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Es braust unser Panzer im Sturmwind dahin.
So? Are you seriously trying to convince me that, had there been less guns, that number wouldn't have been lower?
Do guns make people violent?
One of the deadliest riots in history was before there were guns.
Those same facts convince me that we, as a nation, need responsible gun legislation.
We have responsible gun legislation...but criminals that shoot people with guns don't follow those laws. So, I guess we need another law.
I'm all in favor of some of the things you outline, but I still can't see how banning assault weapons doesn't help, too.
There were 358 murders involving rifles. That's 3% of the murders in the United States. How many of those were so called, "assault weapons?"
I have no problem with responsible gun owners owning guns. I do have a problem with assault weapons being freely available, however.
Err...if you don't want responsible gun owners owning certain types of guns, then you do in fact have a problem with responsible gun owners owning guns.
Iv'e said it before, I'll say it again: the deadlier a weapon, the more we need to regulate its use and availability.
So, what is it that makes an an AR-15 deadlier than a Mini-14? What makes an AR-15 deadlier than a World War 1 bolt action rifle? Prior to World War 1, the typical British soldier could put 25 rounds into a 12 inch target at 300 yards. Every British soldier could hit that same target at least 15 times in a minute. That's with a bolt action rifle with a ten round magazine mind you. I guess maybe I should ask what makes an AR-15 deadlier than a World War 1 bolt action rifle. Modified and updated designs of those World War 1 bolt action rifles are still in use today. Also, the bolt action rifle fires a cop killer bullet capable of penetrating any soft body armor. What makes an AR-15 deadlier than a 7mm Weatherby that I can pick up at Wal-Mart, put a scope on, and will penetrate any police body armor?
That's about as self-evident as it gets.
Not really. You haven't even defined a deadly weapon. What makes a weapon deadly? At that school shooting in Connecticut, anyone who is halfway competent with a musket could replicate the results. Anyone who can can follow simple directions (as simple as say, baking cookies) can gin up a homemade bomb. There's directions there for extracting potassium nitrate from wood ash and soil. Do you want to ban dirt, because it's a "deadly weapon?"
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