An amazing case for reducing gun ownership in America

Hüsker Dü said:
Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings

Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting since 2001, when a man stormed the local parliament in Zug, killing 14 people and then himself.

The country has about 2 million privately owned guns in a nation of 8.3 million people. In 2016, the country had 47 attempted homicides with firearms. The country's overall murder rate is near zero.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/switzerland-stunningly-high-rate-gun-142300639.html
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Is any part of it that everyone gets mandatory regular military firearms training?
 
messy said:
Former President Obama’s most eloquent statement made today about the most recent deaths of 31 innocent persons;

Michele and I grieve with all the families in El Paso and Dayton who endured these latest mass shootings. Even if details are still emerging, there are a few things we already know to be true.

First, no other nation on Earth comes close to experiencing the frequency of mass shootings that we see in the United States. No other developed nation tolerates the levels of gun violence that we do. Every time this happens, we’re told that tougher gun laws won’t stop all murders; that they won’t stop every deranged individual from getting a weapon and shooting innocent people in public places. But the evidence shows that they can stop some killings. They can save some families from heartbreak. We are not helpless here. And until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these tragedies will keep happening.

Second, while the motivations behind these shootings may not yet be fully known, there are indications that the El Paso shooting follows a dangerous trend: troubled individuals who embrace racist ideologies and see themselves obligated to act violently to preserve white supremacy. Like the followers of ISIS and other foreign terrorist organizations, these individuals may act alone, but they’ve been radicalize day white nationalist websites that proliferate on the internet. That means that both law enforcement agencies and internet platforms need to come up with better strategies to reduce the influence of these hate groups.

But just as important, all of us have to send a clarion call and behave with the values of tolerance diversity that should be the hallmark of our democracy. We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don’t look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people. Such language isn’t new — it’s been at the root of most human tragedy throughout history, here in America and around the world. It is at the root of slavery and Jim Crow, the Holocaust, the genocide in Rwanda and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. It has no place in our politics and our public life. And it’s time for the overwhelming majority of Americans of goodwill, of every race and faith and political party, to say as much — clearly and unequivocally.
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Trump is just an average white person.
Tell us all again what city obama lives in and helped run?
 
messy said:
Ricky needs his guns to fight tyranny.
Can you imagine the delusion?
I wonder if he has a neat fort in his backyard.
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Who said I have any guns?
Have you ever seen me post anything about what kind, if any, guns I own?
Espola posted a picture of one of his guns on this sight.
Urine idiot.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Who said I have any guns?
Have you ever seen me post anything about what kind, if any, guns I own?
Espola posted a picture of one of his guns on this sight.
Urine idiot.
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I did? Show me.

If you are going to start posting things about me that I don't know, then I think you should get a license from Multisport. I think he has priority.
 

Seven Killed, 53 Injured In Chicago Shootings Over The Weekend
August 5th, 2019
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A woman grieves as she reacts to a shooting that left four people dead at a restaurant in the 2700 block of East 75th Street on March 30, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
  • Shootings in Chicago over the weekend left at least seven people dead and 53 injured.
  • At least one person died and 14 were injured in two mass shootings in the city Sunday.
  • The weekend shootings in Chicago came amid two other mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, that left 29 dead.

Several shootings, including two mass shootings, left seven people dead and 53 injured in Chicago over the weekend, according to ABC 7 Chicago.

More than a dozen people were injured, and one fatally injured, in two mass shootings in one police district Sunday, ABC reported.





The first mass shooting occurred around 1:20 a.m. when an unnamed suspect opened fire from a black Chevrolet Camaro in Douglas Park Sunday, according to Chicago CBS.
 
Sheriff Joe said:

Seven Killed, 53 Injured In Chicago Shootings Over The Weekend
August 5th, 2019
GettyImages-661072278-e1565017070612.jpg

A woman grieves as she reacts to a shooting that left four people dead at a restaurant in the 2700 block of East 75th Street on March 30, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)



    • Shootings in Chicago over the weekend left at least seven people dead and 53 injured.
    • At least one person died and 14 were injured in two mass shootings in the city Sunday.
    • The weekend shootings in Chicago came amid two other mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, that left 29 dead.
Several shootings, including two mass shootings, left seven people dead and 53 injured in Chicago over the weekend, according to ABC 7 Chicago.

More than a dozen people were injured, and one fatally injured, in two mass shootings in one police district Sunday, ABC reported.





The first mass shooting occurred around 1:20 a.m. when an unnamed suspect opened fire from a black Chevrolet Camaro in Douglas Park Sunday, according to Chicago CBS.
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People everywhere, every day, are using their semi-automatic weapons to fight tyranny!
That’s freedom, baby, said a total idiot.
 
espola said:
I did? Show me.

If you are going to start posting things about me that I don't know, then I think you should get a license from Multisport. I think he has priority.
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You posted the model # with a photo of the model.
I cant remember exactly what kind of gun it was, but it did have a grip safety similar to a 1911.
You made a point of saying you disassembled it with a "slight trigger pull".

refresh your memory at all?
 
Ricky Fandango said:
You posted the model # with a photo of the model.
I cant remember exactly what kind of gun it was, but it did have a grip safety similar to a 1911.
You made a point of saying you disassembled it with a "slight trigger pull".

refresh your memory at all?
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That sounds like a mistaken statement someone made about me some time ago. I questioned it at the time. Do you want multisport to take a poll on what type of weapon was pictured?
 
Ricky Fandango said:
I have nothing to prove here.
It wasn't my gun you posted.
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I remember a discussion about whether firearms should have safety functions and how well they should work. Any weapon I have ever been associated with has a clearly-marked and obviously effective safety device.

On a side note, the NRA is on record as opposing any requirements for such things, driven, I suppose, by a fear that it might lead to confiscation of weapons found to be deficient.
 
espola said:
I remember a discussion about whether firearms should have safety functions and how well they should work. Any weapon I have ever been associated with has a clearly-marked and obviously effective safety device.

On a side note, the NRA is on record as opposing any requirements for such things, driven, I suppose, by a fear that it might lead to confiscation of weapons found to be deficient.
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Care to site your source?
 
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