View Poll Results: What should we do?
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Nothing, Cat is out of the bag and this is the cost of our "freedom"
16 10.26% -
Prison Time for gun owners who lose or have their gun stolen
30 19.23% -
Background checks and a waiting period for 100% of transactions
119 76.28% -
No semiautomatic anythings...
60 38.46% -
Tax gun sales with additional fee to go to mental health
70 44.87% -
Register ALL firearms and require insurance (car analogy)
101 64.74%
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05-25-2022, 12:21 PM #326__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________
"We don't need predator control, we need whiner control. Anyone who complains that "the gummint oughta do sumpin" about the wolves and coyotes should be darted, caged, and released in a more suitable habitat for them, like the middle of Manhattan." - Spats
"I'm constantly doing things I can't do. Thats how I get to do them." - Pablo Picasso
Cisco and his wife are fragile idiots who breed morons.
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05-25-2022, 12:23 PM #327__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________
"We don't need predator control, we need whiner control. Anyone who complains that "the gummint oughta do sumpin" about the wolves and coyotes should be darted, caged, and released in a more suitable habitat for them, like the middle of Manhattan." - Spats
"I'm constantly doing things I can't do. Thats how I get to do them." - Pablo Picasso
Cisco and his wife are fragile idiots who breed morons.
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05-25-2022, 12:24 PM #328
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05-25-2022, 12:25 PM #329
bla bla gun control doesn't work because Chicago. Chicago is the perfect example of why Gun Control MUST be NATIONAL, not local. If anyone tries to say Chicago gun violence isn't fueled by the ease of getting guns right next to Chicago you're full of shit. Any meaningful gun control MUST have border crossing inspections around said gun control area. It's gotta be at the national customs and border level to truly be "gun CONTROL".
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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05-25-2022, 12:26 PM #330
Nobody here thinks gun control would solve all of the problems associated with gun violence and nobody here at least is talking about taking guns away from law abiding citizens.
This has all been discussed at length in previous threads and the facts are it's not necessary to remove guns to lessen gun violence. Even though there are exceptions on average per capita places with stricter gun regulations experience less gun violence and less gun related suicides than places with fewer gun restrictions.
In reality people importuning "mental health" or "criminals" have little interest in closing loopholes, let alone stricter measures, that would deny guns to the mentally unwell or people who commit violence against women.
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05-25-2022, 12:27 PM #331__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________
"We don't need predator control, we need whiner control. Anyone who complains that "the gummint oughta do sumpin" about the wolves and coyotes should be darted, caged, and released in a more suitable habitat for them, like the middle of Manhattan." - Spats
"I'm constantly doing things I can't do. Thats how I get to do them." - Pablo Picasso
Cisco and his wife are fragile idiots who breed morons.
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05-25-2022, 12:28 PM #332
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05-25-2022, 12:29 PM #333
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05-25-2022, 12:29 PM #334
It wasn't word vomit to me, in fact they express somethign I feel deeply, that those without the ability to empathize with those who disagree with them should tend their own garden before they take part in the political debate. but I see you will dismiss it instead of interacting with it. Your choice. Why even bother replying?
I see the reasons people want gun control. There is some validity to them, but much magical thinking in how they imagine solutions and discuss them. They like to say there is no reason anyone could disagree with them, and do not view that is a fault in and of themsevles.__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________
"We don't need predator control, we need whiner control. Anyone who complains that "the gummint oughta do sumpin" about the wolves and coyotes should be darted, caged, and released in a more suitable habitat for them, like the middle of Manhattan." - Spats
"I'm constantly doing things I can't do. Thats how I get to do them." - Pablo Picasso
Cisco and his wife are fragile idiots who breed morons.
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05-25-2022, 12:32 PM #335__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________
"We don't need predator control, we need whiner control. Anyone who complains that "the gummint oughta do sumpin" about the wolves and coyotes should be darted, caged, and released in a more suitable habitat for them, like the middle of Manhattan." - Spats
"I'm constantly doing things I can't do. Thats how I get to do them." - Pablo Picasso
Cisco and his wife are fragile idiots who breed morons.
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05-25-2022, 12:36 PM #336
Look at this thread. Look at the responses.
This is all lip service.
Nothing is going to change in this country. Everyone is out for themselves here. Caring about others has become too problematic. Americans will blame anything they can do as to not feel any responsibility.
I’m disgusted with humans right now.
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05-25-2022, 12:42 PM #337
The way that tends to piss off both ends. In the same way that other rights are mostly inalienable (certain criminals can't vote or own guns), I'm not about to outlaw fireworks (not a right) because some dumbass held on to the M80 too long, but we can have fireworks bans during extreme fire danger. You have to be more delicate with actual rights.
