Las Vegas: 59 dead in Mandalay Bay shooting

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Skybird

And that is the core of it, everything else in the guns-'n-rifles controversy revolves around this.

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Tightening gun laws on and on, just does not work. You hit the wrong crowd by that, to over 99.9%. You declare them all to be under general suspicion, and that they must prove their innocence - and they must prove it time and time and time again. And even then the public opinion and mainstream media nevertheless are hostile to them. You are expected to not wanting to have a firearm, you are expected to just tick right, you are expected to be a good boy. And a servile victim. Being victim instead of defending yourself, declares your deüendency and indifference, and that are much wanted qualities nowadays.

I'm not at all trying to take a cheap shot at you or attack you, but this surprises me coming from a European. Its the type of stuff you hear here in the USA. However, there are people that continually push for these stricter laws and seem to be blind to the fact that they are not working. The strictest gun laws in the country are in Chicago...



And again, like you say, the crimes there are committed by the illegal guns...guns don't kill, people do. It's such a common sense concept that seems to be constantly overlooked to the point where it appears to be blatantly ignored. I'm a gun enthusiast, yeah...but I should not be made a victim by the government I support. I should not be made a target for criminals who wish to do me or my family harm.

The rate of deaths by car accidents trumps amok runs anyway, easily. But no outcry.

I just want to call attention to this. You're absolutely right.