People are not dying “over” this. People are dying because they’re in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just like people buried in an avalanche or a hurricane or a car wreck or insert unfortunate circumstance here. You only want to say people are dying over it to add emotion to your plea for infringement. A disarmed populace is easy to control and that’s how you want it. But it ain’t gonna happen. I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Some of you are perfectly comfortable down there.
You only want to say people are dying over it to add emotion to your plea for infringement.
I’m saying it because it is true. There is a very easily quantifiable number of people who have died from firearms, and the number is largely avoidable.
A disarmed populace is easy to control and that’s how you want it.
You’re mistaken. I don’t want the populace disarmed. I want all gun owners to be responsible gun owners, but that isn’t going to happen without regulation. Those who are able to safely own a gun and want to own a gun should own a gun. Nobody else should. Ideally we would have gun regulation that falls somewhere between the Netherlands’ or Finland’s gun law, which have a ~20x lower and ~3x lower death rate than our country.
Of that 50,000, how many were suicide? Should we register rope? How about table saws? Saw that one while I was doing biotrauma cleanup for a certain company with yellow trucks.
43% we’re murders.
Additionally, how many of that 43% were defensive shootings? Either home defense or individual self defense?
Additionally how many of those were negligent discharges?
I’ll go ahead and tell you - 549 we’re “accidental” (read: negligent)
You can’t just throw out an arbitrary number and say government can make people less violent or depressed or more responsible by giving themselves more power. That’s not how the world works. People will find a way to be violent to themselves or others or just plain irresponsible but the actions of a few should absolutely NOT curtail the rights of the many.
Registration leads to confiscation. That’s now an established fact. While we’re comparing our country to others, UK, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, Norway and Canada have all, in recent times, banned and confiscated registered firearms. Australia and Canada have been particularly egregious about it.
People are not dying “over” it. A far majority of those deaths would have happened regardless given that only 549 were “accidents.”
Suicide and murder will take place regardless of means or method. By trying to give more power to an already overstepping government, you’re throwing stones to topple rocks. Solve problems, don’t replace them.
Simply owning a gun makes suicide more likely. So your comments about rope and table saws don’t really apply.
You can’t just throw out an arbitrary number and say government can make people less violent or depressed or more responsible by giving themselves more power.
And that’s not what I’m saying. Instead of arguing against a boogeyman, how about you address what I’m actually saying.
Registration leads to confiscation.
Good. Some people should not own guns. Only those who are capable of owning a gun safely should own one. Felons, people who are mentally unstable, those with a history of domestic abuse or suicide attempts, and so on are people who are unfit.
Basically every other western country has figured this out except for our clueless ass country. And the death rates reflect that.
People are not dying “over” it.
Yes they are, -50,000 per year as I’ve already established.
A far majority of those deaths would have happened regardless given that only 549 were “accidents.”
That’s simply not true, and accidents are not the only preventable type of gun death.
Suicide and murder will take place regardless of means or method.
As my above link from standford shows, this is not true.
Well, as it happens, your opinion is wrong and that right there is why no one should have a say over who can have what.
Some people should be responsible enough to not use guns negligently or aggressively but they do. Doesn’t mean you get to pick who does and doesn’t get one. It’s little statements like that one that expose little pieces of your sympathy to tyranny. The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Gay black transgender democrat farmers on antidepressants with felony records should have the right to own guns. You don’t get to decide who’s worthy and who’s not.
Some people should be responsible enough to not use guns negligently or aggressively but they do.
And therefore we need better protections.
It’s little statements like that one that expose little pieces of your sympathy to tyranny.
You have a terrible understanding of tyranny if a law saying “felons shouldn’t own guns”, voted in democratically is tyranny to you.
The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
You got tripped up over something as simple as “people are dying over this”. So no thanks, I’m not going to take your interpretation of the 2nd Amendment.
You don’t get to decide who’s worthy and who’s not.
I never said otherwise. It’s the people’s decision when they go to vote. And the people should decide to prevent these preventable deaths.
Laws are not protections. They give government license to punish you.
Saying guns should be registered, then some people shouldn’t own guns, then felons shouldn’t own guns - you keep shifting your narrative to dodge the arguments. Pick one.
The actual text of the amendment is not an interpretation - that’s literally what it says, word for word.
