Another Mass Shooting in the Good Ol' USA

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by whell

More bullshit. It is different. Your contention is that "reasonable gun control laws" - which is a nice euphemism that lacks any specifics - is the solution.

Idiocy, and intellectually lazy. Guns have been with us for years, and have always been accompanied by the left's desire to limit access to them. The left has always maintained that "getting guns off the streets" will reduce violent crime.

You specifically said: "BTW, the root cause of the problem is the number and availability of guns in the US." Well, you have stated that you own firearms. By your own definition of "root cause", the desire to commit a violent crime should be irresistible to you, since guns are available to you and you're among the owners of those "too many guns".

You'll reject that argument because you've never used your guns in the commission of a crime. Fair enough. But what is it that keeps you from using your gun to commit a crime if it's not that you own one of the too many guns? Could it be....gasp...the person that you are that would keep you from a life of a gun-wielding criminal?

The fact is that violent crimes have been trending downward for years despite the Fed's inability to pass laws banning access to certain types of guns, and despite your contention that "the root cause of the problem is the number and availability of guns in the US".

Yes, mass shootings have been on the rise, but:

- Not all of these shootings have involved 'assault weapons".
- The shooter in the most recent example slipped through existing regs.
- Mass shootings have also occurred in jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws.

So yes, taking Federal action to reduce mass shootings - when that action is highly unlikely to solve the problem - while simultaneously making firearms harder to acquire, is idiocy.

Throwing around terms like 'bullshit' and 'idiocy' is uncivil and suggests that the cheap gratification of hurling insults is a main motivation for you. This tends to cancel any motivation on my part to engage your argument, because it strongly indicates that you will not take my points seriously.