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Oh, and I think the reason people get pretty riled up is that 58 people all died in a span of hours, with the damage done in a span of minutes, rather than having the deaths spread out pretty evenly (as is the case with, for example, cardiothoracic disease).

If 58 people died at a single McDonalds from burgers all purchased within a 10-minute window, you can bet it would get a lot of attention. So I don't think it's is ALL due to the fact that the issue is politicized. The event is much more dramatic, too.

raggmann54

Thanks for taking the time for your rational and detailed post. In fairness statistics can be used to support both side of the argument. I've read articles that show that the states with tighter gun control laws have fewer gun related deaths and that the states with higher gun ownership have higher gun related deaths. The US has way more guns per person compared to other countries and also has way more gun deaths ( adjusted for population size) whether they be suicides, gang related or the average of more than 1 mass shootings a day in the US ( defined as 4 or more persons shot) more guns unfortunately does translate to more gun related deaths because they are more readily accessible. Stats also show that countries with Less guns have less deaths.

So relating to this comment
"Remember, when it comes to "gun control," the important word is “control," not “gun."

IMO, it's both We have a lot of guns up here , hunters, gun clubs, collectors and we have relativel strict guidelines and laws but nobody feels that there is a control issue at hand ,we can use our guns to hunt , range shoot etc. One big social and cultural difference is that we don't feel a need to have to Carry a gun around and it's not permitted. It's not to say we are better but the end result is a low death rate by guns.

Gun deaths won't stop , but I think Sneaky hit the nail on the head, it's the super powered weapons capable of rapid multiple casualties in a short period of time which ar most often used in the mass killings such as LV. Are these really needed to be something essentially anyone can own.

As for all the other sources of preventable deaths you cited, these are issues we all deal with as well but are for another discussion. The statistics Are not different in other countries , like gun deaths are.
Controversial and emotional topic that will forever be debated especially when events like Sandy Hook occur......there deep rooted social and economic underpinnings which makes it a complex issue for sure

    raggmann54 Well shit, with those minor 'gun violence' stats I might just as well go off a couple people I don't particularly don't care for. No one would even notice.

    I do have to be careful that everyone on my block does not do the same thing though. At that point, my crime would become major.

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      LBlack14 I don't believe it is the same, death by suicide is 1 death by their own hands. I have no idea what the firearm of choice is, but seems unlikely it's a rapid fire, continuous fire weapon, whereas these mass killings do have those kinds of weapons and then they are either taken out by the first responders or they turn the weapon on themselves, but the decision to take their own life is after they have taken many lives.

      Bumpstock? Assuming that's the term for the gizmo that turns a firearm into a auto fire?

      I would.love to know info from the countries that have a significantly lower death by gun rate then we do, why others in despair, with mental health, or situational stressors....why are these people less prone to go on a rampage and kill....or are there just as many homicidal folks percentage wise, that just don't have access to guns that are rapid fire and therefore it rarely happens or does their homicidal rage get carried out in some other fashion? There has to be some research/theories, coming from other countries. I dunno if this even a relevant question, but I'm interested in the info if it's out there.

      Edit...not sure why the bumpstock paragraph got bolded, but it did.

        ode

        Suicide is a completely different matter than mass shootings. That's why, if you want to have a serious discussion about firearm laws, you have to throw those numbers out. If you take guns away the suicide numbers would most likely stay the same. They may drop some but I don't think it would be much.

        Once you remove those from the equation, along with a couple other categories, then you have numbers you can work with.

        • ode replied to this.

            Bill it's a really good question, one would think the suicide rate would be same/similar, but I'd love to know if it would.be different in a significant way....we will never know for sure.

              Sneakylong enhanced background checks

              There's already a background check system in place. If you think making them "better" is going to help, you're frankly mistaken. Criminals don't care about your laws. You can pass as many as you want and they're not gonna change at all.

