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In reply to the discussion: Can a country with open borders EVER ban guns? [View all]TipTok
(2,474 posts)80. Saw how well that worked with the drug trade...
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Yes, indeed it did, and it was horrifying. Do you constantly see spree killings in the headlines
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#7
You see a spree killing every time spree killers want to see a spree killing
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2016
#19
Just pointing out France and Canada both have guns, but think there is registration there
SpookyDem
Jul 2016
#3
You THINK they have registration? In France you have to make an application just to buy
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#4
that's true, but for example, anyone from Canada could go to Alaska or the USA and sneak
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#31
Not 'no one'. But most citizens respect the law for exactly what it is. That's why society
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#74
Not clear on the concept? Wild boars are a dangerous menace in the rural areas of France,
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#8
I agree completely! That certainly falls under the 'agricultural purposes' realm,
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#14
Yes and the agricultural purposes can be performed by an expanded game warden department.
Jim Beard
Jul 2016
#25
True, I just think that if we were to remove millions of guns from circulation in this country...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#42
If we were to remove most guns from circulation, we might have a slight uptick...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#46
Agreed. When an 11 year old can buy a gun in the USA, but can't buy cigarettes or
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#15
That transaction is illegal, far more illegal than buying a pack of cigarettes.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2016
#55
Western Europe has had much lower homicide rates than the U.S. for well over 100 years.
Kang Colby
Jul 2016
#23
I'm all or nothing. Continuing this dance with the NRA and gun humpers WON'T work.
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#32
I think it's the only way to get the message across. If the majority of people express this
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#41
So you ban guns and 50% of the shootings continue. I'd call that a big friggin success.
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#27
How do you know that? Are they impossible for people to steal? Is it impossible to point them at...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#43
So you never remove them from the safe? Never go sport shooting or hunting?
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#67
It's a rare talent... thinking of things that bring constant ridicule.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#64
"phallic inadequacy". I love that. I KNOW my guns don't make my tiny dick bigger.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#36
No wonder she made that weird smile and gave me a Daisy BB Gun for my B-Day!
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#47
As far as I'm aware of, Mexican cartels get's most of its guns from the United States.
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#44
Heh. Maybe via the Mexican military, via the U.S.? Or the millions in circulation...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#48
You have conflicting questions. I have no idea if gun control works in Canada.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#50
I would agree that the war on drugs has been very damaging to many places in the world...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#52
Actually, I see no evidence that the # of guns in circulation causes crime increases...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#56
I don't believe the prohibition comparison is that valid, if it were, then nations that do have...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#59
Nations with a history of low crime rates continue with that low rate, gun controls or no.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#68
According to the data I linked, the rate of violence is about the same...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#72
I imagine the history goes well back to before our revolution, even further for the British.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#93
What are you talking about? The point seems to have gone over your head...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#94
I am saying that England, for whatever reason, has a lower homicide rate because...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#95
Homicide isn't an objective to most crime in the United States either, is your argument...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#96
Name a city in the United States where there is no marijuana, meth, or heroin.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#87
Don't put words in my mouth. You said in states were drugs were illegal, they weren't "everywhere".
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#89