New Gun Regulations In The US Would Be Really, Really Stupid

[arewethereyet]

The 2018 study comes with numbers.  Are we really quibbling over how many dead kids, as a percent, we need to conclude that a deadly firearm shouldn't be in their environment?

I'm gonna go with a pretty obvious number. . . zero.  Zero is the right number of kids who should die due to accidental or deliberate firing of a gun.

I mean. . . guns are a tool designed to put a hole in people.  Kids are people, and an upsetting number of them got holes put through their little bodies last year.  This is is order to defend against. . . what, exactly?  What number of people do you believe had their lives saved by guns last year?

Obstreperous  Loutish Belligerent will do nothing but quibble. He has nothing else. Not the gun culture's best spokescritter.

Lizard Lips makes supposedly empty threats to shoot other forum members.  Not the gun culture's best spokeslizard.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

That report is 11 years old.  Here's some more recent information:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/health/ch...index.html



Boru

Your study shows one year.

CDC study - 6 years.

Which is usually more accurate? A larger or smaller study group?

Well, the link I posted actually shows that the gun-related deaths of children and adolescents increased (pretty dramatically) over a three year period, which is certainly relevant.

As for the CDC study, from 1993 onward, they were not allowed to use government funds to conduct or publish research regarding gun violence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickey_Amendment

Boru

[Amarok]

Your study shows one year.

CDC study - 6 years.

Which is usually more accurate? A larger or smaller study group?

Well, the link I posted actually shows that the gun-related deaths of children and adolescents increased (pretty dramatically) over a three year period, which is certainly relevant.

As for the CDC study, from 1993 onward, they were not allowed to use government funds to conduct or publish research regarding gun violence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickey_Amendment

Boru

And that study has received criticism

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Obstreperous  Loutish Belligerent will do nothing but quibble. He has nothing else. Not the gun culture's best spokescritter.

Lizard Lips makes supposedly empty threats to shoot other forum members.  Not the gun culture's best spokeslizard.

Aren't you supposed to be posting in the k-12 forums?

[EgoDeath]

I agree we need better gun laws. But for those people on here who seem to know so much about all of this, what EXACTLY do you propose?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I agree we need better gun laws. But for those people on here who seem to know so much about all of this, what EXACTLY do you propose?

1.  A 30 day waiting period to purchase any type of firearm.

2.  Better background checks, including interviews with family, neighbours, and co-workers (if applicable).

3.  Licensing of all gun holders.

4.  Initial safety training with recertification every two years.

5.  Annual fees to keep license active.

6.  Suspension of license for varying length of time, depending on infraction.

7.  Eliminate the gun show/private sales loophole.

That'll do to go on with.

Boru

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I agree we need better gun laws. But for those people on here who seem to know so much about all of this, what EXACTLY do you propose?

The gun culture will be screaming "slippery slope" as their only argument against stronger laws.

[Amarok]

I agree we need better gun laws. But for those people on here who seem to know so much about all of this, what EXACTLY do you propose?

The gun culture will be screaming "slippery slope" as their only argument against stronger laws.

Great thing is though you can turn that logic back on them

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The gun culture will be screaming "slippery slope" as their only argument against stronger laws.

Great thing is though you can turn that logic back on them

They won't notice.

[bennyboy]

I agree we need better gun laws. But for those people on here who seem to know so much about all of this, what EXACTLY do you propose?

No guns for civilians. Guns are tools for putting holes through people's bodies. The average Joe on the street shouldn't have the power to be judge and jury over another's life in the course of a few seconds.

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