re: Shooting in Virginia: LA representative Steve Scalise shot

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All I am saying is that the all too frequent shootings, mass shootings, are (again, in my view) unacceptable, and starting from that premise, what can we do to slow it down? The solution certainly doesn't just involve regulation of guns, but, it certainly does include it to an extent.

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We don't want to become sitting ducks, like the folks in Europe. There's no way to tell how many mass shootings would or wouldn't have occurred if the 2nd Amendment didn't exist and the American population was disarmed, but I feel like a criminal not knowing if a person is armed or not is a pretty good deterrent. Most of the shootings in this country involve semi-automatic handguns, so if legislation takes away the semi-auto rifles....how long before they try to grab all the pistols too? These kinds of isolated incidents are always going to occur in a melting pot country with 400 million residents.

Also, if it was TRULY about protecting American people, gun control would be wayyyy down the list. Tobacco and sugar cause way more harm and cost taxpayers way more money per year than gun incidents. Do something about cigarettes and sodas....but they won't. Why is that???

It's not about safety and concern, it's about attempting to control the population.