America you seriously need to sort out your gun laws - Reporter shot dead on live TV

[0james0]

Just to put things in perspective while we are talking preventable deaths because I do believe nutters will kill regardless (maybe not mass murder as easy without a machine gun) but they still will.

There are around 500,000 deaths in the US per year as a direct result of smoking. Compared to probably 30,000 from guns. So although guns grab the headlines, more people die from second hand smoke than guns.

Just to try and put things in perspective.

[El Kabong]

Just to put things in perspective while we are talking preventable deaths because I do believe nutters will kill regardless (maybe not mass murder as easy without a machine gun) but they still will.

There are around 500,000 deaths in the US per year as a direct result of smoking. Compared to probably 30,000 from guns. So although guns grab the headlines, more people die from second hand smoke than guns.

Just to try and put things in perspective.

Last time a "machine gun" was used in a shooting? ??

I know a person who is licensed to have automatic firearms....It's not an easy license to get and it's work to keep.

[Violent Demise]

Certain states in America having strict gun laws means fuck all when other states have very relaxed gun laws, they are all over your country and are easily moved around and have been for years so the having strict laws is a joke, the damage/problem is already cemented into your culture.
Nowhere in the UK is it ok to have a firearm like it is in some US states.
If say Scotland had similar relaxed gun laws like some of your states then we would have a massive problem like you have but they aren't and we don't.
Its gotta be an all out ban across the entire country to even begin to tackle the problem, that is the USA problem.
A 10 year old could suss that out to be honest

That's just fucking sad. I can't believe people are ok with that. What do you do if someone breaks into your house? What if someone owes you money and refuses to pay? A gun in the house is way more important than a TV or refrigerator. Way more important. Guns in the house equal peace of mind and safety. America without guns is not an America I want to live in

[Master]

Certain states in America having strict gun laws means fuck all when other states have very relaxed gun laws, they are all over your country and are easily moved around and have been for years so the having strict laws is a joke, the damage/problem is already cemented into your culture.
Nowhere in the UK is it ok to have a firearm like it is in some US states.
If say Scotland had similar relaxed gun laws like some of your states then we would have a massive problem like you have but they aren't and we don't.
Its gotta be an all out ban across the entire country to even begin to tackle the problem, that is the USA problem.
A 10 year old could suss that out to be honest

That's just fucking sad. I can't believe people are ok with that. What do you do if someone breaks into your house? What if someone owes you money and refuses to pay? A gun in the house is way more important than a TV or refrigerator. Way more important. Guns in the house equal peace of mind and safety. America without guns is not an America I want to live in

You do not need a gun to protect yourself. A bat, knife or any solid object would be sufficient. What sort of sick world do you live in?

[denilson200]

If I said what I want to say about this I'd be banned and accussed of race hate. So it's better that I say nothing.

[Bill Paxtom]

Just Thank God

That our President- Barrack Obama has brought us all together as 'a nation'.

"C'mon baby. Get in the hole."

[X]

A world without guns might well be a better place.

Unfortunately, once something is invented, it cannot be uninvented.

A ban on guns (anywhere) most certainly never means that there are no guns in that place. Generally, it results in criminals and ne'er do wells obtaining guns illegally and gaining an advantage over their potential victims.

It's not right that criminals, who are the people who will misuse firearms, end up having a massive superiority over their victims.

Equally, it's not right that everybody ends up with a gun and general nutters, mentally unbalanced people and psychopaths can all be armed to the teeth, which results in the mass shooting tragedies that we see so often.

This is a tough one, but logic tells us that the universal right to bear arms doesn't work ..... but neither does a blanket 'ban' that can not be enforced.

Rather than arguing in binary terms, people might be better served by concentrating on what 'shade of grey' might work best?

[El Kabong]

If I said what I want to say about this I'd be banned and accussed of race hate. So it's better that I say nothing.

Oh how very passive aggressive of you.

[SlimTrae]

If I said what I want to say about this I'd be banned and accussed of race hate. So it's better that I say nothing.

Been a minute since I've seen this poster. What's happenin?!