They’re only preventable in the manner they happened which is past tense. You can’t say they wouldn’t have happened otherwise. Again, your opinion is wrong. You favor sacrificing liberty for a little bit of perceived safety. It seems you haven’t spent much time looking into the past other than some people died a couple years ago. Genocide has followed confiscation enough times in history that neither I nor anyone else should vote for any form of gun control because it’s nothing more than an easily digestible double speak that ultimately breaks down to mean confiscation. If you want to vote your liberties away, that’s on you. Stop encouraging people to jump off that bridge with you.
Saying guns should be registered, then some people shouldn’t own guns, then felons shouldn’t own guns - you keep shifting your narrative to dodge the arguments. Pick one.
None of those are mutually exclusive, so I’m not sure what you mean by “shifting narrative”.
The actual text of the amendment is not an interpretation - that’s literally what it says, word for word.
You are implying a specific interpretation.
You can’t say they wouldn’t have happened otherwise.
Sure I can. The evidence shows that the number of people dead would decrease with better protections, because simply having a gun around increases the chance that somebody dies.
Again, your opinion is wrong.
No, it’s backed by evidence.
You favor sacrificing liberty for a little bit of perceived safety.
It’s not perceived. There is evidence backing my position.
It seems you haven’t spent much time looking into the past other than some people died a couple years ago.
No, it’s EVERY year, roughly ~50,000 per year.
Genocide has followed confiscation enough times in history that neither I nor anyone else should vote for any form of gun control because it’s nothing more than an easily digestible double speak that ultimately breaks down to mean confiscation.
If that’s true, where is the genocide happening in the EU, australia, Japan, etc? Basically every western nation has gun control, yet no genocide.
If you want to vote your liberties away, that’s on you. Stop encouraging people to jump off that bridge with you.
Shifting your narrative into different wording to sidestep the point. You know exactly what I mean. I can tell you’re an intelligent person, don’t act dumb.
I’m implying no interpretation. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed - it’s right there in plain text. It doesn’t get any more straightforward than that.
I wasn’t saying what you clearly cited was opinion. Why is that one even here?
It is perceived safety. If the wolf in your grandmother’s clothing invites you in the house, the safety is perceived, it’s not truly safe.
As for history, shall we start with Germany? Say, somewhere around 1929? We could do Cambodia circa 1975… We could do China maybe 1935 or so? Tiananmen Square comes to kind but I’m not sure what part confiscation played there so just bringing it up cause, well, frankly, they couldn’t fight back. Wanna do Bosnia 1992? There’s always Afghanistan…now.
You argue that it doesn’t always happen but I argue that it does happen period. I’ll take my chances. I hear Ukraine could use a few guns. Sure would have been useful to have them before the big R came knocking buildings over and killing civilians in the streets.
People are not dying “over” this. People are dying because they’re in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just like people buried in an avalanche or a hurricane or a car wreck or insert unfortunate circumstance here. You only want to say people are dying over it to add emotion to your plea for infringement. A disarmed populace is easy to control and that’s how you want it. But it ain’t gonna happen. I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Some of you are perfectly comfortable down there.
~50,000 people died in 2021 alone.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
I’m saying it because it is true. There is a very easily quantifiable number of people who have died from firearms, and the number is largely avoidable.
You’re mistaken. I don’t want the populace disarmed. I want all gun owners to be responsible gun owners, but that isn’t going to happen without regulation. Those who are able to safely own a gun and want to own a gun should own a gun. Nobody else should. Ideally we would have gun regulation that falls somewhere between the Netherlands’ or Finland’s gun law, which have a ~20x lower and ~3x lower death rate than our country.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country
Thanks for the ad hominem, you really have me convinced.
Of that 50,000, how many were suicide? Should we register rope? How about table saws? Saw that one while I was doing biotrauma cleanup for a certain company with yellow trucks.
I’ll go ahead and tell you - in 2021 54% we’re suicides. (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/)
43% we’re murders. Additionally, how many of that 43% were defensive shootings? Either home defense or individual self defense?
Additionally how many of those were negligent discharges?
I’ll go ahead and tell you - 549 we’re “accidental” (read: negligent)
You can’t just throw out an arbitrary number and say government can make people less violent or depressed or more responsible by giving themselves more power. That’s not how the world works. People will find a way to be violent to themselves or others or just plain irresponsible but the actions of a few should absolutely NOT curtail the rights of the many.
Registration leads to confiscation. That’s now an established fact. While we’re comparing our country to others, UK, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, Norway and Canada have all, in recent times, banned and confiscated registered firearms. Australia and Canada have been particularly egregious about it.
