Incoherent rants are a precursor to violent behavior

What world do you live in?

When gun control people make tragedy "political" by calling for more gun control, they are genuinely trying to prevent tragedies from happening. I could care less if everyone in the country had an assault rifle, but they just sat in people's attics like in Austria (or is that switzerland). I just want to figure out how to prevent kids from getting murdered at school every year.

On the other hand, when the "gun crowd" brings out their arguments about how more guns would have prevented this, Im not convinced if they are making those arguments for altruistic reasons, I wonder if they are much more concerned about their 10k+ investment in firearms.

they get all butthurt when their 2nd amendment gets threatened , their solution to lunatics with guns , is more guns . no tyrranical threats have been overthrown , ever, but still want their right to own unlimited number of guns , with a light speed amount of rounds per second , even though the bill of rights they cite applied to guns that could barely shoot a shot every 10 seconds. so the amount of kids getting killed dont matter, because by their logic, guns saves lives.

... leaving out whole words is a sign of above average intelligence?


i'm a gun owner and stuff but both sides of this argument are pissing me off so I'm going to go drink and make music and ignore the real world.

The number of lawful defenses with a firearm is massive. The vast majority of the time, all it takes is brandishing to end the conflict.

Those things are usually never reported, and if they are, there isn't statistics to verify them. Whereas a shooting is reported and publicized highly.

So because you personally feel safe, you believe everyone else should as well? gotcha.

The woman 3 blocks down who was raped last week doesn't feel the same way.

I thought this was a sad event about mistaken identity which i discussed WAYYY earlier in this thread to the people that shoot at shadows in the night because they are scurred. Might be a slow pony.



Man shoots granddaughter, mistakes her for intruder

Is this title ok guise?

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So having a gun and shooting at the range makes one a "gun nut" IYO?

Just want to be clear on the usage here.

So like, everyone who uses target shooting as a recreation activity is a gun nut?

You sound reasonable?

what does that prove champ?

I am afraid of cars. Swimming pools don't kill 1/250 of the number of people guns kill. Guns propel a chunk of lead faster than the speed of sound for the express purpose of hurting someone. Fear and respect seem pretty reasonable.

I feel bad for the mods

one person has reported 9 posts ITT today

Goodie and champstark, for starters.

I bet it was Neblis

Voluntarist mods, tho.

If she had some sort of troubled divorce while in the care of a developmentally challenged child (things we dont know yet) and then developed 'a passion for target shooting'...

Well, yeah, I gotta problem with that

"To get a gun in Japan, first, you have to attend an all-day class and pass a written test, which are held only once per month. You also must take and pass a shooting range class. Then, head over to a hospital for a mental test and drug test (Japan is unusual in that potential gun owners must affirmatively prove their mental fitness), which you'll file with the police. Finally, pass a rigorous background check for any criminal record or association with criminal or extremist groups, and you will be the proud new owner of your shotgun or air rifle. Just don't forget to provide police with documentation on the specific location of the gun in your home, as well as the ammo, both of which must be locked and stored separately. And remember to have the police inspect the gun once per year and to re-take the class and exam every three years."

So bluebassman is super against this and low key thinks it could be a good starting point (but missing some specifics). what do the rest of the pro gun people think of this idea? doesnt have to be these exact laws, but something along these lines.

Well, there have been a ton of personal attacks.

I personally have been called stupid by two people ITT.

As usual, no argument, just name calling.

holy **** bro. Are you making up the few crazy reasons to take up shooting and trying to assign them to people? (We don't know that tho!)

@#thinman obv

No I was giving specific examples of why I would have a problem with a target shooter, instead of wide sweeping generalizations that seem to be the norm for many posts here.

Oh, also, curious how many of the gun owners itt are current or previous members of the military, or have some other form of formal training beyond 'hunting with dad when I was a kid'?

The story originally mentioned that she grew up in rural new hampshire and was a hunter, the shooting wasn't some new hobby she picked up.

Those parts have been removed from the current story that is posted, weirdly.

Here's a snip from the google results page:

She was just a farm girl from New Hampshire,” he said. “She was a hunter.

but hey, until we know for sure one way or the other the best thing to do is just make **** up, right?

Do you have problems with them taking on other hobbies that could possibly be used to murder?


I'd trust most of the people I grew up hunting with wrt to gun safety more than most cops/military ******s I've met since. 3 of the cops in my town were high school security guards ffs. The dumbest of the dumb. Before dblbrl goes on a rage, yeah there are a few outliers that handle weapons properly. I do have friends that were special ops and Rangers though who I do hunt with. My grandpa was a Marine and his brother who taught me to shoot was a green beret.

Also, it sounds like yeah, they had a really bad divorce. From the story you apparently didn't read (this part wasn't edited out):