

The number of accidental gun deaths is 500-600 per year nationally. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #70

Link? Stats I've seen put accidental gun deaths at 2,500 per year. SunSeeker Jun 2016 #71

There's no such thing as an accidental gun death. Cassiopeia Jun 2016 #72

Forty years of advances in emergency medicine makes a difference struggle4progress Jun 2016 #7

And birth control JI7 Jun 2016 #13

Ding. +1 Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2016 #31

Mass shootings in a age of instant mass awareness of such news. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #10

wtf is your point? bunnies Jun 2016 #14

NRA talking point. Even one unpurchased gun is too high a price to save one life. nt onehandle Jun 2016 #18

Yeah. I just responded upthread bunnies Jun 2016 #20

20 times lancer78 Jun 2016 #27

Did you answer my question about the 500 free deaths yet? bunnies Jun 2016 #33

A drunk driver lancer78 Jun 2016 #40

Stop deflecting metroins Jun 2016 #62

The problem is banning Alcohol failed in the past and will fail again in the future Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #34

purposely obtuse... dhill926 Jun 2016 #39

Right-wing talking point Dem2 Jun 2016 #50

The completely bullshit thing about this comparison is Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #56

I tend to agree Dem2 Jun 2016 #59

Yep, these are posts you expect to see on right-wing gun forums Dem2 Jun 2016 #45

What "right-wing talking points" TeddyR Jun 2016 #55

perhaps, but the year is yet young quaker bill Jun 2016 #15

It's down worldwide, probably because we all stopped using leaded gas Recursion Jun 2016 #21

That's an awful truth. I breathed a lot of lead as a kid in Los Angeles. hunter Jun 2016 #68

The murder rate overall is lower, BUT: Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #23

But the mass shooting frequency lancer78 Jun 2016 #29

Except we constantly have mass shooting. Constantly. scscholar Jun 2016 #36

Thats because lancer78 Jun 2016 #42

Just because media likes to sensationalize them doesn't mean the murders Jim Beard Jun 2016 #61

No, it's not? Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #44

So gun laws in Europe work, except when they dont? Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #57

Far better than in the USA Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #60

How are we doing versus England or France or Germany or Canada or Australia? YouDig Jun 2016 #24

I don't accept that number. Zippyzagnut Jun 2016 #30

How far are you willing lancer78 Jun 2016 #43

The 2nd Amendment can go. IMO. GeorgeGist Jun 2016 #46

Can the 4th and 5th lancer78 Jun 2016 #47

How about the 8th? TeddyR Jun 2016 #54

Like saying the death rate is down for cancer stopbush Jun 2016 #32

Recent data shows a clear upward trend in firearm injuries and a clear downward trend struggle4progress Jun 2016 #35

I still piss on your guns. hunter Jun 2016 #37

No, not really. GaYellowDawg Jun 2016 #48

No doubt a result of good guys with guns. /sarcasm BootinUp Jun 2016 #51

Not actually true - see within... Dem2 Jun 2016 #58

What's motor vehicle deaths have to with murder rate? Kilgore Jun 2016 #63

Nothing. Dem2 Jun 2016 #64

Got it Kilgore Jun 2016 #76

do you care that the murder rate and crime involving guns is way too high? etherealtruth Jun 2016 #74

Facts don't matter in today's political climate. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #75