I want to make it clear that I am in no way, downplaying the alarming amount of shootings that occur in the US. Just that it was engrossing to see so many accounts of mass shootings in other countries, spanning decades.
Write your representatives and voice your opinions and concerns.
Assault weapons ban. I just don’t know what this has to do with a discussion about way to many firearm deaths and mass shootings. It would be a step, but unless you also regulate handguns its not enough.
Just as a reminder, this comment by another user sparked your rant about rifles:
So thats why I added the context of handguns.
What are you referring to?
Conservative Society, huge conformity pressure, stigma on mental problems and more factors lead to a high suicide rate. But without access to a quick and easy way to end your life it’s harder to kill yourself.
Yeah, you are the only one in this thread who understands it.
Because that’s the first thing that gets pushed over and over. It’s feel good virtue signaling that will do nothing to reduce our violence.
Cool, and as I pointed out, good luck trying to take them up.
The Kansas City gang shootout during the Superbowl parade. That’s what has sparked these threads again.
So you can’t answer the question then…they have a higher suicide rate and cannot get firearms at all. So is it the guns causing people to kill themselves or something else?
Naa plenty do, it’s a list of things that would have actual impact on our violence problem, and not just our gun violence. But a good number of you don’t like meaningful discussion that doesn’t involve, ban all guns, because you have such a ignorant view of them that you’d rather have them Dems spend the political capital on trying to pass another AWB than try and get even the most minor things on that list pushed through.