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[Tejas]

38. "20 mass shootings a year" - cite?

20 mass shootings a year, almost ten thousand murders a year committed with guns; you know, I don't really think this guy in Colorado would have been able to kill 14 people and injure 36 with a machete, or a bow and arrow. Would there be so many incidents of mass murder if guns were more regulated? No, probably not. You're talking as though the other factors are solely responsible; the fact is that a majority of murders aren't committed by mentally ill people, and other countries have probably worse socioeconomic problems while still having lower rates of violence (Greece and Italy come to mind for instance).



A gun being accessible somehow makes them go into Loughner mode? They see a gun and automatically want to murder people? The gun causes these events? Not trying to be difficult with you, I genuinely appreciate the cordial manner, but calling the gun the cause of an act is putting the cart before the horse.

Take drunk driving. It's not caused by the vehicle, it's caused by a very bad decision. Maybe my point in creating this thread is that we need to address the cause of these decisions(?)