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In reply to the discussion: Police: 5 people dead in Phoenix shooting; shooter among dead [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)33. It's worked really well with drugs, so I don't see any reason not to extend that idea
I'm not against gun control because of "mah rahts", I just haven't seen many suggestions that wouldn't make things worse, and outright prohibition definitely would make things worse IMO, because nothing and I mean nothing is going to get rid of the 300 million or so guns that are out there right now. And everything we do shakes up the nuts so much that they go and double their arsenal sizes, which makes things worse.
Concentrate on the operators. Do a Federal license system, though that's a stretch. Shut down the Ring of Fire 2.0 gunmakers. Pass an Interstate trafficking law with real teeth, to include straw purchases. Registration would be awesome, but so would universal single payer; one step at a time.
EDIT: that said, I like the focus on handguns, because that is what's actually killing people.
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Yeah, really, four people plus the shooter doesn't rise to any standard of newsworthyness.
enough
Oct 2013
#15
Proves guns increase murder. If I had a gun when my neighbor's dog barked I wouldve used it
ErikJ
Oct 2013
#17
It's worked really well with drugs, so I don't see any reason not to extend that idea
Recursion
Oct 2013
#33
Don't see the point of registration and liablity insurance would make the NRA a fortune
hack89
Oct 2013
#36
One of my softball teammates lives there - shooting happened right across the street
dbackjon
Oct 2013
#43