All I know is that if I am ever confronted with an armed robber or murderer, I would like to have a gun. — NOS4A2
Any political party suggesting we should infuse our society with deadly weapons to make it safer would be considered morons and immediately lose power. — Baden
And anyone suggesting our government might try to kill us would honestly raise mental health alarm bells. — Baden
I appreciate the ideas but think it's just too late for the US to regulate gun purchase. There are too many weapons already out there in the hands of people. — Olivier5
Same with climate change, incidentally. Evidently once-in-a-generation storms, floods, wildfires, droughts, and temperatures isn’t quite “rock bottom” enough — Xtrix
Living here in Texas, I see a lot of adults who like playing cowboy, and identify with the cowboy myths perpetuated by westerns.Even today all those B&W TV shows of the '50s and '60s, like Gunsmoke, are available and have followers. But I think there's a trend away from games of gun violence, so there is hope a future America will be less inclined to imaginary and actual violence. — jgill
Living here in Texas, I see a lot of adults who like playing cowboy, and identify with the cowboy myths perpetuated by westerns. — Relativist
This is a reasonable statement, and as long as you are a responsible gun owner - I have no problem with you having firearms for self-protection.All I know is that if I am ever confronted with an armed robber or murderer, I would like to have a gun. — NOS4A2
I suspect they have a mental block - they refuse to see a relation between the proliferation of weapons and gun violence. It's true that mass murderers are mentally deranged, and so they think no further. It is impossible to identify and treat all such potential murderers. Maximizing gun rights assures that some crazies will obtain guns and kill.Yes. Guns are part of a culture. Gun people think slaughters are acceptable risks. — Jackson
Gun people think slaughters are acceptable risks. — Jackson
According to the Education Week report, there have been 27 school shootings in 2022 and 119 in total since 2018, when they began tracking such incidents.
In the days before the shooting, posts featured a photo of a hand holding an ammunition magazine and another photo of two AR-15-style rifles
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The gunman legally bought his weapons soon after his 18th birthday and days before the attack, law enforcement officials told state lawmakers — Texas elementary school shooting: What do we know so far? (May 27, 2022)
The conclusion is the same. I'm not seeing any of my Republican colleagues come forward right now and say, 'Here's a plan to stop the carnage.' So this is just normal now, which is ridiculous. — Cory Booker (May 25, 2022)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday announced the introduction of a bill that would place a national freeze on handgun ownership across Canada.
"What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada," Trudeau said in a news conference.
"In other words we're capping the market," he added.
If passed, the new anti-gun legislation will fine gun smuggling and trafficking "by increasing maximum criminal penalties and providing more tools for law enforcement to investigate firearm crimes," Trudeau said.
The new legislation would also require that long gun magazines "can never" hold more than five rounds.
"Gun violence is a complex problem, but at the end of the day the math is really quite simple: The fewer the guns in our communities, the safer everyone will be," the Prime Minister said. — CNN
China has called for the United Nations human rights chief to investigate mass shootings in the US, in an apparent effort to shift the focus from allegations of abuses in its far western Xinjiang region. The Global Times made the suggestion in an editorial Tuesday, a day after Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular briefing in Beijing that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights should produce a report on problems the US faces. “The US system is equally incapable, or lacks interest, motivation, and courage, to address these problems thoroughly,” said the Communist Party newspaper, which added that US domestic issues have “intensified its external aggression.”
United States becoming an empire like England. But clearly that didn't happen. — TiredThinker
First off. How did things get this out of hand? — TiredThinker
:100:... the numerous client states and enemies of the month and endless wars and incursions around the world, along with the military industrial complex and the Cocacolonization of world culture indicate that the USA is indeed an Empire.
What was Mark Twain's quote after the US subjugated the Philippines? 'America can't have an empire abroad and a republic at home.' — Tom Storm
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https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/01/us/tulsa-police-incident-active-shooter/index.html — Wayfarer
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