not really

we'd be here for the next five hours

and it's 4am

Why not mention the fact hand guns are responsible for the majority of it?

It was a rhetoric question

:P

No one mentions hand guns in these debates

"do you think we should be able to buy nukes?!?!?!?!?"
"well alright then, let's ban the personal ownership of nuclear weapons. Happy now?"
"well... no.."
"SO WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BRING IT UP, DUMMY"

there's a reasoning behind that

It is always abou these feel good legislations

focus on the spectacle

the spectacle of mass shootings

use that as a vector to spread your gun control (I hate using this word because it sounds so Alex Jones-y now) agenda

Also I dont think any of these laws could survive a constitutional challenge

but consider if someone who is pro-2A just said "yeah, sure, let's ban long rifles. happy now?"

and they'd have to admit they're not happy

because most of them *do* want to get rid of handguns and the like too

But you can't win popular opinion in that fashion

Start with scary black 'military' rifles

reminds me of the abortion debate, and how quickly it wheels to "what about rape, incest and the health of the mother?"

If you just go "alright, let's make those legal, and make all other forms of abortion illegal. so you're happy now, right?"

the answer is gonna be "well... actually.."

@Reaps
He is right on the mental illness part

Reopen the insane asylum

yeah

there's an irony I'm seeing though

everyone is sperging out about the choice of words Dana used regarding mentally ill people

saying she's 'out of touch'

whilst simultaneously ignoring that background checks in many (all?) states check for things like a prior history of mental illness

But even then it's not cut-and-dry. Just like the argument for 'if you're on a no-fly list you shouldn't be able to buy a gun', you can't just blanket ban anyone who has X

There are plenty of people out there who have *some* form of mental illness - doesn't mean they're more prone to violence than anyone else or are likely to commit a fucking mass shooting. Is autism a mental illness? asperger's? What about... gender dismorphia?

Also, sitting politicians have been put on the no-fly list - if anything it's another fantastic example of how inept any government bureaucracy can be at handling this shit

The federal backround check is the same in all states

And i think due process rights trump issues like the no fly

If no fly was just a notifier to police that might be fine

oh jesus christ

hahahahha

I'm not even American and I know... that this..

...yeah..

rofl

Lol this was killing my sides

Meh, I don't get it.

Something related to the spread of the projectiles?