[greynotsoold]

Certain states in America having strict gun laws means fuck all when other states have very relaxed gun laws, they are all over your country and are easily moved around and have been for years so the having strict laws is a joke, the damage/problem is already cemented into your culture.
Nowhere in the UK is it ok to have a firearm like it is in some US states.
If say Scotland had similar relaxed gun laws like some of your states then we would have a massive problem like you have but they aren't and we don't.
Its gotta be an all out ban across the entire country to even begin to tackle the problem, that is the USA problem.
A 10 year old could suss that out to be honest

That's just fucking sad. I can't believe people are ok with that. What do you do if someone breaks into your house? What if someone owes you money and refuses to pay? A gun in the house is way more important than a TV or refrigerator. Way more important. Guns in the house equal peace of mind and safety. America without guns is not an America I want to live in

You do not need a gun to protect yourself. A bat, knife or any solid object would be sufficient. What sort of sick world do you live in?

I think that If you live "along the river" in south Texas and do not own and carry a gun, you are fucking mental.

[Bill Paxtom]

Arm them all I say.

Let the games begin.

[Violent Demise]

Certain states in America having strict gun laws means fuck all when other states have very relaxed gun laws, they are all over your country and are easily moved around and have been for years so the having strict laws is a joke, the damage/problem is already cemented into your culture.
Nowhere in the UK is it ok to have a firearm like it is in some US states.
If say Scotland had similar relaxed gun laws like some of your states then we would have a massive problem like you have but they aren't and we don't.
Its gotta be an all out ban across the entire country to even begin to tackle the problem, that is the USA problem.
A 10 year old could suss that out to be honest

That's just fucking sad. I can't believe people are ok with that. What do you do if someone breaks into your house? What if someone owes you money and refuses to pay? A gun in the house is way more important than a TV or refrigerator. Way more important. Guns in the house equal peace of mind and safety. America without guns is not an America I want to live in

You do not need a gun to protect yourself. A bat, knife or any solid object would be sufficient. What sort of sick world do you live in?

Los Angeles

[Memphis]

VD has to have a gun. You know that motherfucker don't get on too well in fights with baseball bats. Ruined his boxing career.


It has to get worse before it gets better. We will find out what worse is.

[SlimTrae]

Certain states in America having strict gun laws means fuck all when other states have very relaxed gun laws, they are all over your country and are easily moved around and have been for years so the having strict laws is a joke, the damage/problem is already cemented into your culture.
Nowhere in the UK is it ok to have a firearm like it is in some US states.
If say Scotland had similar relaxed gun laws like some of your states then we would have a massive problem like you have but they aren't and we don't.
Its gotta be an all out ban across the entire country to even begin to tackle the problem, that is the USA problem.
A 10 year old could suss that out to be honest

That's just fucking sad. I can't believe people are ok with that. What do you do if someone breaks into your house? What if someone owes you money and refuses to pay? A gun in the house is way more important than a TV or refrigerator. Way more important. Guns in the house equal peace of mind and safety. America without guns is not an America I want to live in

You do not need a gun to protect yourself. A bat, knife or any solid object would be sufficient. What sort of sick world do you live in?

Los Angeles

[walrus]

Certain states in America having strict gun laws means fuck all when other states have very relaxed gun laws, they are all over your country and are easily moved around and have been for years so the having strict laws is a joke, the damage/problem is already cemented into your culture.
Nowhere in the UK is it ok to have a firearm like it is in some US states.
If say Scotland had similar relaxed gun laws like some of your states then we would have a massive problem like you have but they aren't and we don't.
Its gotta be an all out ban across the entire country to even begin to tackle the problem, that is the USA problem.
A 10 year old could suss that out to be honest

That's just fucking sad. I can't believe people are ok with that. What do you do if someone breaks into your house? What if someone owes you money and refuses to pay? A gun in the house is way more important than a TV or refrigerator. Way more important. Guns in the house equal peace of mind and safety. America without guns is not an America I want to live in

Didn't the government in England go through quite a lot of hoops to get guns back from the populace and make sure they know everyone who does have a gun. I know I've read a bit about it but I'd like to hear it from the source itself. Six percent of guncrimes are committed with what would be described as legal guns in the US. I'm all for a world without guns but I don't like the thought of only those in power having them.