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20. Personally I am happy they are not increasing.

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #19)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:29 AM

Oct 2013

we can certainly do more but a 50% decrease in the murder rate in my lifetime makes me feel much better - and safer.

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2nd Amendment Freedom! jpak Oct 2013 #1

What is it called; greiner3 Oct 2013 #2

It doesn't matter how responsible and law abiding gun owners think they are. Loudly Oct 2013 #3

This man could not legally own guns - he has an extensive criminal record. hack89 Oct 2013 #8

He was able to obtain a gun because guns are so abundant in America. Loudly Oct 2013 #12

And how do you plan to accomplish that? hack89 Oct 2013 #14

First turn off the "legitimate" spigot. Shut down manufacture, importation and retail sale. Loudly Oct 2013 #21

Doesn't your "solution" have to have at least a tenuous link to American legal and cultural reality? hack89 Oct 2013 #22

Nothing which a solidly liberal U.S. Supreme Court cannot solve. Loudly Oct 2013 #47

Just like the conservative SC promptly over turned Roe v Wade ... oh wait. hack89 Oct 2013 #48

SCOTUS need not ban it. Loudly Oct 2013 #49

Make air. sendero Oct 2013 #50

Good God, there used to be a mass shooting every 10 years. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #4

yep, true +1000 heaven05 Oct 2013 #5

Yeah, most had emotional/mental problems already. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #11

I take your word on the fantasy of screening heaven05 Oct 2013 #15

Good post. nt tblue37 Oct 2013 #23

you are never going to catch everyone, but you can catch some.... ejpoeta Oct 2013 #53

Pleas understand I'm not agruing against gun control. Just about a proposed method. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #57

They seem to be averaging every four days. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #6

Actually the number has held steady for 30 years hack89 Oct 2013 #7

Okay. I feel so much better knowing that the status quo maintains. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #19

Personally I am happy they are not increasing. hack89 Oct 2013 #20

but the homicide rate is still the lowest in a long Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #51

That's true--all crime rates are much lower than 20 years ago. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #58

And the NRA apologists billh58 Oct 2013 #9

There is a lot to see here. hack89 Oct 2013 #17

Yet this felon found billh58 Oct 2013 #24

So all legal gun owners are to blame? hack89 Oct 2013 #25

Just like a Gungeoneer billh58 Oct 2013 #26

I fully agree that guns can be regulated and I do not support unlimited access to guns hack89 Oct 2013 #27

A good guy with a gun would have.... meanit Oct 2013 #10

You just said what I was going to say. Aristus Oct 2013 #13

Responsible gun owner Dopers_Greed Oct 2013 #16

No - a violent felon who cannot legally own guns. nt hack89 Oct 2013 #18

It's always interesting to see how easy it is for these prohibited felons to get guns! rdharma Oct 2013 #28

I certainly agree that the illegal gun trafficking is a serious problem hack89 Oct 2013 #29

No. Gun registration is needed. rdharma Oct 2013 #30

Two major flaws with that idea hack89 Oct 2013 #31

Start registration NOW! rdharma Oct 2013 #32

And just how do you plan to do it? hack89 Oct 2013 #33

A simple Federal law requiring that all modern firearms be registered. rdharma Oct 2013 #34

Just like those simple Federal laws making heroin and cocaine illegal? hack89 Oct 2013 #35

Oh, it will work! rdharma Oct 2013 #36

So why do so many criminals have guns right now? Isn't there a law against that? hack89 Oct 2013 #37

Because there is no "track of ownership"! rdharma Oct 2013 #39

So with hundreds of millions of presently unregistered guns in America hack89 Oct 2013 #40

It won't stop gun sucides or mass shootings hack89 Oct 2013 #38

Yes. Criminals make up for many gun deaths due to lack of gun control/registration. rdharma Oct 2013 #41

So you don't care about two thirds of gun deaths? Ok hack89 Oct 2013 #42

It's time to collect the "unregistered" guns! rdharma Oct 2013 #43

Why can't we collect all the illegal guns right now? What is stopping us? hack89 Oct 2013 #44

No registration or tracking mechanism. rdharma Oct 2013 #45

How will all those illegal guns owned by felons be registered? hack89 Oct 2013 #46

I don't think Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #52

Oh, it's feasible! rdharma Oct 2013 #54

we would loose elections like crazy Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #55

So the NRA wins again..... rdharma Oct 2013 #56

the nra isn't the lead on this... Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #59