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BrawnTrendsCan't wait to see how the GOP is going to dance around and try to defend their idiotic gun laws after that tragic Las Vegas shooting.
.MASSHOLE.Do you Eskimos not have general distribution requirements?
Are you not given the freedom to take classes outside of your major for credit hours?
I didn’t major in middle eastern politics or religion, I took two courses in it because it interested me and provided credit hours.
Instead I majored in economics which landed me my current job at a hedge fund if you were curious.
RparrI just want to know how the fuck somebody managed to carry 8 guns at once, that must have looked absolutely absurd. Literally the perfect depiction of how absurd our gun laws are
erikKI'm a geophysicist, love where my education has taken me, not sure what you're getting at.
Spending time studying Middle Eastern politics for 70,000 dollars a year or whatever you pay in the States is obviously a waste of fucking time.
erikKHaha this post is a classic.
Starts off by calling an entire country's population a derogatory racial term, no big deal unless it's towards black people right? Justice for all.
Next up is the American classic "freedom" card like it's some great privilege to be able to pay an absurd amount of money for a useless course. There is a chance you took them specifically to win arguments on NS, in which case I retract my statement about them being useless, I guess.
The truth comes out in your third point, where you admit you only took two classes on the subject, which I'll agree can be very loosely bent into saying you studied it for an entire year. Like most people with an arts degree, that of course makes you an expert in the field.
Lastly, I wasn't particularly curious, but that sounds like a pretty shitty job. That's of course solely a matter of opinion, hopefully you enjoy it.
.frenchyyoure gonna be so butt hurt when he wins in 2020, cant wait... all these kneeling football players being pussy cowards are making it soooo easy
RparrI just want to know how the fuck somebody managed to carry 8 guns at once, that must have looked absolutely absurd. Literally the perfect depiction of how absurd our gun laws are
.MASSHOLE.Do you Eskimos not have general distribution requirements?
Are you not given the freedom to take classes outside of your major for credit hours?
I didn’t major in middle eastern politics or religion, I took two courses in it because it interested me and provided credit hours.
Instead I majored in economics which landed me my current job at a hedge fund if you were curious.
milk_manHe took you literally. You didn't study it for a year, you took 2 classes on it lol... That's 40% of a semester, 20% of a year. You studied that stuff for 1/5 of a year
BrawnTrendsCan't wait to see how the GOP is going to dance around and try to defend their idiotic gun laws after that tragic Las Vegas shooting.
.MASSHOLE.Two classes, each one a semester long, that's a full school year.
milk_manWhat do you propose? Stricter background checks? This guy had a hunting license in Alaska, pilots license etc.. so what else? Ban the gun he used? Confiscate every gun of this type from every citizen? I don't know of any feasible ideas that would've prevented this, so if you do know please speak up
eheathHow about republicans/conservatives speak up? What do you have to say about it? You gonna shrug off another tragic gun massacre because you care way too much about your gun policy? Because that's what happens, every time.
milk_manIf I had any ideas that would've prevented this I would voice them. I can't think of any.. any feasible ones at least. You could ban all semiautomatic weapons but that isn't feasible
eheathThe truth is, we have way too many guns, that are way too easy to get. How do we solved that? Guns will never be taken away while a republican is in the house, likely wouldn't happen with a democrat either, even though the conservatives are scared shitless the dems will make the USA a 'police state'. I think we need to put party affiliation to the side and actually fucking do something, this shit is getting pretty out of control, and if your party keeps going "oh well nothing we can do" then what the fuck is going to happen next? Jesus
milk_manWhat do you propose? Stricter background checks? This guy had a hunting license in Alaska, pilots license etc.. so what else? Ban the gun he used? Confiscate every gun of this type from every citizen? I don't know of any feasible ideas that would've prevented this, so if you do know please speak up
Profahoben_212Sorry dudes...not trying to spark more of a fight here.
But he was using an automatic rifle from all reports I heard. These are already illegal...he either illegally obtained the rifles or illegally modified it. Either way, illegal.
Mental health needs to be taken seriously. I think both sides can agree on that one.
.MASSHOLE.Not familiar with guns, but how hard is it to modify a semi-auto into a fully automatic weapon?
.frenchydont tread on my second amendment rights!
.MASSHOLE.Not familiar with guns, but how hard is it to modify a semi-auto into a fully automatic weapon?
eheathYou can watch youtube videos on how to do it, couldn't tell you how difficult it actually is, but if there are youtube videos about it, probably not that hard.
I read that all 10 guns were obtained legally... so which is it?
.MASSHOLE.That's a problem then. It shouldn't be that easy. Not sure how you change that though.
eheathThe truth is, we have way too many guns, that are way too easy to get. How do we solved that? Guns will never be taken away while a republican is in the house, likely wouldn't happen with a democrat either, even though the conservatives are scared shitless the dems will make the USA a 'police state'. I think we need to put party affiliation to the side and actually fucking do something, this shit is getting pretty out of control, and if your party keeps going "oh well nothing we can do" then what the fuck is going to happen next? Jesus
.MASSHOLE.Not familiar with guns, but how hard is it to modify a semi-auto into a fully automatic weapon?
milk_manSo do we make a constitutional amendment to allow the gov't to take certain things that belong to citizens? How does that work exactly.. I don't see that as being possible under our democratic and constitutional form of government. But you can try to convince me, I'm willing to listen
BrawnTrendsOk cool, so explain to me why a 64 year old dude needed to own over 10 rifles? Don't you think one (ok, sure, maybe two if you're a hunter) is enough?