So if we wish to mitigate the downside through "reasonable restriction" (1A no yelling fire in the theater) and avoid abuse (voter registration and ID are completely reasonable) you can also have things like universal background checks and some other qualifications/disqualifications. However, if you are going to reasonably restrict a right for the public good, the burden must fall on the public both in the name of individual protection and so as not to make a it a privelage of wealth. Just as poll taxes are illegal, so too should be background check fees etc. The government general fund bears the cost of voter reg and an election and so too should it be for background checks or any sort of carry permit or class requirement is a public interest and thus a public burden when it pertains to conditionally enabling a right. Similarly, there must be extraordinary safeguards and no individual costs when doing something as invasive or with abuse potential as red-flag laws, again, in the name of public safety at the curtailing of individual rights.
I'm not keen on feel-good and cosmetic rules that accomplish nothing, like mag size limits and "assault weapon" bans generally crafted by people who get their gun knowledge from CNN and anti-gun activists... while clearly crime associated limitations like destructive devices, machine guns, barrel length restrictions, and handgun age restrictions are arguably legitimate to curtail in various extents. I like urban/rural targeted rules rather than blanket rules... like open carry in a city is fucking asstardery while banning it the countryside is also fucking asstardery.
That ought to be enough to make everyone unhappy with me.Originally Posted by blurred
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05-25-2022, 12:48 PM #338
I already did. You have nothing to offer but your word vomit that you clearly impress yourself with - thus my comment above. You can't even see how obnoxious you are because you're so convinced you're in a superior moral position that no, everyone else is the asshole. I have no hate for you, that would be pointless.
All you have is your whataboutism, no data, no actual solutions, just your own smugness and endless time to spend on a keyboard.
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05-25-2022, 12:49 PM #339Registered User
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What resources are out there explaining things clearly on what could/should be done with gun control in America, and what non profits for gun control are out there that have clear goals and mission statements?
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05-25-2022, 12:51 PM #340
Stop fighting fucking Leroy. Everyone here reading TGR knows he is completely full of shit, has nothing to offer and wallows in his own shit.
Just ignore.
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05-25-2022, 12:51 PM #341
What kind of sick son of a bitch goes into a 4th grade classroom, chases little kids around, while he blows their guts and brains out?
Yes, guns need to go, but think about the level of insanity that requires, and think about the pre conditioning it takes a mind to commit such acts.
This shit was not happening 25 yrs ago.
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05-25-2022, 12:53 PM #342
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05-25-2022, 12:53 PM #343
Columbine was 1999.
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05-25-2022, 12:54 PM #344
Nah, just wasn't reported as much - https://www.k12academics.com/school-...-united-states
As far as options - there are a lot, but some of it has been impeded by the outlawing of firearm study by congress thanks to gun lobbyists, so they can't do federal studies on it as a health thing.
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05-25-2022, 12:54 PM #345
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05-25-2022, 12:57 PM #346
skij douche your box! (haven't had to say that in a while)
Originally Posted by blurred
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05-25-2022, 01:01 PM #347
I have to stop reading this thread. It's as out hand as a potential thread here in Germany when it comes to introducing a general speed limit, only much much worse and with far more terrible cosequences.
And I definitely have to Block leroy. Jesus Christ.....It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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05-25-2022, 01:22 PM #348man of ice
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I don't have anyone on Ignore but I sure ignore some people. My Eyes Glaze Over as they say.
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05-25-2022, 01:23 PM #349click here
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I see fewer guns and more restrictions as the best answer. The appropriate changes likely require amending or reinterpreting the 2nd amendment. The founders were reasonable people, and the current level of gun violence is unreasonable. They would do something different and so should we.
Less panic may also be appropriate. Do school shooters kill more kids than school buses? There's a lot of folks who (wrongly) believe guns are more necessary to society than buses, so it'll be difficult to get rid of guns quickly. Every kid dying is surely a tragedy. While many of us think those dying to shooters are unnecessary tragedy, the scale of tragedy is similar to kids killed by school buses.
Guns and cars cause a similar amount of death. If we have to keep guns for now, perhaps we should regulate them similarly. Registration, insurance, training, regulations on where and how they can be used - similar policies could work for both.
Meanwhile, for the 2A fans (fan as in fantasy), keep working the idea that their (peashooter) assault weapon doesn't do crap against an Abrams. If the 2A doesn't include the full modern arsenal including the Abrams and nuclear missiles, it's not useful against modern tyrannical governments. The 2A tyranny prevention myth is just that. Methinks it's primarily a marketing meme.
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05-25-2022, 01:39 PM #350
Nothing really worth reading here anyway from anyone (including myself), just some updated stats as time moves forward.
Pull up any past thread after a mass shooting, copy and paste posts here, save some time.
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