And yet taking Tommy Guns, etc., off the streets made the US safer in the '30s. How about that?
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repealing prohibition made it safer, not the gun act sheesh
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Maybe it's both? Maybe doing something is better than doing nothing?
Last I looked, as a general proposition, countries with functional governments that have stronger laws against personal ownership of guns have lower rates of gun violence. Public Mass Shooters and Firearms: A Cross-National Study of 171 Countries.: Lankford A. CNN: Between 1966 and 2012, there were 90 mass shootings in the United States. Mass shootings are defined for the study as having four or more victims and don't include gang killings or slayings that involve the death of multiple family members. These shootings include the one in Orlando -- now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history -- and others in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, both in 2012. If things were as hopeless as you imply, then the relatively brief period of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (1994 - 2004) wouldn't have made any difference. People argue about the extent of the difference, but it did make a positive difference, even with the loopholes and other issues. Lots of facts and figures are here if you want to argue about them. Cheers, Scott. |
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Who was surprised?
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At a guess: Only Americans.
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