norge
norge's JournalNo Kidding!
Really? "Every act of gun violence is committed with a gun." What a revelation! Gee, I thought some were committed by lawn mowers. Just like every criminal act is committed by a - criminal?
Yes, you can ban guns and ammunition and gun violence goes away - in theory, but not reality. Criminals will still have access to both - do you really think a ban will keep them out of their hands? A gun owned by a law-abiding citizen is not a danger to anyone. (Except perhaps to a criminal threatening that citizen.)
Are you only concerned with gun violence? What about non-gun related violence? FBI website (see Expanded Homicide Data Table 11, Murder Circumstances, By Weapon, 2011) shows in that year, U.S. murders committed by "Knives or cutting instruments" numbered 1,684. Same data table shows 496 people were murdered by "Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)". And another 726 people were murdered by "Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)". Add in the other methods of murder used in 2011, (fire, strangulation, poison, drowning, etc.) and you get a total of 4,081 non-gun murders that year. Are these people's lives just as valuable as those murdered by guns? What is your take on stopping those murders? Ban all knives, baseball bats, fists, ropes, and so on? The causes of violence do NOT lie within the inanimate object used to commit the act. They lie within the human mind. So in response to your smug "end of story" line - you couldn't be more wrong. Violence will continue in many different forms until we address the mental health issues.
When You Have No Evidence To Refute An Argument...
try laughter! It implies that you think the points made by your opponent are so silly as to be laughable, and require no serious refutation. Of course, your laughter really means that you have no logical, rational opposition to offer.
An Appalling Lack of Civility Here
Scuba, why do you feel the need to be so hostile? Is no one allowed to believe in gun control, but think that requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance might be going too far? So that if someone agrees with your viewpoint in all but that single issue, you respond with "Take your NRA bullshit elsewhere". What a sad commentary on the idea that this could be a forum for a civilized discussion. With all due respect to your right to respond as you see fit, I must say that your response brings to mind the image of a right-wing religious fundamentalist preacher that tells his congregation "Believe and think and do exactly as I say, right down to the Nth degree, or you are condemned to Hell! I cast you out from this church!" Is this really the message you want to convey?
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