Why would you need to get an assault rifle for? Certainly not to hunt. Unless you want to make mince meat of whatever you're "hunting".
I'm not against guns in general (hell they're a lot of fun to shoot), but gun laws in the US are out of control. Now I've heard the NRA has been trying to make silencers easier to buy? Wtf man. This shit is just calling for more murders.
eheathI don't think taking away guns in the right thing, I think that conservatives have a HUGE fear of it though, which causes them to panic in these situations. I'm more curious what you think your party should do, because saying "there is nothing we can do" isn't an answer. Taking away guns isn't an option, we all know that.
milk_manSo do we make a constitutional amendment to allow the gov't to take certain things that belong to citizens? How does that work exactly.. I don't see that as being possible under our democratic and constitutional form of government. But you can try to convince me, I'm willing to listen
mikemacaustralia did just that, the government just confiscated all the guns that weren't super basic. They have way lower murder rates now. England did something similar, and for a while violent crime went way up because criminals knew nobody else had guns, but now its died off. Problem here is a vast percentage of gun owners would literally defend their right to own guns to the death. Think Waco Texas siege going on all over the country. not a pretty picture
mikemacaustralia did just that, the government just confiscated all the guns that weren't super basic. They have way lower murder rates now. England did something similar, and for a while violent crime went way up because criminals knew nobody else had guns, but now its died off. Problem here is a vast percentage of gun owners would literally defend their right to own guns to the death. Think Waco Texas siege going on all over the country. not a pretty picture
milk_manSooo stricter background checks and mental illness help? That's all they ever come up with, and maybe it would help. I don't think it would've stopped this one though.
BrawnTrendsOk cool, so explain to me why a 64 year old dude needed to own over 10 rifles? Don't you think one (ok, sure, maybe two if you're a hunter) is enough?
Why would you need to get an assault rifle for? Certainly not to hunt. Unless you want to make mince meat of whatever you're "hunting".
I'm not against guns in general (hell they're a lot of fun to shoot), but gun laws in the US are out of control. Now I've heard the NRA has been trying to make silencers easier to buy? Wtf man. This shit is just calling for more murders.
SkiBum.I have lots of guns. All kinds from handguns to carry to rifles to hunt to assault rifles for fun. And I bought them all legally. And it was very easy and my expensive. Make gun buying harder. It's to easy.
But if some crazy wants a gun to go do crazy shit, they will get it. Doesn't matter how illeage it is.
There is no answer to solve this problem. Crazy people will do crazy things. This is not a gun problem. This is not a political problem. It's a crazy people problem.
eheathSo what should we do then? You don't have an answer? So you're cool with keeping all policies the same, even if we have the highest death rate by gun violence in the world? You're fine with this happening once an awhile, no need to change anything, because it will never happen or wont stop this from happening? Jesus fucking Christ dude. We need stricter gun policy, we need better education about mental health and guns, we need LESS FUCKING GUNS.
This isn't specifically towards you, but moreso to conservative in general. IDGAF if you love your fucking AR its an assault weapon that you can jerk off to and show your redneck friends, it serves zero purpose. We need stricter gun policy, people shouldn't have access to 10 fucking guns, LEGALLY that can then kill 50 people and injury 500. That is fucking insane, and you wanna shrug it off "we cant do anything about it" fucking conservatives, wake the fuck up.
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JichelMustenI have seen it used at least 3 times so it honestly is sad that it is applicable every time
BrawnTrendsI don't think anyone is doing that.
milk_manMaybe it only happens here because we're the only nation in the world where we can kinda do whatever we want? Trade offs...
milk_manWhy is it dangerous for someone to own more than one? You can't shoot more than 2 at a time.. Assault rifles aren't legal. "AR" doesn't stand for 'assault rifle' I hope you know that.. Either this dude illegally modified an AR (if thats what he used) to be automatic, or he used a bump fire stock, or a binary trigger system. I'm gonna go with that he illegally modified it..
What do you need a semi automatic rifle with large magazines for? (Notice how I didn't incorrectly call it an assault rifle). Government tyranny, home defense, shooting for fun. Have you ever shot one? They are .223 caliber (generally) which isn't even high powered.. lol. Go ban semi auto 30-06 hunting rifles those could be way more deadly.
ski.loonSure. I can't stand and shoot more than one gun at a time, so why do I need more than 1? You answered your own question. If I'm shooting a gun and my mag runs out or I run out of ammo and I going to just drop the gun and use the next one in my bag of 10 guns. I have a feeling most gun users would have more ammo.
I would be willing to bet that most people if operating a store that sold guns and weapons, would be nervous selling 10 guns to someone. Sure maybe he didn't buy them all at once, or even at the same place, but can we not put legislation in place that limits how many guns one person can own? I would like to think that both sides could come to some sort of agreement there. But of course the NRA would lose money, and god forbid we have less money in politics.
