Gun control? how about social media sites?

[Jon651]

I purposely read the entire story (several full pages of print.) about the latest shootings in the New York Times paper. They delve into all aspects of the shooters. They went back into the childhood of the shooter and were making all kinds of physiological assessments but there was not one word about the amount of time the shooters spent playing "shoot-um games". Kids spend hundreds of hours playing those killing games and become to think what happens in the games are real. Why isn't there an effort to ban shooting games to anyone under 21 years of age?

I think the short answer to your question is that the rest of the world also plays the same games yet doesn't have the number of mass shootings that we do in the US. It's a combination of a lot of things but just like firearms regulations, changing only one thing won't suddenly cure all our ills.

 

[BigBoy99]

If he killer had drive an SUV onto the school playground and killed the same number of people, would we be having these discussions?????

 

[UncleEd]

If he killer had drive an SUV onto the school playground and killed the same number of people, would we be having these discussions?????

A question to answer this sort
of question: Would the police
have stood back for nearly an
hour as children died of wounds
in fear the killer would run the LEOs
down as well?

 

[martyd]

Canada's Incoherent Gun Ban Includes Bolt Action Rifles.

Below is a cut and paste from a much larger article. Here is the link to see the whole article:
Canada's 'Incoherent' Gun Ban Includes Bolt-Action Rifles, Excludes Some Semi-Automatics

“Today we are closing the market for military-grade assault weapons in Canada. We are banning 1,500 models and variants of these firearms by way of regulations." “Meanwhile, the list bans a number of bolt-action hunting rifles used for large game."

“The ban, announced late last week, does not include the Chinese-made Norinco Type 97, for example, a semi-automatic version of the standard-issued rifles used by the People’s Liberation Army of China. Nor does it include the Russian-designed SKS rifle, the precursor to the popular AK-47; the Israeli-made Tavor .223, a semi-automatic rifle developed with the aid of the Israeli Defense Force, or the Canadian-made WK180-C, which gun publication CalibreMag said ‘functions much like an AR-15,’some Chinese and Russian

 

[csurp34]

The term "assault weapon" is like "gun violence." Terms made up by the anti gun people to vilify something they don't like/want banned. Assigning a pejorative label makes things easier to hate and rail against. It gives their followers a term to spew along with their emotion to counter logical discussion.

Gun control is just a step along the way to their "utopia."

IMO "Assault Weapon", "Military Style" and "Military Grade" amongst others are made up terms used to conflate those rifles with actual military "Assault Rifles" and so they must then be regulated the same as the military rifles.

Semi-Automatic only rifles are not the battle rifle for any military, Ergo, they are not "military" anything.

Post this often on social media!

 

[csurp34]

I think the short answer to your question is that the rest of the world also plays the same games yet doesn't have the number of mass shootings that we do in the US. It's a combination of a lot of things but just like firearms regulations, changing only one thing won't suddenly cure all our ills.

Are you saying that restricting the gun rights of those who don't do the shootings won't stop the shootings?

Whoa.

/S

In all seriousness, I post the above on every social media site that I can in response to the topic.

Maybe we all should consider some version of that and do the same?

Keep it civil and they have no rational argument in return, not that any minds are changed but it is now published and a POV for others to read and consider.

 

[venomballistics]

Define what "Modern Sporting rifle" is
I always thought that term was stupid, along with "America's Rifle"
Why don't we just call it what it basically is-a semi automatic rifle???? As opposed to a bolt action, a lever action or a single shot????
Everyone has to have "their" catch phrases. To me an assult weapon is a full auto BAR, An M2 "Ma DUce" or a M134 Minigun-
Sorry but I am fed up with the invective used on both sides!

Better still ...Rifle, Carbine, Pistol, Shotgun.
Terms such as semi auto can be latched onto as well.
Stay boring my friend

 

[csurp34]

Better still ...Rifle, Carbine, Pistol, Shotgun.
Terms such as semi auto can be latched onto as well.
Stay boring my friend

Fully semi-automatic?