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Showing Original Post only (View all)If we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. "The problem with this talking point is that it [View all]
is patent nonsense. Most recent mass shootings in the United States were done with legally purchased (some were purchased at gun shows, with their notoriously lax background check policies, or online, where there are few if any background checks required) and registered firearms. This indicates that our regulations are not stringent enough to make it difficult for those who intend to use guns to hurt other people to acquire weapons."
Also, criminals will just ignore the law, so lets not change the law is a terrible excuse. Some people disregard the speed limit when driving, and people still steal from, assault and rape other people even though there are laws that prohibit these transgressions. Few sensible people suggest that these laws should be made less stringent or be repealed.
Wonkblog author Ezra Klein explored some statistics about guns in the United States in an article for the Washington Post. One fact he discovered: States with stricter gun control laws have fewer deaths from gun-related violence.
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the above starts about 1/3 way down here:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/12/17/john-mccain-receives-the-most-lavish-nra-donations/
lots of Rs in that top 20, hmm?
i counted 20!