Posted by strikeout26 on 2/22/2018 1:26:00 AM (view original):
I would love to see more debate about the real issues that lead to these horrific tragedies. Before you guys blow me up on here, remember that I don't have an issue with banning assault weapons, but that is not going to prevent these horrific events. As I said, the VA Tech shooter killed twice as many people with 2 hand guns. Is it easier with an automatic/semi-automatic weapon? Of course, but lunatics will find a way. According to FBI data, over twice as many people are murdered by knives than they are by shotguns, rifles, and assault weapons combined. Roughly as many people are murdered by blunt objects as are murdered by shotguns, rifles, and assault weapons combined. More people are murdered per year by people who don't even have a weapon (using hands, feet, fists, ect.) than are murdered by shotguns, rifles, and assault weapons combined. In about 75% of murders by gun, the perpetrator used a hand gun. No offense to the left on here, but gun control advocates create a distraction from discussing the true causes of these heinous events.
I would love to see these teenagers marching to promote lower divorce rates and fewer absent fathers.
Also, I don't understand why the only time this topic comes up is when there is a mass shooting. 771 Chicagoans were killed in 2016. 650 Chicagoans were killed in 2017. Are black people in large cities not important enough to discuss or has it just become the norm? I don't think I have ever seen a discussion on here about how to solve black on black crime and it is very rarely discussed in other venues.
Nothing is going to prevent every mass shooting. Gun control will not solve the problem. It would just be a step in the right direction. Yes, many more people are killed by other methods besides guns, but if we eliminate a good portion of the gun killings we can do things to limit the other types. You rarely hear
about mass killings done with a knife of blunt objects or fists.
We should try to limit all crime. Who cares if it black on black, white on white, or dog on cat?