Posted by tangplay on 10/5/2017 12:00:00 PM (view original):
Republicans continue to ignore the gun problem, and the environmental problem. (Also Strikeout I respect you. People like RCBracco give liberals a bad reputation, and people like DougOut give conservatives a bad rep. Let's continue to have educated discussion without the name-calling and agree to ignore people like RC.)
Thanks, Tang. I enjoy educated Banter.
Guns are a tough issue. They are not killing people, whack jobs are using them to kill people. If someone gets stabbed, people don't say the knife killed that person. They say Johnny killed that person with a knife. Gun issues seem to only be a problem in larger cities. I have spent my entire life in rural GA. It is quite common for people to wear a gun on their hip to church, restaurants, etc. Nobody thinks anything of it. We actually feel safer. If the gov't came and attempted to confiscate the guns, you would have an all out war. Also, the statistics on death by gun are misleading. 2/3 of deaths by gun are suicides and 2/3 of the remaining 1/3 are gang related violence. IMO, gangs in larger cities should be a larger focus than gun control. It saddens me that this is rarely discussed by either party or the media.