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Kingfish36 t1_ir7uhw0 wrote

Reply to comment by oeuvre-and-out in Reported Shooting at University of Arizona by OakTeach

Tired of this argument. We’re the only country that regularly deals with mass shootings. Are there no criminals in other countries who want guns? If it’s a mental health thing are we the only country who has people with mental health problems? What steps are being taken to address the mental health problems in the country? How are we making those resources more available for people who need them so they don’t commit these shootings.

The answer is we aren’t doing anything. These are all deflections of a real solution which is getting rid of the guns

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slanginthangs t1_ir7w148 wrote

FYI this wasn’t a mass shooting

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Kingfish36 t1_ir7watd wrote

Thanks for that. Next tell me how I’m using the term assault rifle/semi-automatic rifle incorrectly. It helps move the discussion forward /s

We average just about one mass shooting per day, the point stands dumbass

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27catsinatrenchcoat t1_ir801cx wrote

Why resort to name calling? The person you replied to just clarified the situation on a post that is inevitably going to have many people who don't read the article commenting thinking this was a mass school shooting. They literally said nothing else to you before that.

How is calling strangers dumbasses helping your argument at all? You're just outing yourself as a jerk.

(And sure as fuck doesn't "move the conversation forward")

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oeuvre-and-out t1_ir8osmu wrote

> We average just about one mass shooting per day,

This is an arguable statistic. The anti-gun crowd has redefined the term to include urban violence incidents (gang-related violence, etc.) That's not what people understand to be the meaning - but that's part of the agenda.

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slanginthangs t1_ir7wwfd wrote

If you think this country is getting rid of guns you’re the dumbass

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Kingfish36 t1_ir7xgmp wrote

But that’s a different argument. Do I think it’s gonna happen? No. Do I think it’s a solution to ending/significantly cutting down the number of mass shootings? Yes.

They’re intertwined but can be separate discussions

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jofizzm t1_ir7zz98 wrote

Banning the sale of handguns would probably make the biggest dent.

That said there are literal millions already out there. So you could try a mandatory buyback, but who's gonna send a bunch of 19 year old national guardsman door to door to force compliance? Hell I've got more than 10 handguns myself.

Something obviously needs to change, but there is no way it won't be messy.

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