Knee jerk reactions..the problem is NOT guns (ownership, America, comparison)
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People like you blather on about the constitution, but you would throw out the rights of the accused because you like to hang em high and fast with out a trial, but don't touch my Second amendment. As Mark Twain said nothing needs reforming like other peoples rights.
That was a big leap. Hope you didn't pull a muscle. I'm a strong advocate of liberty and rights - even yours.
In a perfect world we'd never have to hang anyone. There wouldn't be events like today and the mentally ill would get treatment. But the world isn't always perfect and evil abounds.
This one may be a game changer. Nearly 80% of Americans supported more gun control after the theater shooting. Most of us have reached the conclusion that this gun craziness has gone too far. This one will make the sentiment much more solid.
I think that a ban on semi-autos would save lives. I own three semi-auto handguns myself, though, so I do have mixed feelings on the matter. I could make do with a revolver though.
Eighty percent?
I think a source for statistical evidence of that may be in line here (unless, of course, you're referencing the garbage that's routinely published by the Violence Policy Center and Salon.com...).
And yes, sure, a ban on semi-automatics would save lives...just like that one time when a semi-automatic firearm ban saved 13 people from being shot to death at Columbine.
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