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Brooks: Reducing Number of Guns ‘The Only Way to Have a Meaningful Difference’
breitbart.com ^ | 3/26/2021 | Ian Hatchett

Posted on 03/27/2021 2:55:01 PM PDT by rktman

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that the only way to have a meaningful impact on gun violence is to decrease the number of guns in the U.S., something countries like Australia have done.

Brooks said, “[T]he more I look at it, and I’m not alone in this, the more you conclude that the simple problem is we have too many guns in America. There’s upwards of, some estimates, 350 million guns in this country. And so, when you get a lonely young man who’s detached and sociopathic, getting a gun for that person is not hard. And so, we spend a lot of time on these things like background checks and assault weapon bans, and that’s fine. But a lot of effort has been put into things that aren’t that effective. We just have to have a debate on how do we reduce the total number of guns in [the] country? And other countries have done this, Australia and others, through buybacks and other things. It’s obviously super difficult politically. But, to me, it’s the only way to have a meaningful difference.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; brooks; davidbrooks; defundnpr; defundpbs; defundthednc; guns; kaba; mediammatters; mediawingofthednc; newyorkslimes; npr; pbs; rkba
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To: rktman

If you voted for Binden (or someone voted for you for Biden), you have to give up your guns.

Problem solved.


21 posted on 03/27/2021 3:13:33 PM PDT by UNGN
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To: rktman

More people are killed with hammers each year than in mass shootings.

60% of “gun deaths” are suicides. Lefties are all for assisted suicide. Why the double standard?

The vast preponderance of remaining gun violence is gangbangers killing each other.


22 posted on 03/27/2021 3:13:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: rktman
how do we reduce the total number of guns in [the] country?

If more people used high capacity magazines we wouldn't need as many guns.

23 posted on 03/27/2021 3:14:19 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Pathetic Pierre Delecto, the Pestiferous Potentate of Enchanted Chones.)
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To: rktman

This arsehole apparently has NO clue how many guns there are in the US.......


24 posted on 03/27/2021 3:14:21 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Bratch

White kids make the news because they are better shots.


25 posted on 03/27/2021 3:17:05 PM PDT by UNGN
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To: rktman

“And so, when you get a lonely young man who’s detached and sociopathic, getting a gun for that person is not hard.”


David Brooks left out “crazed Muslim Jihadi”. Wonder why?


26 posted on 03/27/2021 3:17:40 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: rktman

“Brooks: Reducing Number of Guns ‘The Only Way to Have a Meaningful Difference’”

Brooks: Reducing Number of LibTards ‘The Only Way to Have a Meaningful Difference’. There.... fixed it.


27 posted on 03/27/2021 3:18:47 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: rktman
Freedom is more important than safety.

The rest of the world wants safety yet then they constantly look to the U.S. to fix things for them and bail them out when things go wrong. The reason the U.S. is the country that's looked to as the world's moral compass is precisely because we prioritize freedom.

The freedom to own firearms is the ability to control your own destiny, that's what separates us from the rest of the world which denies this basic human right. That's why the U.S. is the country that's looked to as the beacon of human rights. You can't be a moral country and deny a basic human right like self determination, which is what the second amendment is about. If you suppress that right we'll be a bunch of enslaved eunuchs like the rest of the world that stand around patting themselves on the back about how safe they are while their masters force them to do their bidding.

28 posted on 03/27/2021 3:19:03 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: rktman

I might be wrong but I don’t think that Australia has a certain segment of their population that is responsible for the majority of their crimes and hell bent on killing each other in their respective drug flooded neighborhoods..........Just a whimsical thought.


29 posted on 03/27/2021 3:19:04 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: rktman

What an idiot. Same can said for cars. Or shallow self appointed intellectuals like this idiot.


30 posted on 03/27/2021 3:21:42 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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"Reducing the number of guns" did not have an effect in Australia. That is a myth.

Reducing the number of legal guns does not reduce the number of illegal guns or reduce crime or violence. That is another myth.

Draconian Gun Control Does not Reduce Gun Numbers or Homicide Rates

31 posted on 03/27/2021 3:22:52 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: rktman

Eliminate or deport all communists/socialists, ISIS supporters, and drug gangsters...

Robbers, other thieves & crooks, and perverts are manageable parts of any civilization and will always be with us...

So-called gun problem solved... IMHO...


32 posted on 03/27/2021 3:23:34 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another John Brown now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Sacajaweau

Limiting the constitutional rights of dangerous, mentally ill folk would be a good start. Then, look at young urban black males and see what the homicide rate is, particularly with guns. When you get done with that, Mr. Brooks, let me know.


33 posted on 03/27/2021 3:24:25 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: rktman

Hi.

Let me be nice to David Brooks.

David, I trust me and my family owning weapons, more than you and your bodyguards. Who will flee from you and your family when the SHTF.

Trust me on this one Brooks.

5.56mm


34 posted on 03/27/2021 3:24:25 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: Pollster1

Fists are the real pesky one.


35 posted on 03/27/2021 3:24:36 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: rktman
"...We just have to have a debate on how do we reduce the total number of guns in [the] country? And other countries have done this, Australia and others, through buybacks and other things..."

Australian Gun Control is a Leftist Talking Point.

Matt Palumbo sets the record stratight: The Truth About Australian Gun Control (From the Dan Bongino Website)

36 posted on 03/27/2021 3:25:11 PM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

The vast majority of people who commit violence with firearms are Leftists.


37 posted on 03/27/2021 3:26:40 PM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: rktman
There are many illegal guns in the hands of gangs, criminals, drug lords, i.e. Bolshekrat supporters. Maybe, David Brooks can figure out how gets guns out of the hands of low lifes.
38 posted on 03/27/2021 3:28:40 PM PDT by depressed in 06
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To: rktman

Nope.

Jailing criminals would work better.


39 posted on 03/27/2021 3:31:01 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: rktman

Brooks has Level 6 TDS.


40 posted on 03/27/2021 3:33:17 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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