Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Wed April 11, 2018 12:36 am
Threat on my kids' school, technically the high school next to his middle school, yesterday. Attendance was only 50% today even with police swarming the area all day.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Wed April 11, 2018 11:52 am
B wrote:Threat on my kids' school, technically the high school next to his middle school, yesterday. Attendance was only 50% today even with police swarming the area all day.
No shooting.
Terrifying. I'm betting this is going to become more and more frequent in the future.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Wed April 11, 2018 12:58 pm
In the county I work, they’ve shut schools down and let them out early 3 times since the Florida shooting due to threats. I think one kid actually had a gun in one case.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Sat April 14, 2018 5:26 pm
Here's what I believe to be an example of what I was talking to a friend about last week: the gun owner who is just salivating at the chance to shoot someone. Black kid at the door asking for directions? Grab the shotgun and start shooting as he runs away!
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Sun April 15, 2018 2:04 pm
meatwad wrote:Here's what I believe to be an example of what I was talking to a friend about last week: the gun owner who is just salivating at the chance to shoot someone. Black kid at the door asking for directions? Grab the shotgun and start shooting as he runs away!
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Sun April 15, 2018 11:14 pm
elliseamos wrote:
meatwad wrote:Here's what I believe to be an example of what I was talking to a friend about last week: the gun owner who is just salivating at the chance to shoot someone. Black kid at the door asking for directions? Grab the shotgun and start shooting as he runs away!
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Sun April 15, 2018 11:58 pm
I've said it before, but the main thing having a gun in your house does is massively increase the chances that someone in your household will be injured/killed by that gun.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Mon April 16, 2018 12:59 am
Orpheus wrote:I've said it before, but the main thing having a gun in your house does is massively increase the chances that someone in your household will be injured/killed by that gun.
Yes, I think that's mentioned in the Harvard link I posted.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Mon April 16, 2018 3:52 pm
This is why I consistently believe that it is going to take a massive culture change in order to reduce gun ownership. There needs to be more persuasion toward the idea that even if you have the right to own one, it may not be wise to own one if your goal is ownership for self defense purposes.
Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Tue April 17, 2018 11:09 am
Green Habit wrote:This is why I consistently believe that it is going to take a massive culture change in order to reduce gun ownership. There needs to be more persuasion toward the idea that even if you have the right to own one, it may not be wise to own one if your goal is ownership for self defense purposes.
I would say good luck in changing the culture , but its likely that social media and search companies will somehow come up with an algorithm that is 99% effective in blocking firearm related messages while allowing some number of child prostitution links to get through. (you know, priorities)
You can probably change the culture by censoring large swaths of content, at least that seems to be the current strategy.
Can you really call gun owners paranoid if this is your outspoken strategy, especially considering the financing aspect?