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by 15155 120 days ago
Which "schoolchildren" died because of a firearm that was purchased inside of a 30 day window? None of the famous massacres would fit this bill; did you have an actual, documented event in mind or just feelings?

All of the gun grabbers I am aware of that are in favor of waiting periods try to make this infringement justified based on "crimes of passion" and other "heat-of-the-moment" nonsense - not "schoolchildren."
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Hikikomori 119 days ago
It's just an example, you're refusing any kind of gun regulation, doesn't matter what it is, dead kids is not a factor.

Casual gun ownership is the difference. In Europe you can get guns, but you do it for a purpose like hunting or sports, license and training is required.

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delaminator 119 days ago
They don't have any evidence because they are appeals to emotion.

If you look at the people doing the shooting you get a much better correlation but no-one wants to go there.

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Hikikomori 119 days ago
No evidence? Just look at Europe or Australia.
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delaminator 119 days ago
the places where they put you in prison for tweets ?
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delaminator 119 days ago
Are you sure it's a gun problem?

2021 - Ethnic minorities represent over 50% of Birmingham’s population - [0]

2022 - Birmingham overtakes London as 'gun capital' of Britain with huge surge in gang violence - [1]

[0] https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/birmingham-overtakes-l...

[1] https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/ethnic-minorities-repres...

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Hikikomori 119 days ago
Are you suggesting its a skin color problem?

Going from 0.05 to 0.06 is also a "big surge".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...

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mothballed 119 days ago
In the US one of the best demographic predictor of homicide rates is skin color. For instance, super white places like New Hampshire with the ~loosest gun laws in the country have extremely low murder rates.

If you take a look at say a heat map of the US where homicide is[1], it tracks extremely closely to where the black population is (New Mexico an outlier despite having stronger gun laws than most the surrounding states besides Colorado).[2]

[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Ho...

[2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Af...

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delaminator 119 days ago
I'm not suggesting it, I'm asserting it.
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