July 20, 20224 yr It's great when "a good guy with a gun" stops a shooting. Unfortunately it only happens 5% of the time. I'm not against gun ownership, though I think a more balanced gun control policy would probably help. But while it's great to see instances where someone stepped up and defended innocents, statistically speaking it's an outlier.
July 20, 20224 yr 55 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: It's great when "a good guy with a gun" stops a shooting. Unfortunately it only happens 5% of the time. I'm not against gun ownership, though I think a more balanced gun control policy would probably help. But while it's great to see instances where someone stepped up and defended innocents, statistically speaking it's an outlier. I think before we institute new gun laws, we ought to enforce the ones on the books. It's no secret that some of the strictest gun law cities/areas have the worst gun crime rates, not so coincidentally, those areas also have been soft on criminals who are convicted of crimes involving guns and voilence. If we actually enforced those laws with stiffer penalties, sure more people would go to jail, but less shootings would occur. But hey thats just me looking at the reality of the situation.
July 20, 20224 yr 18 hours ago, Mike030270 said: 9 minutes ago, Mike030270 said: Hide contents tell me you post on a gun nut site without telling me you post on a gun nut site
July 20, 20224 yr On 7/19/2022 at 6:45 AM, sameaglesfan said: Just now, Toastrel said: This juxtaposition is awesome. Finally a meme to unite us.
July 20, 20224 yr 29 minutes ago, Ipiggles said: I think before we institute new gun laws, we ought to enforce the ones on the books. It's no secret that some of the strictest gun law cities/areas have the worst gun crime rates, not so coincidentally, those areas also have been soft on criminals who are convicted of crimes involving guns and voilence. If we actually enforced those laws with stiffer penalties, sure more people would go to jail, but less shootings would occur. But hey thats just me looking at the reality of the situation. Did you miss the whole "tough on crime" period of our history? No doubt that DAs in many cities have swung far too much the other way, but overly aggressive "broken window" enforcement turned the US into a high incarceration state. Clearly that doesn't work either.
July 20, 20224 yr 18 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: tell me you post on a gun nut site without telling me you post on a gun nut site
July 20, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Ipiggles said: His name is Eli Dicken... 17 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:
July 20, 20224 yr 21 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Did you miss the whole "tough on crime" period of our history? No doubt that DAs in many cities have swung far too much the other way, but overly aggressive "broken window" enforcement turned the US into a high incarceration state. Clearly that doesn't work either. Are you sure about that? Seems like gun crime rates have risen since we started being softer on crime. Example from Chicago - as we get softer on crime, crime goes up. Nah say it isn't so....
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