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In reply to the discussion: Should we try to form an alliance with gun dealers? [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)51. That rationalization will not work here
Everybody agrees there are multiple factors. but most people think the American approach to guns (culturally and legally) is damn effed up.
Of the 25 most recent mass gun attacks worldwide, 15 of them happened in the US and 10 happened in all of the other countries COMBINED.
We have a problem. If you can't admit that, you cannot be part of a solution, and you will not be happy with the solutions that are brought upon you. The rest of the world can deal with their gun problems. They don't need our help. They are all doing a lot better than us. Only 9 countries are doing worse and these are not places you would want to emulate (Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, etc.)
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You are saying you have a right to the same hardware that cops and the military have?
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#3
Why not? Why should police/military be a special class, elevated above the body of the Citizenry?
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#64
You think you should have the same capabilities as the police, federal agencies or military?
doc03
Dec 2012
#34
I should have said, I am interested in comments from people who want to see sensible gun laws
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#5
What kind of carrot would you have offered to Adam Lanza to not have murdered all of those children?
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#33
What carrot would you have offered his mother to take better care of her weapons?
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#47