Recent news in the local paper..... A 12-year-old Hempstead girl struck in the head by a bullet fired from outside her home as she ate dinner has died, police said Sunday.
I believe his point was that ad hominem arguments do not address the actual data. In the case of the article TT produced, the data being used by anti gun zealots is clearly designed to confuse the issue by use of specious comparisons. That same point has been made, probably somewhat less artfully, here many times. The US murder rate is grossly inflated by urban black gang warfare. The obvious takeaway is that culture and demographics have far more to do with gun violence than gun ownership. Similarly, mental illness has far more to do with mass shootings than gun availability.
I wonder if Hillary didn't just have her very own Kevin McCarthy moment? Under stress and without a teleprompter, she blurted out her true feelings on a subject, with likely disastrous effects. Trump by contrast has a gun position paper that could have been written by the NRA. At least I give hillary credit for not lying, which is a big step for her.
Right. Present culture, demographics and mental illness isn't changing anytime too soon. Great argument for limiting guns, thx! Other nations have done it, successfully.
Then, judging by recent history, there appears to be a lot of mental instability in the US. Perhaps you should undertake a study of the relationship between mental illness and gun availability.
"A 12-year-old Hempstead girl struck in the head by a bullet fired from outside her home as she ate dinner has died, police said Sunday. And a law enforcement source said investigators are examining a possible feud between neighborhood gangs, including the Bloods and Crips, as a motive for the shooting." Illegally owned guns fired by criminals/thugs in gangs would never be removed by any gun ban anyone ever put in place. Besides, it should be noted that New York state has strict gun laws in place - but they didn't prevent this tragedy at all.
You apparently haven't read anything in the articles in the first part of the thread, or else you wouldn't say such absurd things. Actually, maybe you would. Other countries (like Australia) that have executed limiting guns are not comparable with the United States as there are already far too many weapons on the street. For example, Australia brought in 800,000 guns in it's buy back program. Right now, there are 4.5 million illegal weapons on the street in the US alone. Forget about the legal ones.
You really really really like your gun, don't you. Did you ever ask yourself why you are so fascinated with it? You speak about guns with same adoration I do about automobiles.