20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting

[Silver]

Well the interpretation of the amendment is down to the Supreme court, and in multiple decisions they have said it applies to regular citizens.

Perhaps I have not quite delved into the legalities, but even I know the supreme court is not infallible.

[MTL]

I think your own testicles are statistically more likely to kill you with cancer, than a bullet, is.


Maybe you should cut them off.

Feminist spotted.

[KevinM1]

Yeah, the SCOTUS isn't going to magically reverse 200+ years of precedence. It's going to take a Constitutional amendment to make any meaningful change, and frankly, that's not likely in our lifetimes. I mean, if 20 or so elementary school students getting slaughtered a few years ago couldn't change anything, nothing will.

[Silver]

I mean, if 20 or so elementary school students getting slaughtered a few years ago couldn't change anything, nothing will.

Such a sad fucking fact.

[Losty]

As an attempt to try and get both sides to agree on something, can we at least agree that there is a problem with gun crime in this country which doesn't happen in other countries?

Plenty of Scandinavian countries have high gun ownership, but low gun crime. This suggests to me that some balance can be made where guns aren't banned outright, but gun crime is reduced.

So, what solutions would people suggest that don't explicitly violate the 2nd amendment?

Increased education
Decreased poverty

[Losty]

MTL is here Wut.

Heya MTL. Where ya been?

Hi Losty!  I'm going through some rather heavy shit at the moment, and instead of getting better, it only seems to worsen and worsen, sad to report.  When shit settles down, I plan to return on a more regular basis.

I only had to visit tonight, in the wake of the Orlando shooting, to express my utter despair and completely impotent fury at the madness of this world and of religion...

....but of course I got lured into ridiculing a spectacularly stupid argument comparing guns and cars.

Very good to see you, though...and Empress and Tiberius as well, of course.

Hope everyone is well....thanks for the greeting!! 

Well, it is fantastic to see you. I'm sorry things aren't going well. I have you get feeling better soon

[Silver]

Increased education
Decreased poverty

That will not happen so long as the one percent control the social-economic system.

A change so grand must take place that most people are simply too lazy to do a damn thing.

[KevinM1]

 
Four times as in body count

8,000 deaths vs 32,000 deaths.

8 x 4 = 32

What the actual fuck, Huggy? Why do you think you're allowed to lie? You should probably watch out for the various cactii while you're in there.

The whole "Derp, why don't we ban cars? They're more dangerous" thing is a popular talking point for the dumber NRA followers. It's a faulty statistic for people who don't know how statistics work.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Smart guns programmed to only work for a licensed user who has undergone background and psych evals every year or two.

[MTL]

Hi Losty!  I'm going through some rather heavy shit at the moment, and instead of getting better, it only seems to worsen and worsen, sad to report.  When shit settles down, I plan to return on a more regular basis.

I only had to visit tonight, in the wake of the Orlando shooting, to express my utter despair and completely impotent fury at the madness of this world and of religion...

....but of course I got lured into ridiculing a spectacularly stupid argument comparing guns and cars.

Very good to see you, though...and Empress and Tiberius as well, of course.

Hope everyone is well....thanks for the greeting!! 

Well, it is fantastic to see you. I'm sorry things aren't going well. I have you get feeling better soon

Thanks hon.  *hugs back*