Arya Stark Raving mad?
‘Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress that in the last nine months, a “majority of the domestic terrorism cases we’ve investigated (with a racial motive) are motivated by some version of what you might call white supremacist violence.”’Yssup, You and most of America are missing the forest by focusing on a few trees. How many people die a year from mass shootings perpetrated by white supremacists? Somewhere between 0 and 50? Thirty-seven thousand people a year in the USA die as a result of suicides and homicides committed with guns
We should all be concerned by this. Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
Still, not one single Trump supporter in the bunch. A couple who might like some of the things Trumps stands for but no one has published anything crediting their crimes to Trump. Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornMaybe they weren't that stupid to make it worse for Trump?
Yssup, You and most of America are missing the forest by focusing on a few trees. How many people die a year from mass shootings perpetrated by white supremacists? Somewhere between 0 and 50? Thirty-seven thousand people a year in the USA die as a result of suicides and homicides committed with gunsSemi automatic are "ideal" for militias? By their very nature, militias are armed with what you can get your hands on. Ask the Minute Men.
Getting a little off topic, maybe 90% of these deaths occur from handguns. This is a much bigger problem than mass shootings committed with semiautomatic weapons. Rifles and shotguns are used for hunting and target practice. Semi-automatic weapons are ideal for a militia, although perhaps you could make the argument that they're not protected by the 2nd amendment unless they're in the hands of members of a well regulated militia. But what about hand guns? They're used primarily to kill people, blacks, whites, Hispanics and Asians alike. If you could sharply reduce availability of hand guns, take them out of the hands of the good guys and the bad guys alike (which admittedly would be very difficult), that's where you could do the most good, without completely trampling over the rights of gun owners.
If you treat gun violence as a public health problem, killing by white supremacists is a rare disease. Originally Posted by Tiny
Maybe they weren't that stupid to make it worse for Trump?But you would...wouldn't you?
https://politicaldig.com/i-could-hav...-gun-violence/ Originally Posted by andymarksman
Semi automatic are "ideal" for militias? By their very nature, militias are armed with what you can get your hands on. Ask the Minute Men. Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornMy argument is against handguns, not for autoloading firearms. And a "well regulated" militia that's not underground should prefer semi-automatic rifles.
Handguns are used primarily for self defense regardless of the skin tone of the perpetrator. What is color so important to you? Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornIf you choose to carry your firearms in public, I should have the right to see them and go someplace else. Hand guns are too easily concealed. Also, based on the number of fatalities, hand guns are primarily used for suicide, not self defense. If someone is drunk, high on meth, or just plain depressed, it's a lot easier to blow your brains out with a pistol than a shotgun or a rifle.
Going by numbers, 97% of mass shootings take place in "gun free" zones. Seems simple, ban gun free zones. Originally Posted by the_real_Barleycorn