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Do pro gun people have some responsibility to fix the mass shooting problem?

Do pro gun people have some responsibility to fix the mass shooting problem?

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    Votes: 6 6.8%

  • Yes, pro gun people should help fix the problem

    Votes: 26 29.5%

  • No, they're not responsible in the slightest

    Votes: 56 63.6%
  • Total voters
    88
  • Poll closed .
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We have a problem with mass shootings, that much we all can agree on.

We can mitigate the problem though legislation. Treat guns just like you treat cars, you need a license to operate a gun and the gun is registered.

Nobody takes you guns away, you just have to do some paperwork every now and then.

Do pro gun people have some responsibility to fix the mass shooting problem?
 
swing_voter said:
We have a problem with mass shootings, that much we all can agree on.

We can mitigate the problem though legislation. Treat guns just like you treat cars, you need a license to operate a gun and the gun is registered.

Nobody takes you guns away, you just have to do some paperwork every now and then.

Do pro gun people have some responsibility to fix the mass shooting problem?
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Reasonable gun people do.


Ammosexuals do not
 
Why would I be responsible for another person's actions?
 
I voted no in support of the pro gun folks. If I could I would have voted hell no never give an inch.

Their own reluctance to even begin to try to help the situation will one day come back to haunt them. Personally they are the singular group who should be doing something to help.
 
swing_voter said:
We have a problem with mass shootings, that much we all can agree on.

We can mitigate the problem though legislation. Treat guns just like you treat cars, you need a license to operate a gun and the gun is registered.

Nobody takes you guns away, you just have to do some paperwork every now and then.

Do pro gun people have some responsibility to fix the mass shooting problem?
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What piece of paper would fix the Vegas shooting? Sandy Hook? Virginia Tech?
 
swing_voter said:
We have a problem with mass shootings, that much we all can agree on.

We can mitigate the problem though legislation. Treat guns just like you treat cars, you need a license to operate a gun and the gun is registered.

Nobody takes you guns away, you just have to do some paperwork every now and then.

Do pro gun people have some responsibility to fix the mass shooting problem?
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What requirements for registration are there for operating a car on your property?
 
Fledermaus said:
Name them.
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Let's take Vegas. He had lots of guns but no automatic weapons. In fact he used a bump stock to mimic that. Clearly he could not be bothered going thru the form's needs to get automatic weapons. If that applied to all guns he may never have owned a gun
 
vegas giants said:
Let's take Vegas. He had lots of guns but no automatic weapons. In fact he used a bump stock to mimic that. Clearly he could not be bothered going thru the firm's needs to get automatic weapons. If that applied to all guns he may never have owned a gun
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Not one thing you wrote addressed the challenge.
 
Is everyone who owns a car responsible for drunk driving?
Is everyone who brews beer responsible for it?

No.

Nor is there any strong evidence that registration would have any significant impact.
Denmark mass shooting, 72 dead.
Charlie Hebdo in France... full automatic weapons.
Sandy Hook... stolen guns.
 
If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem.

Thoughts and prayers are not a solution.....
 
Goshin said:
Is everyone who owns a car responsible for drunk driving?
Is everyone who brews beer responsible for it?

No.

Nor is there any strong evidence that registration would have any significant impact.
Denmark mass shooting, 72 dead.
Charlie Hebdo in France... full automatic weapons.
Sandy Hook... stolen guns.
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Do you think the government should have laws against drunk driving?
 
The problem is a lack of mental healthcare and diagnosis in this county. Yes, everyone should support improving that.
 
ecofarm said:
The problem is a lack of mental healthcare and diagnosis in this county. Yes, everyone should support improving that.
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Thete is nowhere on earth with great mental health care and lax gun laws that has low gun deaths
 
swing_voter said:
We have a problem with mass shootings, that much we all can agree on.

We can mitigate the problem though legislation. Treat guns just like you treat cars, you need a license to operate a gun and the gun is registered.

Nobody takes you guns away, you just have to do some paperwork every now and then.

Do pro gun people have some responsibility to fix the mass shooting problem?
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bongsaway said:
I voted no in support of the pro gun folks. If I could I would have voted hell no never give an inch.

Their own reluctance to even begin to try to help the situation will one day come back to haunt them. Personally they are the singular group who should be doing something to help.
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We're doing our part, but the anti-gunners don't want us to.
 
ecofarm said:
The problem is a lack of mental healthcare and diagnosis in this county. Yes, everyone should support improving that.
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I would also add that we would need to change the laws regarding the ability for the state to engage in involuntary commitment of potential offenders. It helps very little if we build and fund more state hospitals but severely emotionally and mentally disturbed men are committed to them only after they commit a mass-shooting. Especially when warning signs abounded prior to their murder spree, as we have seen in so many of these cases of prior mass shootings.

Basically, if the laws we already had on the books were simply enforced properly, and we had the facilities and means with which we could commit the severely disturbed, I would go so far as to say practically 9 out of 10 mass shootings would not have occurred.
 
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