Why Gun Control Doesn't Work

[Damocles]

So ban knives.

Knives are also covered by the 2nd Amendment.

 

[LV426]

I guess you missed the point. I'll help.

No guns = no gun violence
No knives = no knife violence
No trucks = no truck violence

Get the drift?

I know, it's reductionist, I get it.

 

[LV426]

You really are against guns, LV.
That's cool.
There are plenty of things about our constitution that I regard as despicable too, although that's not one of them [the actual amendment wording sucks, though]..
But given the constitution that we have, we are globally unique in having the right, not privilege, to own firearms.
Different constitution, different country. That's a topic for debate as well.
But this forum is for venting, not for debate.

Oh, I know that, and that I'm probably not going to change anyone's mind here...but if just one person reads the science behind gun addiction, then that's all I can hope for.

 

[AProudLefty]

Knives are also covered by the 2nd Amendment.

Knives, guns, muskets, arrows, spears, and so on and on.

 

[AProudLefty]

I know, it's reductionist, I get it.

No you don't get it.

Banning guns is not going to stop violence.

 

[LV426]

Banning guns is not going to stop violence.

No, but it will stop gun violence, and gun violence is the predominant form of lethal violence.

 

[AProudLefty]

No, but it will stop gun violence, and gun violence is the predominant form of lethal violence.

How do you propose the government do that? Get in everyone's home and search for guns?

 

[NiftyNiblick]

Knives, guns, muskets, arrows, spears, and so on and on.

We have a constitutionally guaranteed right to be able to cut our porterhouse steak into bite sized pieces.
The founders thought of everything.

 

[CASPER]

No arrows = no arrow deaths

But how do you get rid of arrows?

 

[AProudLefty]

But how do you get rid of arrows?

Get rid of all trees.

 

[CASPER]

When someone kills 60 people in 60 seconds with a bow and arrow, I'll be more than happy to talk about arrow control.

Hawkeye can't even hit those numbers, and he's an Avenger.

There has never been 60 people shot in 60 seconds, just so ya know.

 

[CASPER]

Get rid of all trees.

They can grow their own.

 

[AProudLefty]

They can grow their own.

Use tree killer.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Guns do the same thing to your brain that drugs do...release endorphins.

It is the release of those endorphins to which most of them are addicted.

That's why claims that guns are there "for personal safety" or "for self-defense" or "as a bulwark against the government" or "to hunt animals" are all false and all bullshit. You can accomplish all of those things without a gun.

The guns are there because they trigger (no pun intended) the release of endorphins in the brain, which provides calm, satisfaction, or security.

Addicted To Guns? Here’s How Using A Firearm Affects Your Biology
https://www.medicaldaily.com/addicted-guns-heres-how-using-firearm-affects-your-biology-410542

When you take a scientific approach to guns, everything starts to become much more clear....

so why does government arm their agents with guns????

 

[domer76]

The judge and the prosecutor who did not object, primarily because NYC has decided the police are the problem, not the career criminals.

My point stands.

 

[domer76]

There has never been 60 people shot in 60 seconds, just so ya know.

Maybe not. It took only about 10 minutes to kill 60 and wound over 400 in Las Vegas. From 32 stories up. Is that good enough for you?

 

[Concart]

False posit. Gun control does work.

 

[Walt]

it only works in countries that actually use it, duh.....

Gun laws in the USA are designed to fail.

 

[Taft2016]

False posit. Gun control does work.

Not in NYC. Chicago maybe?

 

[CASPER]

Maybe not. It took only about 10 minutes to kill 60 and wound over 400 in Las Vegas. From 32 stories up. Is that good enough for you?

He could have done the same driving a box truck since we are talking a tightly packed crowd, which the only way he was able to do what he did with a firearm.