HeliX Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492 At the Batman Premiere. Awful. Will this prompt a much needed change in US gun laws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I strongly suspect the answer is "No". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Unfortunately I'm inclined to agree. It's a shame that it appears to be a bastion of idiocy that the US simply won't let go of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If you look at all the European press you'll see many shootings in Europe, they just don't seem to be reported as much. As for the NRA - string them all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Kennesaw has a local law requiring every household to have a firearm and ammunition. Their crime against property rate is 40% below average, violent crime 80% below average and so on. Tricky.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 In a way you can understand the US - there have been so many weapons in criminal hands for so long that it would be absolutely impossible to sequester them all. So, the law-abiding need to be able to have guns to protect themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If you look at all the European press you'll see many shootings in Europe, they just don't seem to be reported as much. As for the NRA - string them all up. doesn't every house in Switzerland have a weapon and once in the army you never are never discharged ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk...canada-18921492 At the Batman Premiere. Awful. Will this prompt a much needed change in US gun laws? I think it will but it shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 In a way you can understand the US - there have been so many weapons in criminal hands for so long that it would be absolutely impossible to sequester them all. So, the law-abiding need to be able to have guns to protect themselves. But has it ever worked as a defence in a situation like this? With all the panic and confusion of a shooting like this one all I could see an extra gun doing is causing more deaths. If someone sees the citizen who stands up with a gun to return fire on the criminal, but doesn't see the criminal, they'll end up drawing their own gun on the citizen, someone then sees that, etc etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Obviously not a big deal in the circumstances but one of the victims was a baby. Who takes a baby to a 12a cinema rating movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Obviously not a big deal in the circumstances but one of the victims was a baby. Who takes a baby to a 12a cinema rating movie? People who can't get babysitters I guess. And yeah, 3month old confirmed victim, and 6year old confirmed victim. Fucking atrocious. Guy should've done the world a favour and blown a hole in himself yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Guy should've done the world a favour and blown a hole in himself yesterday. That's what they usually do. Or the police. No doubt he'll be tried, sentenced to death, psychiatrists and lawyers will appeal, and he'll probably live longer than most of us waiting for his sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Kennesaw has a local law requiring every household to have a firearm and ammunition. Their crime against property rate is 40% below average, violent crime 80% below average and so on. Tricky.... Here’s an interesting read, gun crime stats - state by state (not that I'm a fan of statistics but still). Compare Vermont (with virtually no gun laws and a legal requirement to keep firearms in private property for state security), with New York where it all but impossible to legally own a gun, and California one of the most restrictive states. Only criminals benefit from restrictive gun laws because they ignore them and even take advantage of them. They are past the tipping point where more laws are resulting in zero or worse results. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Just been on the news the revised total of dead is now 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Guy should've done the world a favour and blown a hole in himself yesterday. That's what they usually do. Or the police. No doubt he'll be tried, sentenced to death, psychiatrists and lawyers will appeal, and he'll probably live longer than most of us waiting for his sentence. Someone ought to stamp his head flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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