Gun Control & RKBA

pablo_marmol

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3. And if gun control was truly about sympathy for the victims........

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 12:18 AM

Jul 2015

......gun restriction proponents would be driven to educate themselves on all things relating to gun violence. They are not.

They would be intensely interested in what liberal criminologists who disagree with what completely ignorant talking heads have to say. They are not.

They would stop and scratch their heads upon discovering that gun violence has been dropping sharply while the number of the nation's guns has been increasing. They do not.

They would speak less. And read more. They would taunt less. And read more. They would sneer less. And read more.

They wouldn't be interested in the least about what "guns are designed to do" -- as they would recognize the obvious -- that emotion-baiting questions like this distract from more intelligent questions, such as: "How can we reduce the number of firearms that end up in criminal hands?" Or...."What are the holes in law enforcement data sharing that result in tragedies?"

They would actually be able to define what an "assault weapon" is. And once they could.....they would recognize that the angst surrounding these rifles is unfounded, and discontinue support for assinine bans.

They wouldn't lie about "bans" on research......then proceed to ignore what the researchers say when it conflicts with their talking points.

They wouldn't be solely focused on restricting guns as a "solution" to gun violence.

The list is truly endless.

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If gun control really is about sympathy for the victims [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 OP

From another OP discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2015 #1

Don't see any sympathy from the gun control side for people murdered by other then a gun either Lurks Often Jul 2015 #2

And if gun control was truly about sympathy for the victims........ pablo_marmol Jul 2015 #3

Well, it would end at some point shadowrider Jul 2015 #4

"Do they only have moral value if they're raped, murdered, robbed and/or beaten?" Shamash Jul 2015 #5

While there is sympathy Matrosov Jul 2015 #6

If only you could find a reality in which that was true Shamash Jul 2015 #7

The problem is estimation Matrosov Jul 2015 #8

THe US is ranked 108th out of 218 countries for intentional homicide rates worldwide Lurks Often Jul 2015 #9

No, it is not a problem of estimation Shamash Jul 2015 #10

If "estimates" are a problem how is it that you speak with such certainty that offenses Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #11

They hate guns with a passion. MicaelS Jul 2015 #12

I can't help but recommend this, it's very true AuntPatsy Jul 2015 #13

Gun Control is about CONTROL....nothing else. ileus Jul 2015 #14

From what I have seen from some controllers, it is more about taking advantage of tragedy... Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #15