Caliber doesn’t equal deadliness in this case. The smaller bullets of an AR move with such velocity when they strike a victim they explode shrapnel throughout the area hit. This is a major reason why ARs are so deadly. Rather than being piercing these bullets can liquify organs.
Tragic, sad, not really 100% preventable in a free society. Not really preventable at all anywhere on the planet. Somebody wants to go on a killing spree, they'll find a way.
You really are a moron. I mean that sincerely. A 5.56 at near 3000 feet per second does not have to hit anything to tear organs to shreds from the shockwave. There are outliers in everything but.. Jeez you are a stupid man. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-a-bullet-does-to-a-human-body At close range almost anything is lethal however I know what I'd rather be shot with from across the street. A 45? You just say yah but a 45 could.. FFS. Fucking children in a men's bodies with Cliffy Clavin "facts" they spew.
Thank goodness the authorities are sticking up for poor, misunderstood Faisal Hussain! TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said Wednesday officials have found no evidence to support the Islamic State group's claim of responsibility for Sunday's mass shooting in Toronto that killed two and injured 13. http://www.abc12.com/content/news/T...for-Islamic-State-attack-claim-489122221.html
You mean like the liberals who want to take guns away from responsible owners each and every time a tragedy happens.
After a mass shooting left three people dead, including the shooter, in Toronto on Sunday, the city's conservative mayor backed a proposal that even the most liberal American politicians wouldn't dare support ― a total ban on all handgun sales. "Why does anyone in this city need to have a gun at all?" Mayor John Tory asked at a city council meeting on Monday. Tory spoke a day after 29-year-old Faisal Hussain opened fire with a handgun on a busy avenue in the city, killing two females and injuring 13 other people. The incident left Torontonians in fear and mourning and prompted the city council to vote on Tuesday night to ask the federal government to ban the sale of handguns within city limits. Alternate reality The city's motion, which passed 41-4, both calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government to outlaw the sale of handguns and urges the provincial government to ban handgun ammunition sales in Toronto. The council also voted for stronger prevention against gun sales for domestic abusers and people with mental illness, as well as a crackdown on gun trafficking. Toronto's vote is like something from an alternate reality when compared with how U.S. politicians, especially conservatives, have failed to take preventive action against mass shootings. Attempts at pushing through even moderate legislation, such as limiting assault weapons, have faltered as shooters repeatedly kill children in schools or murder dozens in incidents including the Las Vegas shooting and the Pulse nightclub attack. "What's happened in the United States is what not to do," said Toronto city councilman Joe Cressy following Sunday's shooting. What's happened in the United States is what not to do.Toronto city councilman Joe Cressy Canadians, especially in the country's largest city of Toronto, have been concerned about rising gun crime in recent years. Toronto has had over 200 shootings and 26 fatalities so far this year, up from 17 shooting deaths during the same period in 2017. Terror attacks, such as the killing of six Muslim men at a mosque in Quebec City last year, have also increased Canadians' concerns about access to firearms. Hussain's parents issued a statement a day after the shooting to say they were devastated by the loss of life and that their son had struggled with severe mental illness and psychosis. Their message brought additional public scrutiny as to how Hussain could have acquired a handgun, which is already restricted. Police stated on Wednesday that it's unclear how Hussain obtained the gun. COLE BURSTON VIA GETTY IMAGES Shaheer Danial of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds a sign at a makeshift memorial on Danforth Ave. where people are adding flowers and messages to honour and remember the victims of Sunday night's mass shooting in Toronto, Under Canadian law, handguns require a special license that can only be obtained if the owner is a target shooter, collector or requires one for work purposes. They must also pass two trainings from government-approved instructors and wait a period of 28 days. Unlike in the U.S., Canadians do not have a constitutional right to bear arms. Canada has a somewhat different culture around guns and a weaker gun lobby than in the United States, where mass shootings are more common and gun crime far higher. Polling released last year also shows that a significant majorityof Canadians ― around 69 percent ― would favor a strict ban on guns in urban areas. It's unclear whether Toronto City Council's motion will ultimately lead to a ban on handgun sales, given that the council itself has no ability to change the criminal code, which would require federal legislation. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the government is willing to consider the proposal but that it would require a complicated and significant rewriting of the country's criminal code. Charmaine Noronha from HuffPost Canada contributed reporting.
Point missed. The 1st reaction when this happens is Cons saying Liberals are politicizing a tragedy when they bring up gun control and they should stop it. I'm merely mocking the hypocrisy by "taking the position" of having stopped politicizing it and now are back to doing so when cons ask to do it.
Actually the people who are trying to abuse our Constitutional Rights of the Second Amendment by taking away guns from everyone using the tragedy to publicize their cause are the ones politicizing the issue. We are just defending our rights. Edit: Added "abuse"
a·mend·ment əˈmen(d)mənt/ noun a minor change in a document. a change or addition to a legal or statutory document. "an amendment to existing bail laws" an article added to the US Constitution. noun: Amendment; plural noun: Amendments "the First Amendment"