I'm amused that you are so fucking stupid that you think putting gun laws over existing gun laws will prevent the millions of illegally owned guns from being used. How many times do I have to point this out before it enters the dense mud that is your brain matter? King of parroting accusing others of doing it. Who is the only one here who has been banned for putting the same chart over and over and over and over....etc.
Viral, flawed post compares Honduras, Switzerland on gun laws and homicide rates "...Of course, what you want to do is compare countries where everything else is the same, except for guns and gun laws, to see if guns and gun laws have any effect," said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center at the Harvard School of Public Health. "Switzerland and Honduras are not even close to being the same in many aspects of their society that will influence the levels of violence and homicide. The post ignores a litany of cultural, political and socioeconomic factors that play into gun violence, or a lack thereof. The gross domestic product per capita, to name one, is $2,435 in Honduras and $84,733 in Switzerland, according to the World Bank. ...The government issues a gun to men for their mandatory military service, but the gun is taken home under "carefully controlled conditions without ammunition," said Mikton, the WHO officer who is also Swiss...." http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...flawed-post-compares-honduras-switzerland-gu/
So you are making the politically incorrect argument that the people of Haiti are unfit to be compared to a first world nation. OK, I got. When it supports your political position comparing people is just fine. Otherwise it is just racist.
Not to mention the various studies that show the United States gun murder rates compared to other "western nations" that have no guns. These jackasses have no compunction on those comparisons. Besides, the politifact rebuttal states the following: "We’ll pause on the numbers and start with an overriding issue with the post’s premise. It holds up population as the sole constant that justifies comparing these countries’ gun policy and violence. Even though Honduras and Switzerland are No. 94 and No. 96 in the CIA’s list of countries by population, this metric alone is not enough reason to compare the effect of different gun control laws in either country. There’s really no point in comparing the challenges of Honduras, a lower middle-income country in Central America beleaguered by corruption and violence from the drug trade and gangs, to Switzerland, an affluent country nestled in western Europe." Yet, at home in America, the left never takes into account the socio-economic status of any individuals, or income, or corruption, or drug trade/gangs. It immediately and solely goes to the gun as the reason for the problem. The moment anyone tries to suggest it's gangs, drugs, etc, then it's all "Oh, no, it's white males who get guns through loopholes that are driving the violence." You can't have it both ways, moonbats. Either the gun is the problem and gun laws are to blame, or it is some other combination of factors causing the problem. You don't get to have one philosophy here in the US and another when it doesn't suit you.
That's because the Left seeks to override/repeal the 2nd Amendment... to disarm the populace. To that end facts, truth or righteousness mean nothing. Once disarmed, the government can run roughshod over all of us.
================================================= Bernie SandersVerified account@SenSanders Republicans are clearly more loyal to gun lobbyists than our children. I support @POTUS's executive actions to make our communities safer. ================================================= President Barack Obama tearfully announced a series of executive actions Tuesday aimed at reducing gun violence, offering a rebuttal to his critics by citing law and personal pain. Speaking from the White House, the president explained those actions — which he said Monday are "well within" his legal authority. Obama spent much of the announcement addressing concerns that he was heading down a slippery slope of restricting Americans' freedoms. "We're here today not to debate the last mass shooting, but to do something to try to prevent the next one," he said. "We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will now require that people who sell guns at stores, at gun shows or over the Internet be licensed and conduct checks, the White House said in a fact sheet released Monday night. The ATF also was finalizing a rule requiring background checks for buyers of dangerous weapons from a trust, corporation or other legal entity. Gun stocks rocketed higher Tuesday, with Smith & Wesson up more than 10 percent, and Sturm Ruger nearly 7 percent higher. Obama compared his push for gun control to the struggle for women's suffrage, the civil rights battles and the "decades worth of work" that went into the gay rights fight. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Obama wipes a tear while announcing steps the administration is taking to reduce gun violence, Jan. 5, 2016. "Yes it will be hard, and it won't happen overnight. It won't happen with this Congress, it won't happen during my presidency," he said as a tear streamed down his cheek. "Just 'cause it's hard, that's no excuse not to try." Obama emphasized that he was not setting the country down a path of taking away guns from the populace, pointing to existing restrictions on other Constitutional guarantees — including the illegality of yelling "fire" in a crowded theater affecting the right to freedom of speech. "I believe in the Second Amendment," he said. "How did we get to the place where people think requiring a comprehensive background check means taking away people's guns?" While underscoring his administration's position on the legality of the executive orders, Obama also emphasized several stories of those who has been affected by gun violence. He cited statics from Connecticut showing that requiring background checks and gun safety courses decreased gun deaths by 40 percent. The White House said the FBI will hire more examiners and improve its current digital systems to make its background checks more efficient and effective. (Under current law, a gun dealer can go ahead and sell a firearm if a requested background check takes longer than three days.) Decrying what he characterized as Congress' failure to act on curtailing gun violence, Obama declared that "the gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage right now, but they cannot hold America hostage." Obama 'best gun salesman' on Earth: Stockpicker The White House said that the Social Security Administration had indicated that it would begin a rulemaking process "to include information in the background check system about beneficiaries who are prohibited from possessing a firearm for mental health reasons." Hitting the issue of gun violence from other angles, the Obama administration is requesting resources for 200 new ATF employees to help enforce the law and proposing a new $500 million investment for mental health care access. The president also directed the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security to conduct or sponsor research into safer gun technology. Obama concluded his announcement with a long term call for political action. "If we love our kids and care about their prospects, and if we love this country and care about its future, then we can find the courage to vote, we can find the courage to get mobilized and organized," he said. "We can find the courage to cut through all the noise and do what a sensible country would do. That's what we're doing today, and tomorrow we should do more, and we should do more the day after that." Politicians and lobby groups were quick to comment on Obama's executive actions. In a statement, House Speaker Paul Ryan said: "The president has never respected the right to safe and legal gun ownership that our nation has valued since its founding." "He knows full well that the law already says that people who make their living selling firearms must be licensed, regardless of venue," Ryan said. "Still, rather than focus on criminals and terrorists, he goes after the most law-abiding of citizens. His words and actions amount to a form of intimidation that undermines liberty." Promising "vigilant oversight" into the White House initiatives and predicting court challenges, Ryan said that "no matter what President Obama says, his word does not trump the Second Amendment." Chris Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, said in a statement that Obama "has chosen to engage in political rhetoric instead of offering meaningful solutions to our nation's pressing problems," suggesting that the president was pushing actions "ripe for abuse" as a way of distracting the citizenry from the issue of terrorism. "The American people do not need more emotional, condescending lectures that are completely devoid of facts," Cox said. "The timing of this announcement, in the eighth and final year of his presidency, demonstrates not only political exploitation but a fundamental lack of seriousness." Democrats, including the party's presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders applauded Obama's actions.
"Australia banned guns in 1996 and haven't had a mass shooting since then." Let's look at the facts... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Australia
Buoyant Gun Industry Sees Enemies Everywhere "The gun industry is struggling with good times. Firearm sales are soaring. Gun company stocks are way up, despite a market-wide January slump. But as gun makers, wholesalers, and retailers gather in Las Vegas for their annual industry convention, leading executives are striving to accentuate the negative. “Our industry is being blamed and attacked and pilloried unfairly by politicians, media, and agenda-driven social engineers,” Steve Sanetti, president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the main gun business trade group, said on Tuesday night in his annual “state of the industry” address to a large and supportive audience. Why the disconnect—intense self-pity during a period of good fortune? The contradiction lies at the heart of a business that thrives on playing defense...." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-20/buoyant-gun-industry-sees-enemies-everywhere