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EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
1. no, they can't
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 05:57 AM
Oct 2015

Because the pro-gun crowd is monolithic as far as their support for blocking any gun control/safety measures are concerned...

The equivalent measures have been floated repeatedly and die a death...

On top of that, it's not exactly analogous, because none of the equivalent (to your driving regulations) suggestions would curb gun violence by 69%... the MOST (wildly) optimistic projections on the amount of violence that would be stopped by extremely strict screening and loophole closing and background checking is between 20-30%.

To get another 40% without taking millions of guns off the streets is a pipe dream.

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America’s Path to Fewer Gun Deaths [View all] SecularMotion Oct 2015 OP
no, they can't EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #1
Our murder rate is half of what it was in 1994 Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #2
no EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #3
Europeans like their killing more centralized and state sponsored. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #6
eh? EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #7
That's what is acceptable when you manage to disarm your population. ileus Oct 2015 #11
ehhh... no... EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #19
Compare to Great Britain librarylu Oct 2015 #4
Not just the UK EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #5
Right, not just the UK librarylu Oct 2015 #8
The sad thing is EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #9
Mexico? Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #10
I personally EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #13
And very strict gun control laws too. Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #14
laws.. EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #16
most of their murders are gun free gejohnston Oct 2015 #17
Getting a grip on 5 or 6 major cities would solve the whole problem. ileus Oct 2015 #12
Nope... EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #15
the problems with cars and booze gejohnston Oct 2015 #18
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