Comments on: Reactions to Obama’s gun control plan

By: JohnW

JohnW — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:57:39 +0000

Yes, street gun violence and killing sprees in the ‘burbs are seemingly different problems calling for different solutions. My observation is mostly related to the first, where most of the killing occurs (about 900 gun homicides since Sandy Hook). But something accounts for the mental health issues that are manifested in the killing sprees; though I wouldn’t presume to say exactly what that something is. Water fluoridation, I guess! But a country awash in guns and a culture of guns and violence is something both situations share.

By: RR Senile Columnist

RR Senile Columnist — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:29:24 +0000

Very clever, Mr Chan! You make interesting points but leave unanswered the phenomenon of cold-blooded massacres. Mr and Mrs Suburban aren’t worried about inner city violence.

By: JohnW

JohnW — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:13:22 +0000

Re 27

Ike years vs now.

Doubling the population from 150 million or so to more than 300 million could have something to do with it. That has all kinds of socio-economic side effects. Add 300 million guns, legal or not, to the mix and you get some interesting results.

By: RR senile columnist

RR senile columnist — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:15:22 +0000

How come people felt safer in the Ike years when gun laws were weak outside a few big cities? Huh?

By: Elwood

Elwood — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:04:59 +0000

I have at my fingertips a machine which contains all the knowledge in the universe.

I use it to look at pictures of cats and argue with strangers.

By: Bruce R. Peterson, Lafayette

Bruce R. Peterson, Lafayette — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:58:17 +0000

You guys are more fun than infowars.com. More intelligent too.

By: Josh Richman

Josh Richman — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:10:06 +0000

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:22:30 +0000

“In more casual usage, the term “assault weapon” is sometimes conflated with the term “assault rifle”. An assault rifle is a military rifle that utilizes an intermediate-power cartridge, and that generally is capable of full-automatic fire, where multiple rounds are fired continuously when the trigger is pulled one time — that is, a machine gun — or burst capable, where a burst of several rounds is fired when the trigger is pulled one time.[8] In the United States, full-automatic firearms are heavily restricted, and regulated by federal laws such as the National Firearms Act of 1934, as well as some state and local laws.

The use of the term “assault weapon” is also highly controversial, as critics assert that the term is a media invention,[9] or a term that is intended to cause confusion among the public by intentionally misleading the public to believe that assault weapons (as defined in legislation) are fully-automatic firearms when they are not.[10]”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon

By: Elwood

Elwood — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:11:12 +0000

@ Josh #21

You are correct, sir!

Who said they were?

By: Josh Richman

Josh Richman — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:44:40 +0000

“Assault rifle” and “assault weapon” aren’t interchangeable terms.