People are not dying “over” it. A far majority of those deaths would have happened regardless given that only 549 were “accidents.”
Suicide and murder will take place regardless of means or method. By trying to give more power to an already overstepping government, you’re throwing stones to topple rocks. Solve problems, don’t replace them.
I’m aware of that, and it doesn’t change anything.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/06/handgun-ownership-associated-with-much-higher-suicide-risk.html
Simply owning a gun makes suicide more likely. So your comments about rope and table saws don’t really apply.
And that’s not what I’m saying. Instead of arguing against a boogeyman, how about you address what I’m actually saying.
Good. Some people should not own guns. Only those who are capable of owning a gun safely should own one. Felons, people who are mentally unstable, those with a history of domestic abuse or suicide attempts, and so on are people who are unfit.
Basically every other western country has figured this out except for our clueless ass country. And the death rates reflect that.
Yes they are, -50,000 per year as I’ve already established.
That’s simply not true, and accidents are not the only preventable type of gun death.
As my above link from standford shows, this is not true.
The same applies for homicide.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/04/handguns-homicide-risk.html
The evidence supports the exact opposite of your claims.
Well, as it happens, your opinion is wrong and that right there is why no one should have a say over who can have what.
Some people should be responsible enough to not use guns negligently or aggressively but they do. Doesn’t mean you get to pick who does and doesn’t get one. It’s little statements like that one that expose little pieces of your sympathy to tyranny. The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Gay black transgender democrat farmers on antidepressants with felony records should have the right to own guns. You don’t get to decide who’s worthy and who’s not.
How convincing.
And therefore we need better protections.
You have a terrible understanding of tyranny if a law saying “felons shouldn’t own guns”, voted in democratically is tyranny to you.
You got tripped up over something as simple as “people are dying over this”. So no thanks, I’m not going to take your interpretation of the 2nd Amendment.
I never said otherwise. It’s the people’s decision when they go to vote. And the people should decide to prevent these preventable deaths.
Laws are not protections. They give government license to punish you.
Saying guns should be registered, then some people shouldn’t own guns, then felons shouldn’t own guns - you keep shifting your narrative to dodge the arguments. Pick one.
The actual text of the amendment is not an interpretation - that’s literally what it says, word for word.
They’re only preventable in the manner they happened which is past tense. You can’t say they wouldn’t have happened otherwise. Again, your opinion is wrong. You favor sacrificing liberty for a little bit of perceived safety. It seems you haven’t spent much time looking into the past other than some people died a couple years ago. Genocide has followed confiscation enough times in history that neither I nor anyone else should vote for any form of gun control because it’s nothing more than an easily digestible double speak that ultimately breaks down to mean confiscation. If you want to vote your liberties away, that’s on you. Stop encouraging people to jump off that bridge with you.
None of those are mutually exclusive, so I’m not sure what you mean by “shifting narrative”.
You are implying a specific interpretation.
Sure I can. The evidence shows that the number of people dead would decrease with better protections, because simply having a gun around increases the chance that somebody dies.
No, it’s backed by evidence.
It’s not perceived. There is evidence backing my position.
No, it’s EVERY year, roughly ~50,000 per year.
If that’s true, where is the genocide happening in the EU, australia, Japan, etc? Basically every western nation has gun control, yet no genocide.
It objectively isn’t a bridge.
Shifting your narrative into different wording to sidestep the point. You know exactly what I mean. I can tell you’re an intelligent person, don’t act dumb.
I’m implying no interpretation. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed - it’s right there in plain text. It doesn’t get any more straightforward than that.
I wasn’t saying what you clearly cited was opinion. Why is that one even here?
It is perceived safety. If the wolf in your grandmother’s clothing invites you in the house, the safety is perceived, it’s not truly safe.
As for history, shall we start with Germany? Say, somewhere around 1929? We could do Cambodia circa 1975… We could do China maybe 1935 or so? Tiananmen Square comes to kind but I’m not sure what part confiscation played there so just bringing it up cause, well, frankly, they couldn’t fight back. Wanna do Bosnia 1992? There’s always Afghanistan…now.
You argue that it doesn’t always happen but I argue that it does happen period. I’ll take my chances. I hear Ukraine could use a few guns. Sure would have been useful to have them before the big R came knocking buildings over and killing civilians in the streets.