America's obsession with guns

[Brian37]

FUCKING KNOCK IT OFF!

NOBODY NOBODY NOBODY is talking about getting rid of every single firearm. I AM GETTING TIRED OF THAT FUCKING BULLSHIT.

Big clips for either riffles or or handguns, not the gun itself. GROW THE FUCK UP!

Oh and yea, now many people go mass shootings with a knife. Knives are harder to use and if you do choose to use one that causes more risk of injury dubmass. Even a mass shooter is going to pick a gun or riffle because that will give them enough distance to do more damage.

"Other bad shit happens so do nothing about this shit" IS NOT AN ARGUMENT! 

"Cars have accidents so lets ban all cars" IS NOT MY FUCKING ARGUMENT ASSSHOLE!

This was a general comment and not directed at you. Go and change your diaper now.

And I'll say it again, I'm OK with getting rid of hand guns. As far as I'm concerned, they serve little useful purpose except to kill people.

The knives comment was a joke, but apparently the humor impaired get to go off on shit rants. 

Grow up you chronic victim.

Won't happen. The only pragmatic thing EVERYONE should want, is to insure the gun shops and gun makers do a better job of preventing ANYONE, even without a record, but say with mental illness, domestic problems, work place problems and religious grudges, because those people can have no record at time of buy or they can borrow or steel it from family or neighbor. We don't vet well enough, but no, it is bullshit to say you an rid the entire nation of handguns.

I am for banning anything that is high capacity and high speed handgun or riffle. 

I am no victim, but I am sick of seeing this shit in the news, even out here in the middle of nowhere and have the assholes on the right think gun violence is strictly a black urban vs white cop issue. It is a public safety issue in every fucking county in both blue and red states, and gun violence is affecting everyone of both parties in both the middle class and poor. It should not be party issue but only one Party is stuck in the fucking wild west days and only one lobby is holding the entire nation hostage. The GOP and NRA wont even fucking admit that most Americans INCLUDING most gun owners want a universal background check. 

And I could care less if you think I misunderstood you. Again, NEVER claimed to be a victim. But Newtown, San Bernadino, Va Tech, Pulse Orlando. And the worst part is even long before Columbine, back in 1984 in San Ysidro a mentally ill man named James Huberty murdered 21 people in a McDonalds. The sad part is that this is also NOT the majority of gun injury and death. Most gun injury and death is still in the home. 

We DO as the OP rightfully states, have a gun obsession and we need to change our attitudes otherwise we will continue to have this, both in the home and mass shootings.

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White woman murdered by intruder right here in the middle of nowhere, nice middle class neighborhood too. Lucky her the murder had a gun. Happened out here in the middle of nowhere. Most likely a domestic dispute, boyfriend, jilted lover or husband.

Two big things that would fix this real quick, allow the shops and factories to be sued, not to put them out of business, but to force them to be careful as to whom they sell them to. Gun insurance. Just like car insurance. It pays the medical bills, even in cases of accident or theft.