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Bullet points: Twenty-five good, bad and ugly ideas to reduce gun violence
newsreview.com ^ | 7/12/2018 | Mitch Ryals, Daniel Walters, Samantha Wohlfeil, Wilson Criscione and Quinn Welsch

Posted on 07/15/2018 8:02:45 PM PDT by rktman

The U.S., overall, is a much less violent place than it used to be. Our reported violent-crime rate is almost half what it was in 1991. But mass shootings haven’t decreased. In fact, they’ve become even deadlier.

In 2010, the World Health Organization found that the United States’ gun-homicide rates were more than 25 times higher than in any other high-income country. And that was before Las Vegas—and before Parkland, Florida. We’ve witnessed 19 of the 30 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history during the past decade.

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To: rktman

The SOLUTION:

ARM THE TARGETS.

...............Next question?


21 posted on 07/16/2018 4:53:37 AM PDT by Flintlock (The ballot box STOLEN, our soapbox taken away--the BULLET BOX is left to us.)
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To: rktman
Want to reduce "gun violence" ???

Then stop focusing on the gun and focus on the violence aspect. The gun, knife, blunt object, car, etc. is just the tool the fundamental problem is the desire to commit acts of violence - seeing violence as the best course of action.

As long as people focus on the tools, they will fail to solve the problem. Of course for the "leadership" promoting such "solutions" that is exactly their intent - they want the violence to continue so they can manufacture excuses to incrementally disarm us.

22 posted on 07/16/2018 4:56:15 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: ThunderSleeps

“They” gottta have the boogey man under the bed. Firearms are it to them.


23 posted on 07/16/2018 6:39:35 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Twenty-five good, bad and ugly ideas to reduce gun violence

I was disappointed to discover that enforcing existing law was not part of the twenty-five ideas.

Enforcing existing laws are not limited to gun crime laws. Cities have laws against armed felons but few cities enforce that law even though law enforcement knows which felons are likely armed.

24 posted on 07/16/2018 8:49:20 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love Many, Trust Few, and Always Paddle Your Own Canoe)
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To: mabarker1

Execute to Educate ...... you commit MURDER your executed after trial by your peers and 1 state and federal appeal within a calendar year from original verdict.

That and ONLY that will cut down on MURDER with or without a gun. Trend today based on Maslows theory of hierarchy of needs aka the “need to belong” etc... trends towards a prison gang versus being a productive member of society.

My opinion only.


25 posted on 07/16/2018 10:33:04 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: mabarker1

and that’s only the ones on the by line


26 posted on 07/16/2018 3:00:47 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Chode

Bingo !!!


27 posted on 07/17/2018 7:46:29 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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