Anti-Gun Control argument fail... [View all]

I was just exposed to a new tactic from the right-wing gun loving crowd: gloating about how mass shootings have increased dramatically under President Obama's watch!

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/12/gun-control-fail-mass-shootings-surge-240-obamas-presidency/

I'm afraid I do not understand why the right thinks this is a winning argument, or something with which to taunt the President. Has there been any meaningful gun-control legislation passed under Obama's watch at all?

I would expect to see this article in Mother Jones, not on some right-wing site.

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Anti-Gun Control argument fail... [View all]	1965Comet	Dec 2016	OP
They're not known for thinking ahead even one step...nt	HAB911	Dec 2016	#1
Submitted for reference	HAB911	Dec 2016	#2
Deserves, no, demands an OP of it's own. nt	flamin lib	Dec 2016	#4
Fake study.	Kang Colby	Dec 2016	#20
Not known for thinking at all.	flamin lib	Dec 2016	#10
I suggest that this is less of a...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2016	#3
All throughout President Obama's term	sarisataka	Dec 2016	#5
Huh?	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#6
I misunderstood your	sarisataka	Dec 2016	#7
No worries, we are on the same side here.	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#8
your website isn't a valid source	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#9
My source	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#11
the FBI excludes gang related	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#13
I don't understand why we need to differentiate...	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#14
because	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#17
more	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#25
It is my belief that rights are innate in humans. They cannot be "taken away".	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2016	#27
Ok	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#28
re: "...the right to self-defense has nothing to do specifically with hand guns..."	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2016	#29
One could say the same thing about the gun in the hand of the criminal.	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#34
re: "...we already do not allow certain weapon systems...the right is not absolute."	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2016	#38
just a few things	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#32
Further looking into things	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#12
their definition includes	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#15
more	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#16
even more	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#19
MORE more	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#21
"... if we were to just ban handguns..."	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2016	#23
That is all nice,	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#24
Name anything...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2016	#26
I agree that pistols are excellent for self defense	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#30
Point by point	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2016	#37
Since the #1 priority of the gun control lobby is outlawing the most popular rifles,	benEzra	Jan 2017	#43
no.	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#31
mass shooting tracker is an admitted propagandist pushing an ideology.	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#33
he inflates the numbers	gejohnston	Dec 2016	#35
The definition	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#36
"Confirmed: Heat-seeking Missile Flies up Gun-controllers' Own Arse."	Eleanors38	Dec 2016	#18
Uh, this was a right-wing attempt to smear the President,	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#22
Oh, I am aware of the RW posting; they don't miss many opportunities,	Eleanors38	Dec 2016	#39
I haven't seen this...	1965Comet	Dec 2016	#40
I don't really care whether anyone wants to use the new Mass Shooting measure...	Eleanors38	Dec 2016	#41
" writing in Yahoo, Nov. 10, 1915."	oneshooter	Dec 2016	#42