Mass shooting in the middle school Vladislav Ribnikar in Belgrade

[The Valkyrie]

The point is that outright gun prohibition will, if the Gary Kleck's 1995 study is anywhere close to right (and I see no reason to think it's wrong by an order of magnitude), massively increase the risk of gun deaths, rather than decrease it. Gun prohibition which is supposed to make us safer would make us far less safe.

Personally, I support looser gun regulation in the US and anywhere else, whether it makes the country "safer" or not. Rights and freedoms come at a price and I can accept the current price.

As far as the anti-gunners, I concede to the argument that one is more likely to be shot or have a family member shot by having a gun in the home. Though much of that does come down to people being responsible with their guns or irresponsible with their guns. I've never personally owned a gun, but I wouldn't consider it irresponsible to bring a gun into the home. Keep them being manufactured and handed out like candy, as our dear friend Brian at the forums would say. The more guns, the merrier.

Below is a picture of three of those killed in Texas over the weekend.



The 6-year-old at the front is now left without his parents or sibling.

When your "rights" and "freedoms" to own an assault-style firearm infringe on the rights of others to live and you shrug it off as a "cost for freedom", you can go and fuck yourself.

Preferably with a spinning chainsaw.

Prick!