                Bill wow, that is amazing how the bumpstock replicates what the true marksman is actually doing, but there is no replication for the skill of a true marksmen. That slow motion was telling.

                  candukid You cannot go back to the 50's and apple pie and sock hops.

                  A thing about those times, that people do not think about, is the fact that there were probably close to as many gun owners in the U.S. as there are today. Or maybe I should say, owners that had as many guns as there are today. It was times of hunting for food, not the pleasure of killing. We handled guns as young kids(pre-teen) back then. They were single shot, as much as was necessary. IF you knew how to shoot. I'd hate to see a fat rabbit after being hit with an automatic weapon; actually, I don't think you'd be able to see anything of it!! And anyone using a hollow point would have been beaten by their father.

                  Never did/still don't understand the need for an automatic, outside the military. In the 1st place, it takes no damn skill to hit anything.

                      ode And latest reports are that gun stores are selling out of these as fast as they can get them!

                      Imagine how many potential mass murderers it has made in just the last couple days.

                          Par4QC don't understand the need for an automatic

                          It's a very, very (did I say very) painstaking process to obtain an automatic weapon, even in the U.S.

                          We do agree about one of your points, though, in the 1900's (I say that like it was a long time ago) firearms weren't treated with disdain by so many. Firearms safety was taught in school and embraced by all (ok, probably most). Heck, I remember a time in high school when a less than extraordinarily intelligent kid at school walked out to his pickup during lunch break, pulled out his hunting rifle, and shot a deer on the hill across the road. He broke about 3 or 4 rules/laws all at once there, but having a gun in his vehicle at school wasn't one of them. It was almost hunting season and I'm fairly sure he had plans to go practice after school in preparation for the upcoming season. No one even questioned why he had the gun at school. It was not a big deal as it shouldn't have been. What they did question was 1) why he went out to his truck before school was out (closed campus), 2) shot at a deer out of season, 3) across a road, 3)... and the list went on.

                            Par4QC ... or imagine how many patriots might have armed themselves with a tool similar to what they'd face if they ever had to defend their country against their government.

                            Seriously, let's think about this. Bumpstocks are not a new thing. They've been out for many years and I would be willing to bet there are thousands of them out there and this is the very first time you've heard about one being used with ill intent.

                                puttnfool is that why "Patriots" arm themselves with that kind if firearm, the thought really is to protect oneself from its own government?

                                And it is a fundamental question, is it worthy of taking away the right to have things like bumpstock from law abiding citizens to try and prevent the non law abiding citizens from obtaining them, or to prevent these mass killings.

                                Easy for me to say yes, as I do not own one, nor will I, at least that's where I'm at now. Don't hunt, don't target shoot, don't collect. I do know quite a few folks that hunt and they are quite reasonable people and none of them own these bump stocks or have these semi auto weapons.

                                    ode is that why "Patriots" arm themselves with that kind if firearm, the thought really is to protect oneself from its own government?

                                    I'm thinking zombies..................

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                                        sdandrea1 lol, im thinking aliens (extra terrestrials, not real people) or if Hillary gets elected and sends the dogs to collect the guns😎

                                            ode

                                            Lol. I'd start a topic to deal with that silly rationalization but the title required was already taken by this thread . 😉

                                              Hunter safety instructor and firearm safety instructor in a public school system in the 70's. Today you would be arrested. Also a handgun safety instructor that used to train police so they could qualify to carry a weapon. I own one or more firearms and have never seen the need for a Bump stock. They were approved, twice by the BATFE during the last Administration as not violating the Automatic/Machine Gun rules. Using one for any length of time in a semi-auto rifle will result in a burned out barrel, cracked bolt mechanism and damage the chamber of your firearm. A semi-auto firearm is not designed nor built to withstand that type of stress. To me, dumb to own and dumberer to use. Unless you have money to burn on firearms and ammo. If that is the case, I need a new set of golf clubs so send the money to me, I'll put it to good use...