OldLady
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Your avi is inappropriate. We don't point guns at people.I don't know where these numbers come from, but if we are so much safer than we were in '93, WHY are mass shootings becoming a monthly if not weekly incident in our country?Considering they haven't mentioned his political party yet.......good chance he is a democrat and obama/bernie bro.........that they haven't mentioned an AR-15 yet....likely he didn't use one...
But, we can wait to see what we find out....
Actually, what we've found out so far is that he's a veteran and was a loyal employee of this place for 16 years... who just snapped one day.
Maybe we'll find out he had a boss who was fucking with him... or maybe he was crazy for years.
Key thing. He was able to legally get guns and kill a lot of people. That's what's messed up.
No.....600 million guns in private hands today......one man walked into that place and broke the law.....he was messed up, not the other several million gun owners......
And considering that as more Americans own and carry guns....more than ever before, and our gun murder rate has gone down, not up.....you have no valid point....
Also....none of your gun laws that you asshats wanted stopped him.......your gun free zone law allowed him access to unarmed victims.....
He stopped murdering people when people with guns started shooting back at him.......showing you don't know what you are talking about...
Over the last 26 years, we went from 200 million guns in private hands in the 1990s and 4.7 million people carrying guns for self defense in 1997...to close to 400-600 million guns in private hands and over 17.25 million people carrying guns for self defense in 2018...guess what happened...
-- gun murder down 49%
--gun crime down 75%
--violent crime down 72%
Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware
Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homicides, the firearm homicide rate was 49% lower in 2010, and there were fewer deaths, even though the nation’s population grew. The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and sex crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades.
Do you really think that if everyone working in that building yesterday was armed, they would have had the wherewithal to stop him? Dig the pistol out of your bag or briefcase or desk drawer, hole up behind something sturdy to shield you and try to peek out and take aim. All of this with him shooting and people dropping all around you, others screaming and running. Only a trained professional cop or soldier would be able to do that and it would be dangerous as hell. Most people would duck and hide, hope for the best and worry about their own ass, not being Clark Kent.
Nonsense. People defend themselves every day because they have the freedom to do so. When I go to the range, it’s usually packed with people working on their marksmanship.