And if AR15s were illegal at the time then Lanza's mother would not have one for him to steal. You seem to keep missing this simple logic. A ban makes it harder for murderous nut jobs to run out and buy one. I've now said this a dozen times and you still don't understand this basic logic. Or maybe you do and just don't want to admit it.
And Lanza would have gotten it somewhere else if he wanted it to. It's really easy to get an illegal firearm. A ban makes it harder - I've agreed to this. But a ban only removes those guns from those who follow the law. Criminals still keep theirs. I've now said this a dozen times and you still don't understand this basic logic. Or maybe you just don't want to admit it.
Right, because people wanting to commit murder would just go "crap, I can't use a gun because it's banned. Oh well, I might as well be a good person, then." He'd have obtained one illegally in another manner. Or he'd drive a van into a crowd of kids. Or something else. Why? Because he was mentally disturbed. Instead of focusing on the killer, you focus on what the killer used - like the object did the dirty work. Speaking of fucking idiots.
Yeah, this guy is going to talk to the local gang about getting an AR15 You are a fucking idiot. Typical gun nut moron.
You don't go to a local gang to get an illegal firearm, asshat. Anyone can go to a gun show (for example), with cash, and get one with no background check, no hassle. You know shockingly little about a subject you are so passionate about.
Yes NOW you do. Our gun laws are pathetic. If they were banned that wouldn't happen. That's what we are talking about. OK follow me here. IF they were banned it would be less likely that some nutcase would obtain assault type high lethality easily concealed guns. Yes or no?
Thanks for making my point that compromising with anti-Second Amendment zealots gains you nothing. TT is willing to discuss changes to placate your side. Your response is to blame him for Parkland.
You can prevent the gun show loophole (which I am for preventing) without banning everyone from owning firearms. I've answered this before, you just hear what you want to hear. If you could get everyone to turn them in, and you were able to ban them all, of course it would be less likely. But you still haven't said how you would ban them. The functionality of this ban isn't possible - that's your problem. You can't just declare to the land that these guns are illegal. That doesn't do anything. You have to detail how you would get a list (there is no such list) of all owners of said weapons. Then how you would get them. Simply making it a crime to own such a weapon suddenly makes millions of people criminals. No one is going to stand for such lunacy except a few crazies like yourself. You're the fringe of this movement. This is what you don't get. There are plenty of Americans that are for common sense gun laws that don't currently exist, or enforcing the ones that do exist. You don't bother with any of that. You just put the peddle to the floor and demand all semi auto guns banned NOW! and you scream this during every argument. No methods, no logic, just emotion. That's your problem. It's always been your problem around here.
Tsing, give it a rest pretty please. This is an intractable issue. Let the gun control advocates introduce formal legislation to repeal the second amendment - because quite frankly everyone on the political spectrum knows deep down that the other proposed "common sense" measures are not going to stop the occasional mass shooting. It's all about scoring political points and driving fund raising otherwise.