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Conservatives now want to blame mass shootings on big pharma. That most shooters are on depression meds etc. I don't know that that's true and if it was, is the argument that society and these people would be overall better off without the drugs? I assume they'd never support banning people on these meds from having access to the guns. 2A etc.

Anyway, it's the guns that make somebody who'd otherwise stab a bunch of people, much more efficient killing machines.

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Associated Press - By DARKO BANDIC · A teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian schoolBy Associated Press - By DARKO BANDIC

@wjmaggos How about cars? What's the compromise on cars?

@OneEyeKing

you're ok with regulating guns and the use of them like cars in the US? deal.

@wjmaggos
How about this guy? Maybe we should mandate him to have a milion dollar coverage insurance? What is the difference?
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@OneEyeKing

I love how the people who say we need guns to fight back against a corrupt govt also say nobody needs guns to kill people. they are efficient weapons. we can't stop everybody from wanting to kill people. they will also find other weapons. but do less damage. the whole point of my OP above.

@wjmaggos They are tools like a hammer or a car. It's the person that gives them a purpose. Without a person they are just objects. It's the crazy people that need to be supervised. And any weapon Is as efficient as the person wilding it. Have you ever shot a gun?

He started shooting before his arm got in level with the target. Lining up the sight before you squeeze off the first shot is for beginners, this guy is a pro, he shoots like Steven Segal.

@FourOh-LLC @wjmaggos People, emotionally immature think that shooting works like they are in a western movie. I've seen many people having problems with a consistent draw, 2 shots and holster from 15 yards. Now incorporate magazine change into that and a moving target. It's the reason chicago has a high number of wounded in comparison to kills. Gangbangers don't go to the range.

The semi-auto promotes unwarranted confidence, and most shooting ranges forbid rapid-fire like what this idiot did there. I have never seen on these vids or in real life where changing mags made any difference from the first few rounds.

https://heyjackass.com/2024-chicago-shot-clock/
HeyJackass! · Chicago Crime, Murder & Mayhem | Criminal Infographics | HeyJackass!

@FourOh-LLC @wjmaggos Most gang bangers don't carry an extra mag. Also their ammo is not uniform and gun often jams. With 3d printing, the quality of handguns has been drastically improving. Polymer doesn't rust.

My blued steel P+ .38 never jammed, and polymers never going to take the same pressure.
This is what I normally carry now, because I fish a lot. I used it on many injured and dying critters over the last few years. The .38 is pretty heavy and its an overkill.
Its a North American, with two chambers - for 22 RL and for 22 Magnum.

@FourOh-LLC @wjmaggos Unfortunately I'm in NJ where gun laws are strict for the law abiding citizens. I don't believe that I could legaly carry in the parks. But ranges here are growing in popularity and many people are carrying with a permit. It's just extremely tricky since everything is a gun free zone.

I started shooting with 22 LRs in Hungary, at 14, around 1984. I was incredibly fortunate to have access to fire arms since Hungary was under Soviet occupation at the time - and Socialists do not allow firearms in the hands of the citizenry. But I was a top track and field promise and I had privileges.

The .22 is way under-estimated. Even at the lighter grains when it hits bare skin its devastating, and when it hits bone its pretty much lethal. There is no recoil, so its the perfect training round.

I always loved the .22 rounds.

Illinois where I live is shockingly "liberal" when it comes to gun laws, its only Chicago where everything is banned and those darn gangsters are not OBEYING THE LAW! / sarcasm.
OneEyeKing

@FourOh-LLC I'm aware of Soviet occupation since I grew up in Poland in the 70s and 80s. It's the reason I have much disdain for people like @wjmaggos who worship the power of the government.

You and I do not have "opinions" about these things, we have life experiences. @wjmaggos
@FourOh-LLC @wjmaggos @OneEyeKing

Many of us have observed the joys of socialism, the heaps of victims, and the last psychological trauma.

@wjmaggos Could use a trip to Venezuela. Explore venezuelian empathy.

@FourOh-LLC @amerika

@OneEyeKing @FourOh-LLC @wjmaggos

Communism is the natural destination for all democracies. Once you start on the equality path, it does not end until the gulags and guillotines come out.