It's not the law abiding RESPONSIBLE gun carriers that do this...it's those that buy them on the black market....
2007-04-17 03:38:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
And then we have the Brits saying they're not surprised with all of this considering our lax gun control laws. Maybe they forget that Hitler dearmed German citizens before tromping across Europe. Maybe had that not happened England wouldn't have needed us gun toting Americans to help them rebuild. Why aren't we as upset with all the alcohol related deaths in this country - or is the gun issue more of an "I don't want a gun so you shouldn't have a gun either" mentality? We don't think that way when it comes to booze. How about deaths from child abuse? Why aren't we blowing our horns about ending that? Or isn't ending child abuse as important as banning guns?
Josh below forgets that in the UK they not only shoot each other but they blow each other up as well. I refer you to Northern Ireland.
2007-04-17 03:47:55 · answer #1 · answered by 55Spud 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
countries with stricter gun rules have decrease crime expenditures, alongside with Canada, or the united kingdom, the place the dying via gun value is 3 % that in the time of the U. S.. The very uncomplicated reason that gun rules in states of the U. S. are not efficient is as a results of two issues: automobiles and Interstate Highways. someone who desires to violate an anti gun regulation in DC in ordinary terms want stress a nil.5 hour into Virginia, and no border guards will examine his automobile for unlawful weapons while he comes back to DC. Now, if the regulation in Virginia have been the comparable because it incredibly is in DC, our gun seeker may be SOL...
2016-10-22 10:11:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guns used in the tragedy at VT were bought legally. In England where guns are not allowed there were 46 gun deaths last year in a country with 8 million people. In the city of NY there were almost 600. This guy in Va was not a criminal until yesterday. Had he gone in with a knife, there would not have been so many lives lost. I don't expect gun owners to see the reality of what is happening to innocent people in this country.... And save your breath with the "guns don't kill people, people do" No truly intelligent person can possible believe that guns were not a major part of this tragedy. When the right to bear arms was written in the Constitution there were no handguns or automatic assault weapons. This country needs to wake up to the epidemic that is occurring in this country as the result of lax gun laws!
2007-04-17 03:52:17 · answer #3 · answered by Heath G 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Thank you for speaking the truth.
This guy in Virginia had two guns with the numbers filed off them. Very illegal, in fact a felony to possess. Not what you buy at a gun store or gun show. If someone wants to get a gun on the street to commit a crime, they are going to find one. Perhaps you should vote to allocate money to get illegal guns and illegal gun dealers off the street if you want to avert tragedies like the one yesterday.
2007-04-17 03:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe the argument would be if we took all guns off the street, criminals would have a lot less access to them.
Look at England. They banned guns, their cops don't even have guns, and nobody is crying foul and they have a lot less murders per capita than we do.
That being said I support the entire Bill of Rights. Not just the ones I agree with.
2007-04-17 03:49:08 · answer #5 · answered by Josh 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
But what does happen a lot is legal guns are stolen and sold on the black market, where they are used for crime. So by banning guns, you get rid of these problems. As well, how many people accidental shot themselves with legal guns? Especially kids who find Daddy's gun.
2007-04-17 04:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Domestic shootings involve illegal guns?
2007-04-17 03:42:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
this is boring!!
people kill people do you ever hear that?
you have a short memory my lady
Enoch Brown school massacre -
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States; July 26, 1764
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting#List_of_school_massacres
Bath School bombings disaster
Michigan, USA, on May 18, 1927
45 children in second to sixth grades dies
58 wounded
Poe Elementary School Attack - Houston, Texas,
United States; September 15, 1959
6 people dies
University of Texas at Austin Tower Massacre -
Austin, Texas, United States; August 1, 1966
15 people dies 31 wounded
Kent State shootings - Kent, Ohio,
United States; May 4, 1970
4 people dies 9 wounded
California State University, Fullerton Library Massacre
United States; July 12, 1976
7 people dies 2 wounded
Stockton Massacre - Stockton, California,
United States, 1989
killing 5 schoolchildren and 29 wounded
University of Iowa shooting - Iowa City, Iowa,
United States; 1991
shot 5 people to death, seriously wounded another
Simon's Rock College of Bard shooting
United States; December 14, 1992
2 people dies 4 wounded
Richland High School shooting
Tennessee, United States; November 15, 1995
2 people dies 1 seriously wounded
Frontier Junior High shooting
Washington, United States; February 2, 1996
3 people dies
Pearl High School shooting
Mississippi, United States; October 1, 1997
3 people dies including his own mother 7 wounded
Heath High School shooting
Kentucky, United States; December 1, 1997
3 girls dies 5 wounded
Jonesboro massacre
Arkansas, United States; March 24, 1998
5 people dies 10 wounded
Columbine High School massacre
Colorado, United States; April 20, 1999
12 people dies 24 wounded
Santana High School
California,United States; March 5, 2001
2 people dies 13 wounded
Rocori High School shootings
Minnesota, United States; 2003
2 people dies
Red Lake High School massacre -
Red Lake, Minnesota, United States; 2005
7 people dies 7 wounded
Amish school shooting -
Nickel Mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
United States; 2006
5 girls aged 7–13 dies
Platte Canyon High School shooting -
Bailey, Colorado, United States; 2006
six female students hostage and sexually assaulted them, later releasing four. When police entered the classroom, Morrison opened fire before shooting hostage Emily Keyes in the head
Henry Foss High School -
Tacoma, Washington, United States January 3, 2007
1 guy dies
and today we pray for the new one but not the last one
Virginia Tech massacre -
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States; April 16, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18134671/?GT1=9246
is very important to understand why this happen in order
to prevent blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
just wait for the next one cause nobody
cares to do something about that!!!
2007-04-17 03:53:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You're way out of line referring to gun control supporters as "freaks", even if you do have legitamite reasons to disagree with them. They have a lot of legitamite reasons to support gun control. Guns can be used for very evil purposes, as we saw yet again yesterday.
As for guns don't kill people, people do, that it true. But guns make it helluva lot easier for people to kill people. And a lot easier for people to go on such killing sprees than say if they were carrying a knife.
2007-04-17 03:48:00 · answer #9 · answered by brian2412 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why do you call people "freaks" who want to try and do SOMETHING to try and reduce the number of gun deaths each year? Instead of calling people names and spouting platitudes why don't you try coming up with some meaningful suggestions to address the issue.
2007-04-17 03:44:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