Gun Control & RKBA

acalix

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22. Go only after handguns.

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:11 AM

Aug 2014

The effect of long guns on homicides is very minimal. That's because they are much harder to conceal so criminals generally prefer knives even if they tend to be less lethal. Mass shootings are too much of a statistical anomaly to base policies on IMO (not to sound cruel).

Take Austria for example. Handguns require a license while any citizen can own a hunting rifle or shotgun without a license.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics#Austria

Gun homicide rate was 0.10 in 2011 over there.

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Gun control as part of an effort to reduce violence [View all] sarisataka Aug 2014 OP

I read that post, and I agree. But, to many, it just seems so much simpler to outlaw guns. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #1

Meanwhile the NRA and their buddy gun manufacturing industry is busy selling guns to children Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #2

seriously? discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #3

First thing I thought of: "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL NO!" friendly_iconoclast Aug 2014 #4

and it ain't over now... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #5

Straight from the church of the sub genius...so it must be true. ileus Aug 2014 #26

I had to Google it, not being a member myself. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #9

Never heard of Crickett rifles? Put that in your Goggle and fire it. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #12

You should check out their "Banquet Program Package", two pink and two black Cricketts! NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #15

The NRA and gun manufacturers are joined at the hip, so yes, the NRA does sell them...happy to Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #17

Hell my son can't even buy ammo for his pellet or airsoft guns ileus Aug 2014 #27

Is this an Onion piece? IronGate Aug 2014 #6

Military style assault rifles are WMD's by definition. The police are up against a nation of WMD Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #7

This has got to be an Onion piece, IronGate Aug 2014 #8

WMD: weapons of minimal destruction. ileus Aug 2014 #28

Now you're just making stuff up. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #10

Just keep makin' stuff up - it's very persuasive DonP Aug 2014 #11

weap�on of mass de�struc�tion sarisataka Aug 2014 #13

Non-automatic centerfire .22's DEFINITELY fall under that definition!!! benEzra Aug 2014 #29

So.... sarisataka Aug 2014 #14

Either/or works for me: Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #16

Hey,this is an overture. Be nice and contribute to a conversation. nt flamin lib Aug 2014 #18

By far the largest problem is handguns acalix Aug 2014 #19

Assault weapons are a symptom of a larger problem and flamin lib Aug 2014 #21

Go only after handguns. acalix Aug 2014 #22

I'm with ya on all that. Don't see the need for a total ban on short guns but I'm not in favor of flamin lib Aug 2014 #23

And a good case for armies to exchange their guns for knives, which kill more people than long guns. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #32

Straw man acalix Aug 2014 #38

being a word usage nazi, gejohnston Aug 2014 #39

Well we got off to a fine start! Ignore the flame bait and stay on topic, there is promise here. flamin lib Aug 2014 #20

I give flamers sarisataka Aug 2014 #24

It looks like just you and me. As I said in that other thread, nobody in this group wants flamin lib Aug 2014 #31

When a child holds a gun, the child is the gun owner. By definition a 9 year old is not a Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #33

I believe we have lurkers sarisataka Aug 2014 #35

As you have previously stated, however... derby378 Aug 2014 #44

question about this armory gejohnston Aug 2014 #45

The only an armory could pass Constitutional muster is if its voluntary derby378 Aug 2014 #46

Controversial opinion acalix Aug 2014 #25

I don't recall suicide being in the op. nt flamin lib Aug 2014 #30

A lot of people here use it as an argument acalix Aug 2014 #40

Read Final Exit from the Hemlock Society. flamin lib Aug 2014 #41

Keep in mind... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #34

I know there are a lot of sarisataka Aug 2014 #36

"Some of it is beneficial without even being restrictive." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #42

Be honest, for every "total ban" type there's a SAM owner. flamin lib Aug 2014 #37

SAM discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #43