re: Obama's CDC study on Firearms.

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Exactly. That's a problem.

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That’s a feature!

Do you know what one of the most crowded places in TX on Formula 1 weekend is? Cabelas. Europeans touching guns. Because... they want to. It’s hilarious and... well sad at the same time.

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It can't when any study that says in the slightest way "stricter gun control laws would save lives" is perceived as advocating for gun control.

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They, quite literally, don't know this. Your assumption that this is the conclusion of a non-existent study does not make it true.

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We're going to understand that we can't stop every mass shooting, but we can take steps to limit the possibility one occurs.

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This is exactly the same argument you're going to be spouting off on this board after the next mass shooting if these changes are made. You just can't be honest with yourself that the only solution that matters (as flawed as it is) is total confiscation and elimination of firearms in the USA.

When you can admit that your goal is to repeal the 2nd, we can start to have an honest discussion.

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Or we can do jack shite and loudly proclaim we don't care about dead children if it means any stricter gun laws, like Republicans have done for the last 20 years.

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More appeals to emotion. One of my position is that a gun free zones are a major attraction to mass shooters, seeing as the majority of these incidents take place in this setting. Can we agree that most mass shootings take place in gun free zones?

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Marijuana should be legal. But if you knowingly break the law, you should be prepared to face the consequences, whatever those might be. I don't see any of you guys wringing your hands over all of the nonviolent drug offenders (usually minorities) in prison and without their voting rights for the past 40 years, suddenly you care about this because it involves guns.

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You're building a nice straw man of my positions to try and tear down. I'm for legalization, I'm against jailing non-violent offenders, and I'm against stripping them of their rights.

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I'm going to understand that it's much more difficult to buy a black market gun, and fewer people have the means. That includes people who might otherwise commit violent acts.

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You would be dead wrong. LINK

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Do you think the legal drinking age being 21 rather than 18 has reduced or increased the crime of DUI driving among 18 to 21 year olds?

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Is DUI a crime of violence? Is it committed with intent to harm?

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Swords and bow and arrows were originally designed for military use.

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Jet engine. Hummer, GPS, shoes.

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So how does the US's violent crime rate compare to other countries?

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US is 92nd in intentional homicide rate.

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92nd is pretty low, but I asked about violent crime.

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The US ranks 25th in firearm homicide rate.

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Exactly. That's a problem.

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but but we have a gun problem in this country! #1 in firearm ownership by a wide margin. 25th in firearm homicides. You claim more guns = more gun deaths. Seems that doesn't exactly correlate.

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So you want to ban semi-auto guns, glad you admitted that.

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Wrong.

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And? Since you're that concerned, let's just use the list that Dick's and Wal-mart will no longer sell. We can all agree that the largest firearms sellers in the country can properly define these weapons.

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If we do that how will we know if we successfully satisfied the BamaAtl's of the world?

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And?

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So why would you only ban one model? Go ahead say it.

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We can all agree that the largest firearms sellers in the country can properly define these weapons.

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Sure. We can totally trust large corporate retailers to have our best interests at heart. I hope you’re high. Drunk isn’t this stupid.

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Hence, I ask him to define "solved".
For the authoritarian wannabe... no problem is solved.

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It's the left's approach to every issue.

"Let's do X to solve poverty".

10 years later

There's too much poverty!!! Let's do Y

10 years later

There's too much poverty. Let's do Z

At no point ever defining "success" and labeling all other variables as insignificant to the discussion.

It's why liberals invented the "if we save one child" argument. It's blindingly stupid, but, they use it!

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Dick's and Wal-mart

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largest firearms sellers in the country can properly define these weapons.

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Dick's and Wal-Mart are not even close to the largest firearm sellers in the US.

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We can all agree that the largest firearms sellers in the country can properly define these weapons.

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What? NO we can't agree on that!

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Apparently not very good at analysis

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Interesting observation from someone whining because I've supposedly provided none.

You owe me work.

I'm patient.