If you ever think when has a a mass shooting been stopped by a armed civilian USA

Like I said before, only a fool would give up their right to defend themselves and look to the Gov. to protect them.

We've had guns in this country for a long time. Carrying concealed was common even in large cities. there were walking canes that fired rounds, small derringers , and large caliber revolvers that were made smaller to fit in the pocket. Most all of these could be bought in hardware stores without even showing an I.D.
My point is this; Mass shootings by a single individual,( organised crime excluded), were rare. Most Americans feel they will be a thing of the past much like individuals who poisoned consumer products on store shelves. These incidents are now a real rarity. We would be stupid to give up our guns because of a threat that may soon be over.

But, to be honest, this is all an exercise in babbling B.S. I don't need to justify gun ownership to ANYONE. Like you mockingly said in your first sentence, It's my constitutional right."

Here's the list:

http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting?page=1

These were simple shootings.

So you encourage all these frail people to walk around all day with their hands on the trigger, safety off, just waiting for an accident to happen when they trip or stumble?

You should be agitating for the constitution to grant you rights to be intelligent rather than rights to carry guns.

When they found themselves in a threatening situation.

As you can tell from the heading, they are mass shootings - definition: FOUR or more shot and/or killed in a single event, at the same general time and location not including the shooter.

I'd think most are gang related. Gang member shooting gang member. Except for the occasional bystander being hit, whats the downside?

I'd think most are gang related. Gang member shooting gang member. Except for the occasional bystander being hit, whats the downside?

Ah! They should wait until they are nervous, possibly shaking, before putting their finger on the trigger of an unsafe gun in public which they cannot actually see. That sounds very safe.

If your not included in the above described group your points could be seen as unrealistic and really stupid.

You're right, what's problem with having people shoot each other because they have different friends...


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Here's the list:

http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting?page=1

I would describe myself as politically right wing yet I'm not in favour of everyone being their own personal security so your sweeping assumption is wrong. The simple fact of the matter is developed countries with stricter laws on guns have fewer homicides


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Don't they also have freedom of speech in developed countries?

I guess to some you may be right wing but if you're really not in favor of everyone being their own personal security "force", your on a political spectrum I'm not familiar with. Even if you really believe this you still have to realize your responsible for your own self defense.

In 2010, the US had an average murder rate of 4.8 murders per 100,000 people—4 times higher than the UK's rate of 1.2 per 100,000

The home front: So many people die annually from gunfire in the US that the death toll between 1968 and 2011 eclipses all wars ever fought by the country. According to research by Politifact, there were about 1.4 million firearm deaths in that period, compared with 1.2 million US deaths in every conflict from the War of Independence to Iraq.
source: http://www.politifact.com/

. Florida was the only mass shooting I saw.

To varying extents. I don't see the relevance?



Leaning one way on a political spectrum does not mean all of your beliefs lean that way.




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There are no, " varying extents " in your freedom of speech. Your are free to express your ideas as you wish or you aren't. There is no justifiable point in the debate.

You are right about trying to identify the whole of a persons beliefs from one issue. Here in U.S. gun control has become the central celebrity cause that all on the left have to join to acquire their, " bona fides ", Wailing for gun control and a public denouncement of the N.R.A. are essential.

If you hear someone screaming for gun control, it's almost a certainty they will plague you with all the lefts solutions to everything.