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6. When humans end.
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 07:41 PM
Feb 2019

face it, even if every gun was outlawed, criminals would still make and/or use them, and people will go off their nut and shoot, stab, use a baseball bat, crowbar, anything that can be used as a weapon, will be.

When will this gun violence epidemic end? ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #1
Guns don't kill kwolf68 Feb 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author ELO_73 Feb 2019 #23
The Republicans are evil incarnate!!! atreides1 Feb 2019 #4
When humans end. Archae Feb 2019 #6
There would be less death with a bat or knife ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #9
A common misconception. ManiacJoe Feb 2019 #15
I don't think that's correct. Do you have a reliable source for ... Whiskeytide Feb 2019 #19
For what my memory is worth, ManiacJoe Feb 2019 #20
From what I've been ... Whiskeytide Feb 2019 #22
Guns allow killing at a distance. maxsolomon Feb 2019 #25
That's quite incorrect. fleabiscuit Feb 2019 #29
you're sadly right. 300 million guns are here. The genie is out of the bottle. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #12
If Trump wins his court cases, Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #30
The problem there becomes the Constitution & specificity. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #32
Probably not one of my best ideas. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #39
Eventually Americas will have enough...and guns will be outlawed and confiscated...I have no doubt. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #36
Unrealistic discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #38
Easy peasy...make the consequences of owning one so severe that now one will risk it... Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #43
FYI: I don't own a gun discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #44
Trust me. they are not. I refuse to live in the wild wild west and I know there are others Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #45
To specifically address a few of your points discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #47
Except too many own one. And an AR15 isnt a weapon of war. It just LOOKS like one. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #41
Nonsense...it is a weapon of war and it will in end be confiscated ....agree to reasonable Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #42
Well, you can look at it that way, but no one in the military has an AR15. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #48
I am not wasting time posting stuff that you know about...read the history of the AR-15. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #49
Outlawing all rifles would prevent less then 400 murders per year. EX500rider Apr 2019 #54
When we do what Australian did after their horrific gun massacre DBoon Feb 2019 #13
Most Americans incorrectly think gun-murder rates have gotten worse, not better ELO_73 Feb 2019 #24
Stupid to have more guns than people, REALLY REALLY stupid. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #27
That's as may be, but how is that a response to the WaPo article? nt ELO_73 Feb 2019 #28
Why does it matter? Too many are too many. uppityperson Feb 2019 #31
Yep. Because of the 24 hr news cycle. We hear about EVERY shooting these days. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #33
Welcome to DU. Thanks to the NRA and its Russian sponsors we have more gun deaths lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #52
Not really, the US is ranked 10th in firearm fatalities. EX500rider Apr 2019 #55
Woohoo, safer than Venezuela, Colombia! DVDGuy Apr 2019 #56
Mass murder will end when Blackjackdavey Feb 2019 #34
One of your proposals would infringe on that right. Jedi Guy Feb 2019 #35
"A domestic violence incident report is not a conviction in a court of law" Blackjackdavey Feb 2019 #37
What you're proposing would be almost instantly struck down as unconstitutional. Jedi Guy Feb 2019 #40
Okay Blackjackdavey Feb 2019 #46
if we only had the wall JI7 Feb 2019 #3
Every day n/t hibbing Feb 2019 #5
#neveragain. riversedge Feb 2019 #7
so tired of this... Canoe52 Feb 2019 #8
It's a Beautiful Fucking Day in the Neighborhood! Darson Feb 2019 #10
We get to celebrate Second Amendment Martyr's Day again today! AllyCat Feb 2019 #11
Horrific. Three victims elementary school age & younger & and an adult woman. catbyte Feb 2019 #14
The article is suggesting murder-suicide by the mother. ManiacJoe Feb 2019 #16
The scariest part is Apollyonus Feb 2019 #17
While the traitor........was golfing this weekend, the country has had this shit.......of fear...... turbinetree Feb 2019 #18
Thanks for the link. Especially sobering when seen on a spreadsheet. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #21
This is the national emergency Trump you f---g moron! nt doc03 Feb 2019 #26
Kick ck4829 Apr 2019 #50
Three children and one adult dead, and there is no search for a suspect. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2019 #51
"may feel good to blame the gun" jcgoldie Apr 2019 #53
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