Another school shooting in the U.S.

xmontrealer

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The NRA says guns don't kill people, people kill people. But guns are sure as hell "enablers"!
 

Johnny Utah

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Will it only be a matter of time before US shooting sprees become its own sub forum? I am sure there are forums where it is.

I don’t know about you guys, but it’s sad to feel desensitized to such senseless violence, but alas, here we are.
 

frankcastle

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it is amazing how few people die from tampered pills yet now all pills are sealed.

look at the handful of lawn dart deaths and the toy was banned.

but with guns..... just pray.
 

HEYHEY

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it is amazing how few people die from tampered pills yet now all pills are sealed.

look at the handful of lawn dart deaths and the toy was banned.

but with guns..... just pray.
In Toronto in order to purchase a handgun you need a restricted license. In order to get this license you need to complete a course and a background check. Then you need proper identification to purchase the handgun, an authorization to bring the firearm home and then another one to bring it to a range.

Something as simple as taking a detour from your route to the range is against the law. Yet here we are every weekend, and every other regular day of the week someone gets shot in toronto with a handgun.

Do you have any idea how many laws were broken by the criminals who do these shootings? Biggest one is murder which carries a life sentence, yet criminals dont give a fuck. So what exactly will another law do to people who break every single one?
 

wilbur

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In Toronto in order to purchase a handgun you need a restricted license. In order to get this license you need to complete a course and a background check. Then you need proper identification to purchase the handgun, an authorization to bring the firearm home and then another one to bring it to a range.

Something as simple as taking a detour from your route to the range is against the law. Yet here we are every weekend, and every other regular day of the week someone gets shot in toronto with a handgun.

Do you have any idea how many laws were broken by the criminals who do these shootings? Biggest one is murder which carries a life sentence, yet criminals dont give a fuck. So what exactly will another law do to people who break every single one?
Well, you have to do 'something', and hope that criminals, all of a sudden, get the message and miraculously turn their lives around.

Anyway, the problem is not guns per se, but the fact that American society is inherently more violent because of the lack of social safety net and socio economic problems in the inner cities. Waving a magic wand and making all the guns go away would not reduce the violence resulting from endemic racism and concentration of wealth in american society.
 

wilbur

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The NRA says guns don't kill people, people kill people. But guns are sure as hell "enablers"!
In a society that's more violent than Canada (US), guns are the equalizer in the hands of law abiding citizens. You do have the right of self defense in the US (as in Canada), and you are not obligated to call police and wait to get rescued... too late usually; the one who shot you and took your stuff is usually long gone by the time the cops show up, assuming that you had time to call 911 in the first place.

Guns actually prevent violence. In a society in which pretty much all bad guys have guns, and no law can make the guns go away, the possibility of ordinary persons carrying concealed weapons or being armed at home acts as a deterrence to being mugged on the street, or having your home invaded. Criminals don't care if you hug them and sing Kumbaya, guns or no guns.
 

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In a society that's more violent than Canada (US), guns are the equalizer in the hands of law abiding citizens. You do have the right of self defense in the US (as in Canada), and you are not obligated to call police and wait to get rescued... too late usually; the one who shot you and took your stuff is usually long gone by the time the cops show up, assuming that you had time to call 911 in the first place.

Guns actually prevent violence. In a society in which pretty much all bad guys have guns, and no law can make the guns go away, the possibility of ordinary persons carrying concealed weapons or being armed at home acts as a deterrence to being mugged on the street, or having your home invaded. Criminals don't care if you hug them and sing Kumbaya, guns or no guns.
Totally. This is yet another example of how guns save lives.

Well, obviously not the people he killed with his gun.

But yea. Guns are totally safe and make America great again. Everyone should have guns, that way less people will get shot probably.

Protection is needed because you’re right, the American race is violent. Absolutely nothing you can do about that. Since good guys are allowed to have guns, and all bad guys have guns, everyone should have guns. Because then all the criminals will die maybe. Without guns, there’d just probably be mass stabbings, or clubbings, or drownings, or stranglings (etc.) every few days.

You want my new phone? No problem, as long as you don’t mind getting shot in the MFin back, sucka, cuz I got rights and guns and I know how to use them. I WISH. Friggin’ Democratic People’s Republic of Canada...
 

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Something as simple as taking a detour from your route to the range is against the law. Yet here we are every weekend, and every other regular day of the week someone gets shot in toronto with a handgun. ...
We also need to do a better job at our borders. The majority of guns used in crimes in Toronto are traced back to shady US dealers. And yes, it would help if the US cracked down on those dealers so there would be less guns being snuck into Canada.
 

managee

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We also need to do a better job at our borders. The majority of guns used in crimes in Toronto are traced back to shady US dealers. And yes, it would help if the US cracked down on those dealers so there would be less guns being snuck into Canada.
Maybe we should build a wall. Obviously, we’ll get ‘Merca to pay...
 
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