Tilly
Platinum Member
The point is criminals can and do get weapons even where they are banned.So more 'people' managed to go on the rampage with weapons even though they were banned.Oh shit...Lewdog deflecting again.To compare two approaches to gun control.....
France banned all rifles....military rifles are banned, as are self defense rifles with magazines, the semi auto rifles we have here....
At their concert attack...130 were killed...
November 2015 Paris attacks - Wikipedia
Here....58......
I know this doesn't fit your argument, but it wasn't a lone attacker in France.
Not a deflection. You can't compare the two incidents. One had 7-8 attackers, the other had a lone gunman.
How does this help your 'case'?
First off, the weapons in the France incident were purchased in Belgium. They were able to cross country borders without a visa per the Schengen Agreement.
The OP tried to make the assertion that less people died in the U.S. because we can in fact buy rifles legally here. That's not true because the attacker wasn't stopped by a citizen who had legally purchased a rifle.
BTW Guns are very strictly controlled in Belgium, are available only by permit, and are allowed only in certain types. Civilians are not allowed to possess military weapons, automatic firearms or their ammunition, concealable firearms, silencers, laser sights, or high capacity cartridges.