But I find it crazy how you don't see why "gun folk" are so passionate about this issue, we all want to fix the issue at hand but "gun folk" don't want to restrict the rights of the many for the acts of the few, in direct response to what you drew you would ban people from writing books because Hitler wrote mein kampf, why punish and make people have done nothing wrong and potentially start something bigger that will be hard if not impossible to turn back from, start holding the law enforcement agents that continue to fail to do what they are supposed to do to enforce and ensure that the laws that are already in place can be enforced properly. So many of these shooters shouldn't have been able to get the guns that they "legally" got. By adding all these "common sense gun laws"(which just don't make sense to many many people so where you get common sense from is beyond me) you just restrict and endager people who have done nothing wrong and when those people lose their lives by the hands of criminals who will always find a way who did you actually save? I just want to know why there is this instant "blame the gun" response when we should really be looking at how this happened eg. Why wasn't the Florida mad man put into the NICS database when they had plenty of chances to do it??? Why wasn't the Sutherland springs shooters name put into the NICS system when it should have been? People say they want "universal background checks" what good is that going to do when our government doesn't keep the database updated like they should be, it's like trying to use the no fly list pre911 to keep new terrorist attacks from happening without adding anyone new to it(don't completely agree with the way the no fly list works either but that's a different subject lol)
Do we all want to fix it though?
Like, what EXACTLY is done beside praying and calling out the fatality?
I'll believe in the "we all want to fix it" when these NRA people will be willing to meet half way. You want to respect the constitution? Fine, you don't need semi-autos for that. You don't need guns that are capable of mass murder.
If you want to push things to a ridiculous degree, why not allowing people to own bombs or nukes? Responsible people would never use them to kill, right? Ah right, cause a centuries old constitution said so.
Being THAT protective of guns for the sake of preserving the manhood of the gun addicts versus potentially saving lifes is indecent.
Also common sense doesn't have to be the one of many, just the one of the most. I can't tell if it's the "most" when it comes to the US, since the NRA voice is loud, but it's certainly not worldwide.
And regarding background checks: If you want to fix things long term, don't incite people for more violence. Instead promote universal knowledge, add some safety nets in life (that'd be health care) and generally make the society more fair.
There is no better way of fighting violence than having a society less divided.
The US applies a systematic brainwashing of its people when it comes to guns, I assure you that for all of us originating from other parts of the world, this is truly insane.
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I never blamed fate, nor am I against any of those ideas.
Didn't say you did, but you can't double post. My first sentence was basically me agreeing with you.