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Gun Control Reform Activism

rgbecker

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13. This post is missing almost 20,000 accidents and suicides.

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:51 AM

Jan 2015

By firearm. Per year. Total deaths from firearms are essentially equal to automobile deaths. Automobile deaths when I was growing up, with far fewer cars and people on the road ranged in the area of 50,000/year. Then the people, the government got involved. Who is complaining? Once there were people refusing to wear seat belts and the talk of air bags, sponsored by the Detroit lobby, was all about the high cost, loss of freedom etc. Now people wouldn't buy a new airbagless car if it were offered.

How many of these firearm deaths could be prevented? Or maybe the NRA thinks of these as a desired outcome fitting in with common eugenics theory. I think many of these would never happen if only knives, hammers and fists were handy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] billh58 Jan 2015 OP

Guns don't kill, bullets kill people. flamin lib Jan 2015 #1

Just throw a handful of bullets really hard at someone. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #5

Guns don't kill people, 2-year-olds with guns kill people (Walmart incident) Martin Eden Jan 2015 #2

Guns don't kill people, forks do. That's what ammosexuals tell me. And we don't ban forks. nt valerief Jan 2015 #3

Idiots. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #6

What would the statistics be if they factored in "accidents" and "guns that just went off?" NBachers Jan 2015 #4

Thanks for the stats libodem Jan 2015 #7

Look into those statistics even deeper, and you find rifles and shotguns kill few people... happyslug Jan 2015 #8

And your straight-from-the-NRA-playbook billh58 Jan 2015 #9

Actually, a really good argument can be made for European/Canadian style gun control this way BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #10

I totally agree with you, billh58 Jan 2015 #11

And I agree that NO guns are harmless BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #12

You are the one playing right into the NRA's handbook happyslug Jan 2015 #15

And you, like the NRA and the billh58 Jan 2015 #16

To make any changes you look for allies and divide the opposition happyslug Jan 2015 #18

So basically you've come here to dare me to, or test whether I'll block you from the Group? Electric Monk Jan 2015 #20

Like your Gungeoneer idols, billh58 Jan 2015 #21

You make a good argument for much stricter regulations on who can and cannot own pistols Electric Monk Jan 2015 #17

Actually that cartoon sums up the argument happyslug Jan 2015 #19

This post is missing almost 20,000 accidents and suicides. rgbecker Jan 2015 #13

You are correct, but this OP billh58 Jan 2015 #14