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ScratchMoore t1_j8xjk6a wrote

Reply to comment by ChefGuru in Turtle Creek man charged with possessing guns in Pittsburgh's federal building by lod254

None. I never said there was one.

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ChefGuru t1_j8xjxp3 wrote

It's pretty bad when you have to dissect your argument with a scalpel to try to defend it.

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ScratchMoore t1_j8xk6n5 wrote

What solutions do you propose?

I’m curious, since you are so keen to nitpick things I say and volley comments back and forth, how would you like to see the rampant gun violence in America be eradicated?

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ChefGuru t1_j8xm3c5 wrote

You won't do it by simply removing a single type of tool from the people who want to do harm. How many guns did Timothy McVeigh use? How many guns did the Boston Marathon Bomber use? How many guns did the 9/11 hijackers use? How many guns did the truck driver use in Nice, France? How many guns were used in the deadliest school killing in US history?

When you have a compound fracture broken bone, it doesn't do any good to simply put a bandaid on the skin if you don't treat the cause. The single common denominator in EVERY murder, regardless of the type of weapon used, isn't a gun, it's the person who chose to harm someone else. If you don't treat the person, and the reason for wanting to harm others, you won't stop the killings.

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ScratchMoore t1_j8xmxqa wrote

I don’t disagree with much, if any, of the things you listed. However, I see no proposals in that response.

How would you like to see the rampant gun violence in America be eradicated? What solutions do you propose?

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ScratchMoore t1_j8znh3k wrote

Huh. Weird how that question never gets a response. Always “what you’re saying would never work”, never “here is what I think will work”.

Always.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j8y5lmy wrote

"People kill with explosives so there's no point in doing anything to control gun use" is a ridiculous argument.
 
A gun's sole purpose is to kill, full stop.

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ChefGuru t1_j8y6bba wrote

Wow, I didn't realize that the Olympics (both summer and winter) have MULTIPLE events dedicated to nothing more than murdering people. I think I'll have to watch them, next time.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j8y6jr2 wrote

Yes, that's what practicing your marksmanship is for, so you can more accurately kill.
 
You're more likely to blast the top of your own skull off with your gun than you are to defend yourself or overthrow a tyrannical government with it, so at least the problem will fix itself eventually.

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