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8. Kinda like saying it's too late to combat rape

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 08:51 AM

Dec 2012

...because there are so many penises already out there.

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A serious question about gun control- Isn't it too late? [View all] dorksied Dec 2012 OP

Guns will not RegieRocker Dec 2012 #1

I think you mean, anti gun rational people. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #11

+1 This is all about advancing civilization. tridim Dec 2012 #14

"advancing civilization"??? a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #51

The problem is that we, as a country, have a fundamental disagreement about what it means to advance GoingUnder Dec 2012 #49

higher prices for illegal guns. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #2

Yes, because people who want to kill worry about money! n-t Logical Dec 2012 #16

no, because tighter supply drives up prices. as happened with the assault weapons ban, HiPointDem Dec 2012 #17

No that didn't happen. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #53

We have to start somewhere. It's not too late to protect people from guns not yet purchased. reformist2 Dec 2012 #3

I think the following would happen Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #4

Exactly....a ban on ALL semi-automatic weapons would immediately make JanMichael Dec 2012 #10

How often to you hear about any crimes being perpetrated by a fully automatic weapon? white_wolf Dec 2012 #60

I wouldn't mind seeing a gun buyback Ilsa Dec 2012 #5

Gun Buyback is how the Aussies made "no new mass murders" the law of the land. librechik Dec 2012 #68

I think some cities have done Ilsa Dec 2012 #70

Lanza would likely not have "found a way to get one". Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #6

No. But perhaps we should wait until there are 600,000,000 guns here. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #7

Kinda like saying it's too late to combat rape riqster Dec 2012 #8

That is a false equivalency, and your comment is completely idiotic. Those 2 are nothing alike... dorksied Dec 2012 #9

Not at all riqster Dec 2012 #19

Rape is always a crime, there are however responsible ar-15 owners. GoingUnder Dec 2012 #52

Das ding an sich is a weak argument riqster Dec 2012 #69

Not helpful. nt Chorophyll Dec 2012 #12

No, but it's like saying it's too late to combat penises because there are too many penises Recursion Dec 2012 #28

No, it's not too late. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #13

I really hate guns. I just think that what you're talking about is utterly doomed to failure. dorksied Dec 2012 #22

Well, you feel the way you feel, and that's okay. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #36

Never too late. Forget the brain washing of what "can't be done". jmg257 Dec 2012 #15

That is a fantasy. Gun owners would cling to their guns despite sever punishments, they'd just hide dorksied Dec 2012 #20

Why are house to house sweeps for guns bad while the same for drugs is OK? Fumesucker Dec 2012 #21

Neither are OK. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #37

Nobody has been to my house sweeping for drugs. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #54

So as long as it's not your door that's getting kicked in you don't care Fumesucker Dec 2012 #61

No, I was pointing out that we have NOT been doing sweeps for MJ. N/T GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #64

Fantasy? Not really. Cling to them - hord them. jmg257 Dec 2012 #26

You could ban guns outright... sendero Dec 2012 #18

It works in Japan, they've had a year with *two* gun deaths. Fumesucker Dec 2012 #24

Japan didn't start.... sendero Dec 2012 #29

Well once again the debate comes down to right of center moderates versus right wing nutjobs Fumesucker Dec 2012 #34

And they started from a totally clean slate sir pball Dec 2012 #39

We have no problem with a war against a common weed that's completely non poisonous Fumesucker Dec 2012 #40

That's not the kind of war we're talking about sir pball Dec 2012 #41

We make war more than anyone else on the damn planet by orders of magnitude Fumesucker Dec 2012 #45

And the war on MJ is completely ineffective. N/T GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #55

The difference between pot and guns is that pot does grow on trees (well, bushes anyway) Fumesucker Dec 2012 #59

IMO the best solution is to require insurance for each gun owned. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #23

I've been advocating this same idea to friends of mine. dorksied Dec 2012 #25

I think... sendero Dec 2012 #31

Never too late to start saving lives. Iggo Dec 2012 #27

It worked in Australia. I don't know why it couldn't have the same success here peacebird Dec 2012 #30

Let's do nothing for another decade and we'll have another 100 million of damn things to deal with. Hoyt Dec 2012 #32

It is not too late creon Dec 2012 #33

I think we could solve the whole problem and not take away anybody's guns this way ... Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #35

No it's not too "fucking late" READ THIS Zoeisright Dec 2012 #38

I read it. I agree with most of it. But as tired of the hand wringing as you are, I'm tired of dorksied Dec 2012 #46

no. spanone Dec 2012 #42

Too late to control guns. Not too late to control bullets. mainer Dec 2012 #43

A friend of mine re uses his shells. That wouldn't work, unless you're also talking about dorksied Dec 2012 #47

You will never see a complete ban though there are many who would welcome one Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #44

Think about the mindset of someone who is buying something that may get banned. GoingUnder Dec 2012 #48

Gun buy backs. Or send jack booted ATF thugs door to door. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #50

Gun owners vote. And there are about 80 million of them. N/T GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #56

Yep. And they lost. jeff47 Dec 2012 #65

And Im sure criminals will line up to turn in their guns davidn3600 Dec 2012 #57

It's icky seeing pro gun boilerplate in DU forums Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #62

They don't have to - illegal guns don't last long jeff47 Dec 2012 #66

it means we go about gun control in that context 0rganism Dec 2012 #58

Make some examples of illegal gun-toters mwrguy Dec 2012 #63

There are reasonable steps that can be made regarding guns, mental illness, school safety etc. Jennicut Dec 2012 #67