14 students, 1 teacher dead after shooting at Texas elementary school: Gov. Abbott
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Its gotten a lot worse due to the pandemic. Homelessness is rampant. People are a lot less friendly. Seem more wary. Maybe being up here for a few years clarified the differences.
The divisions on many levels are more profound. Economic, political, geographical, racial, all of it. And in more combination.
Wait, is the argument now that Canada has anywhere near the same number of mass shootings as the US? Or is the argument that we can't stop all crime so we shouldn't just bother with laws?
Except mandatory background checks and denying/removing guns from people accused of violent crimes or mental health issues related to violence. Then there's laws that do things to limit access to certain gun types who's risk outweighs the usefulness.
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Sort of a circular logic there.Of course social supports and access to medical/mental health care like in Canada would help relieve many of those issues. But that's not a good talking point.
There are parts of the world I would choose to tour armed. America isn't one of them.
All those videos of fat, dumb motherfucker dudes lining up at the food counter at MacDonald's in the States doing open carry. What are they afraid of? - The hamburgers? Or the chicken MacNuggets?
Why is it that the best armed Republican guys are blowing $15,000 on AR's and gun accessories just to drive over to the mall? Are they afraid that the extra stretchy "mature fit" fat man jeans are going to shoot at them?
I'm a crack dealer in the projects, then I'm probably carrying as much firepower as I can stuff in my pants because my life span is probably about 2 years and significantly shorter if I don't have a couple of guns on me. So it's a wise choice. I'm a Republican voting fart-brain and I have no reason to carry. Seriously, I don't.
And that's why the little cartoon of the wolf that you posted is so pretentiously stupid.
Because the real danger of having absolutely no gun control - which is what TX pretty much has these days - is not that someone might challenge you to a gunfight in the parking lot of the hardware store, but that some sociopathic 18 year old can now get a gun as well and kill your 9 year old daughter.
As the armed and trained police have since admitted that the 19 officers who stood outside the classroom while kids were shot and bled out, despite multiple ongoing 911 calls from kids inside, that they were too afraid to go in both out of fear of getting shot and fear of their chain of command, I'd say you are quite wrong.
And before anyone says the police have the right not to go in they fucking don't. That is the specific job they signed up for. And recieved specific training for. If they couldn't do it, fine, then resign and let someone who can have the job.
And all the lies, about the school resource officer confronting the shooter when he wasn't there, and attempts to cover up the incompetence and cowardice until the Border Patrol team showed, told the guy in charge to go fuck himself, and saved the rest of the kids, prove my point again. Scared of consequences.
Too many scared people caused more kids to be shot, bleed out, and die. Thats the facts.
Could it be that car accidents are a far more frequent thing than mass shootings, even in the US?
I do have a solid retort.
I'll answer you since you don't know and unlike basketcase, he refuses to do any research and you don't have a track record of that.
AR15's are extremely popular for hog hunting, in the 5.56/223 caliber as well as other calibers like 300 Blackout which the AR15 can be easily converted to as all you need to do is switch the upper. 5.56 is still sufficient in most cases because you can get up to a 77 grain bullet in that caliber that gives you plenty of knock down power vs the original 55 gr that they used in Vietnam. It is not as common in North America to have a separate upper because guns are cheap here, but in Europe and other parts of the world, it is because only the receiver that contains the firing mechanism that is considered the gun. In addition to being very good eating, hogs are very destructive and the government, both American and Canadian wants them eradicated as they cause an estimated $1.5 billion annually worth of damage.
The reason for using semi automatic is because hogs are herd animals, so having the ability to follow up quickly means you have the ability to take down a large number of them. Very beneficial when you are trying to eradicate them.
Using an AR-15 for Hunting - AT3 Tactical
The AR15 is also very good for hunting prairie dogs, which are prolific and are also very damaging. It is not unheard of to shoot over 1,000 of them on one property on a weekend. Farmers love it when hunters get rid of these because not only are they bad for crops, their holes cause injury to horses and livestock like diary.
What makes the AR15 good for hunting vs other types of semi autos is because the direct impingement action with the buffer results in smoother recoil, so faster follow up shots.
Those are the facts.
Lots of armed carjacking in Brampton.
CARJACKING: Police investigate another carjacking in Brampton | inBrampton (insauga.com)
No for a lot of reasons. Holland was not settled by the gun like the United States. Learn about the history of the gun in the U.S.
The current laws are sufficient. Murder is Murder no matter the mechanism of injury, but the laws are ineffective. Why? Because of how they are enforced. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled gross intoxication is a valid defense against criminal charges. In addition, they have ruled that 25 years without parole is inhumane.
One day you should go down to the courthouse and find out how many Stay of Proceedings there are on solid cases.
So go ahead. Make more rules. Charge everyone and their mother. Rules and charges are no good unless there are convictions and some consequences, other than parole.
If I were you I wouldn't stress about gun deaths. Most of them are suicides and the numbers are tiny compared to other mechanisms of injury in Canada.
About 7,000 people a year die from drug overdose in Canada and about 1,700 a year in car accidents.
Death is always around you. It shouldn't prevent you from living your life.
If there is an active shooter in a Texas school, call 911 to report an abortion, GOP police will respond faster.
Israel just celebrated 'flag day' with a mob of tens of thousands of Israeli Jews marching through the streets yelling 'death to arabs', attacking civilians and journalists, destroying property and all backed by the police and army, who gave them free reign through Jerusalem.
There are enough Israel threads already here, so if you want to continue this conversation take it there and we can talk more.
‘Death to Arabs’ chanted in Jerusalem march
Scuffles ensued as nationalists celebrated an Israeli holiday.
www.politico.com
Amnesty, HRW, B'tselem and the UN have all issued reports saying Israel is apartheid.
That is why the people they call 'settlers', who are colonizing Palestine, are all so heavily armed.
Kind of like this story.
Republicans Blast Canada for Insanely Responding to Gun Violence by Banning Guns
“People who shoot people inside buildings first have to enter those buildings,” Greg Abbott said. “The problem isn’t guns—it’s doors.”
