In each cases I can recollect, the revolution was a success despite the armed forces of the state (because they were otherwise engaged or simply not present), or because of them (because the revolutionnaries mostly coincided with the militaries). — Akanthinos
It has been firmly established that there is zero correlation between guns and violent crime. — JustSomeGuy
I'm not sure if you were specifically trying to cite the Wikipedia article, but it was the top result so that's what I used. — JustSomeGuy
Both the Wikipedia article and the podcast I shared have some great resources and statistics which provide proof that having less guns does lead to less murder and less suicide, so less death overall. — JustSomeGuy
everything I've said has very clearly been about how guns do not cause people to be violent or commit crime, they only make the crimes more lethal. — JustSomeGuy
You literally let one thing I said blind you from everything else I said because of your emotional response to it. — JustSomeGuy
What if, in order to buy a military-grade weapon, one had to report to the local Militia Leader and undergo an interview for one’s suitability to own such a weapons, to contribute to civil defence? And that such weapons were required to be kept in a secure armoury and registered as such? — Wayfarer
I have thought for several years now that when somebody buys such weapons that a point of sale interview should be conducted by law enforcement personnel. "Why are you buying this type of weapon? What training do you have in its use? How long do you plan to own it? What measures have you taken to prevent unauthorized use of it?... — WISDOMfromPO-MO
A new law is working its way through Congress that, if passed, would destroy each state's ability to pass its own gun control laws — letting states with weak gun control laws overrule states with strict ones.
The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act would make it so that people who are granted a license to carry a concealed firearm in their own state could do so everywhere in the country, according to CBS News. The bill has already passed the House of Representatives and is supported by President Donald Trump, meaning that it only needs to pass in the Senate before it becomes the law of the land.
The bill has 39 co-sponsors in the Senate.
"Nineteen states don’t require any gun safety training in order to carry a concealed gun in public, while 12 states don’t require a permit or background check," Andrew Zucker of Everytown for Gun Safety, told Salon in an email. "So a state like New Mexico that requires a permit and gun safety training would be forced to allow Arizonans to carry, even if they don't have a permit and have never had a background check or any form of training."
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled budget would cut millions of dollars from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which gun dealers use to verify if someone is banned from buying a gun before selling it to them.
Well, those are called ‘background checks’, and the NRA has fiercely resisted their expansion for years. — Wayfarer
So - don’t hold your breath. If anything, gun laws in the USA continue to be rolled back. Trump speaks at NRA rallies. Unfortunately, in this case, the bad guys are winning, and the innocent will continue to suffer. — Wayfarer
I was concurring with your idea. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
Nobody seems to pay any attention to the ‘well-regulated Militia’ part. — Wayfarer
Instead, if there are any red flags put the buyer under constant surveillance.
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The Second Amendment may guarantee the right to possess firearms, but it does not guarantee freedom from being treated with suspicion. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
I don’t want your condolences you fucking price [sic] of shit, my friends and teachers were shot. Multiple of my fellow classmates are dead. Do something instead of sending prayers. Prayers won’t fix this. But Gun control will prevent it from happening again.
17,250 murders per year (which excludes many suicides by gunfire) is in all respects a policy failure, but it may be the case (I hate saying this and control) that it isn't the number of guns in American's possession that is the critical problem; it is the fact that we have no effective way of denying anybody a gun, should they wish to have one. — Bitter Crank
Conclusions. We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates. Although we could not determine causation, we found that states with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides.
↪Bitter Crank It’s more than ‘a policy failure’ - it’s a breakdown of civil order. — Wayfarer
I'm perplexed, because I don't see the means by which we can undo decades of gun acquisitions by a good share of the population. — Bitter Crank
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