SmarterthanYou
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debunked many times.
“Three weeks and 39 mass shootings. This is America in 2023”
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debunked many times.
Yeah, and if cops shouldn't have guns, then neither should anyone else.
Weren't you trained in hand-to-hand combat and other forms of unarmed self-defense?
Why can't you rely on that training to "protect yourself"?
So if people are the problem, not guns, then why do you think the problem should have guns?
Because it is so miniscule, it doesn't even fall within a margin of error.
The number of people killed by criminals with guns is nothing compared to the number of people who kill themselves with guns.
I've never said that. So stop being a whiny little bitch.
Never once has it been debunked.
It is a FACT that the majority of gun deaths are self-inflicted.
It is ALSO A FACT that the majority of gun accidents are self-inflicted.
So since self-inflicted harm is the primary means of gun deaths and injuries, then statistically speaking, you are less safe to yourself because of that.
If you don't have a gun, then you have no chance of a self-inflicted gun death, nor do you have a chance of a self-inflicted gun accident.
So the statistical probability for someone to die from a self-inflicted gunshot if they don't have a gun is 0.
ZERO PROBABILITY because ZERO weapons.
You and I can easily agree that preventive medicine is the best medicine and that both vaccines and emergencies should be covered. It's where we go from there that becomes fuzzy.
Should someone who downs a fifth of vodka along with a pack of smokes despite 40 years of doctors saying "You shouldn't do that" be given the same coverage as a pregnant 20 year old...most likely at higher cost?
I'm for common sense healthcare laws....and assisted suicide.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
why?
should the 65 year old grandmother rely on hand to hand? Should the mother with two kids in the shopping mart parking lot rely on hand to hand? What about against more than one attacker? Should I, as an older, but not fat, man rely on hand to hand combat against two or more young people when they have knives? or guns? why do you believe that I, or anyone else, as decent law abiding people must rely on lesser means for our protection?
It's just a part of our culture now. Gun nuts claim mass shootings are too rare to worry about. I think one mass shooting is enough to worry about. Our kids heads are on a swivel in their classrooms. I never had to worry about that when I was a kid. It's not right but no one, not even most Democrats are brave enough to take on the gun lobby or the gun nuts.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
Because they are the most effective tools for self defense.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
you are delusional. stop ignoring the reality of inner city crime.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
your facts are wrong. not sure where you pulled them from.
evince
Truthmatters
You and I can easily agree that preventive medicine is the best medicine and that both vaccines and emergencies should be covered. It's where we go from there that becomes fuzzy.
Should someone who downs a fifth of vodka along with a pack of smokes despite 40 years of doctors saying "You shouldn't do that" be given the same coverage as a pregnant 20 year old...most likely at higher cost?
I'm for common sense healthcare laws....and assisted suicide.
All people all care
Anything else is evil
evince
Truthmatters
You hate facts along with America
And science
And math
And history
And most other humans
Let's say you are 100% correct, LV. What do you win? Do you think lying about me convinces others your way is the only way?
Which do you prefer: the illusion of being correct or leaving behind a positive, lasting change, no matter how miniscule?
Banning things is not the path to freedom. It doesn't matter to me which side does it, it's still wrong.
That should be the ultimate goal.
IMO it can't be attained without the effective equivalents of Mr. Fusion and a Star Trek Replicator. Anything short of such tech is simply robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Ummm...because if police can't be trusted with weapons, then no one can.
Not many 65 year old grandmothers are being shot by criminals.
Not many 65 year old grandmothers are shooting themselves.
I guess what I'm trying to say is...I don't want old people waving guns around.
What good is a gun on the hands of that mother if she doesn't see the criminal sneaking up behind her?
Like, this is such an easy thing to dismiss because humans don't have eyes in the back of their head.
You've already agreed most "gun violence" are suicides. How can a suicide be "killing tons of innocent people"? The majority of other gun deaths are domestic disputes where only the cops are innocent bystanders.