GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

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I don't rely on what "guys say" as facts Mo. The statistics I posted are validated.

All data/stats in the VOX piece and charts are directly sourced within the piece http://www.vox.com/2015/10/3/9444417/gun...es-america

When you copy and paste text from somewhere else, Gunnar, it would be appreciated if you would acknowledge/link the original source. I'm not being anal, just careful about infringement issues.

Nah, I just won't copy and paste anymore. Everybody has access to google if they feel the need to call me out on my stats. I research my shit before I comment. To be clear, I'm all for doing whatever it takes to change the course of the current tragic events. I'm just not going to get behind gun legislation being the answer. Just making something illegal won't protect the public, and in the end I think what everyone here is after is public safety. It's proven ineffective and when legislators start making laws because the feel as though "they need to do SOMETHING FAST" we end up with laws like the Patriot act. It's dangerous and today, too many people immediately push to legislate their problems away. I personally don't want more government in my life. I think our government has too much power as it is now. Making more laws that have no real effect on what we're trying to prevent has no appeal to me. It's just more "security theater."