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Gun Control Reform Activism

BainsBane

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8. all crime isn't deadly

Reply to Decoy of Fenris (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 10, 2013, 04:33 PM

Jul 2013

Gun crime is. Guns are the most common and effective means of homicide in the US. That is a fact. Moreover, not all deaths with guns are crimes. Toddlers and dogs that discharge guns are not committing crimes because they lack the capacity to form intent. More than half of gun deaths are suicides. Guns kill, precisely as they are designed to do. That is reality. Pretending otherwise is absurd.

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Study: High-risk youth okay with guns, retaliatory violence [View all] BainsBane Jul 2013 OP

To me, this is less about guns and more about a snapshot of society as a whole. Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #1

guns are only relevant if you care how they die BainsBane Jul 2013 #2

No, but the attitude of retribution indicates a non-proportional response Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #3

It matters because guns kill so much more efficiently BainsBane Jul 2013 #4

And I think that's one of our fundamental differences as two factions: Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #5

You mean you prefer to ignore reality BainsBane Jul 2013 #6

What reality? Crime is always a problem. Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #7

all crime isn't deadly BainsBane Jul 2013 #8

This recent upsurge billh58 Jul 2013 #9

I've spent too much time in the gungeon lately BainsBane Jul 2013 #10

re: "I've spent too much time in the gungeon lately" discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #11