Isn't that the theme of the last couple pages? Every idea someone comes up with is taken apart because it's not perfect coz fringe 'what ifs' could still happen. So lets not do anything.
Lightening deaths in the US 2020: 17
I still have no idea what you're talking about.
I fail to see how pointing out that there's a series of systems in place to prevent these tragedies is someone saying "This isn't a perfect solution therefore it's bad."
You didn't say it with that particular post, true.
You're a weird guy, Ace.
Did I make an unintentional reference?
"child being present during a school shooting"Lightening deaths in the US 2020: 17
Gun related deaths in the US 2020 excluding suicide: ~20.930
Lots of things can work. But "prohibition laws" will not, we have centuries of evidence that the unintended consequences of creating a black market are ALWAYS worse than the problem they seek to solve by prohibition.
Humans have a right to the same defense as "the gov't" because we have a gov't "of the people, by the people, for the people". We don't let queens in fancy hats have more rights than anyone else.
Ah yeah, so did you compare it to a child being present during a school lightening strike?
actually, i controlled populations so it is a fair comparison. I did it by comparing the # child school-hrs to the number of mass shootings and the average school size.
I respectfully disagree. How someone dies is generally irrelevant to a public safety. In jurisdictions where access to firearms has been restricted there has been a corresponding drop in shootings. There however has not been a significant drop in overall violent crime that can't be easily explained through other mechanisms.
Has that not been shown enough in the thread in relation to the previous assault weapon ban?
but if you can't show a basic direct relationship between firearm access and violent crime, increasing/decreasing firearm access isn't a significant part of the theoretical "causal" relationship. Certainly not enough of a causal element to justify all of the social impact of creating a black market of firearms.
Hence im eagerly awaiting the private assault drones.
Sure. Tell us exactly how many children have to die before it becomes relevant to you.
I agree, that's why I mentioned the parameter of gun violence, specifically, "Mass shootings" as not being relevant
Yes, they do
no. the AWB didn't impact violent crime rates. Violent crime continued on the same downward trend before and after the AWB
