Bonus points to dataDave for invoking Godwin's Law!
It's interesting that a couple of you have said that handguns are a greater threat because they can be concealed easier than automatic weapons, but concealment was never an issue in any of these shootings.
Automatic weapons fire more, high-power, bullets from large-capacity magazines which spray the target area, so the fatalities are usually higher. With handguns, you've got to be pretty accurate. Firing twin guns whilst diving in slo-mo only happens in John Woo films.
I mentioned automatic weapons because one of the police officers attending the scene said this level of carnage couldn't have been achieved without them.
Did you know that on exactly the same day as the Sandy Hook shootings, a man went into a primary school in China, armed with a knife and he injured 22 children? Probably not, because nobody died.
If you feel like depressing yourself, you could look at the list of school massacres and see that no matter which country they took place in, apart from a few anomalies with bombs and flame-throwers, the faster the weapon, the higher the death toll. That's statistics talking, not politicians.
I don't think banning guns is a feasible option, but sensible conversation needs to take place to discuss if people need a machine gun for hunting or protecting their homes. There are arguments for both sides, but only about 1.6% of mass shootings were ended by armed civilians.
I am pro-choice on this, but isn't it time we choose to get rid of the more powerful weapons?
Thanks, Dogg Thang, for understanding where I'm coming from.
There are lots of factors involved with Sandy Hook, clouded further with the lack of suicide note or threatening phone call, but it feels like everybody is in agreement that it shouldn't have happened and should never happen again, but nobody seems to want make any sacrifices to achieve that goal.
It's easy for me to make all the statements above pointing out the wrongs of the availability of automatic weapons, but a bit hypocritical to say "violent video games played no part whatsoever, so hands off!"
After years of watching violent movies and playing gory video games, whether we want it or not, there is a "biological connection between male psyches".
It's interesting that a couple of you have said that handguns are a greater threat because they can be concealed easier than automatic weapons, but concealment was never an issue in any of these shootings.
Automatic weapons fire more, high-power, bullets from large-capacity magazines which spray the target area, so the fatalities are usually higher. With handguns, you've got to be pretty accurate. Firing twin guns whilst diving in slo-mo only happens in John Woo films.
I mentioned automatic weapons because one of the police officers attending the scene said this level of carnage couldn't have been achieved without them.
Did you know that on exactly the same day as the Sandy Hook shootings, a man went into a primary school in China, armed with a knife and he injured 22 children? Probably not, because nobody died.
If you feel like depressing yourself, you could look at the list of school massacres and see that no matter which country they took place in, apart from a few anomalies with bombs and flame-throwers, the faster the weapon, the higher the death toll. That's statistics talking, not politicians.
I don't think banning guns is a feasible option, but sensible conversation needs to take place to discuss if people need a machine gun for hunting or protecting their homes. There are arguments for both sides, but only about 1.6% of mass shootings were ended by armed civilians.
I am pro-choice on this, but isn't it time we choose to get rid of the more powerful weapons?
Thanks, Dogg Thang, for understanding where I'm coming from.
There are lots of factors involved with Sandy Hook, clouded further with the lack of suicide note or threatening phone call, but it feels like everybody is in agreement that it shouldn't have happened and should never happen again, but nobody seems to want make any sacrifices to achieve that goal.
It's easy for me to make all the statements above pointing out the wrongs of the availability of automatic weapons, but a bit hypocritical to say "violent video games played no part whatsoever, so hands off!"
After years of watching violent movies and playing gory video games, whether we want it or not, there is a "biological connection between male psyches".
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