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View Poll Results: What would be the most effective at curbing America’s gun violence?
More guns in the hands of more people 92 41.44%
Less guns in the hands of less people 130 58.56%
Voters: 222. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-05-2017, 03:21 PM
 
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IQ tests. To get a gun, to get married, to reproduce, to run for president. Minimum score needed to proceed is 132.
This and mental health test, every year, you fail the mental health test, immediate lobotomy.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:23 PM
 
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I voted less guns, less people. But you have to know that isn't going to happen, right? Even as a staunch gun-rights supporter I can admit that there would be fewer killings with guns if there were fewer guns. I just don't get the point of the poll. Ain't gonna happen.
It won’t happen is not an excuse for not doing the right thing. People can learn. After all, it is literally a life and death situation.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:23 PM
 
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I think more guns, in more people’s hands, equals more gun violence. Of course there are those that think more guns, in more people’s hands, means less gun violence. An interesting theory.

Since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the U.S. has seen 1,518 acts of gun violence in which at least four people were wounded or killed

Over 1,700 dead and nearly 1 mass shooting a day since Sandy Hook - NY Daily News

That tally is a month old mind you. It’s getting hard to keep up with it all. This literally happens every day in America.
I have never seen a gun, but I have friends who own guns. They don't carry them around. I have not experienced gun violence and I assume that is because I don't own guns and because I don't have friends who walk around ready to take down shooters.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:24 PM
 
Location: SE UK
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People that live in countries with lax gun laws and higher amounts of guns in circulation have the most people shot to death every year, it ain't rocket science.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:25 PM
 
Location: London
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Maybe some good old pain would do the trick and public beatings instead of Cable tv and A/C in nice prisins.
We're in the 21st century here. Do try to catch up.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:26 PM
 
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People that live in countries with lax gun laws and higher amounts of guns in circulation have the most people shot to death every year, it ain't rocket science.
Unfortunately, it is to some.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:28 PM
 
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We're in the 21st century here. Do try to catch up.
And you see it's not working. I rest my case...
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:28 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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anybody committing a crime with a gun, automatic death penalty, anybody associated with that crime, life in prison without parole
Love it.....will never happen though sad to say.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:30 PM
 
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Isis inspired?
Isis never crossed my mind. Just look how some of these thugs are in and out of jail over 20 times. We need to do something that will scare people into not doing crime. Our system is broken.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:30 PM
 
Location: London
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Unfortunately it's too late to do much now. There are more guns than people in the USA. The country is absolutely saturated with guns.

The genie is not just out the bottle - it has long reproduced and established permanent colonies.
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