2aguy
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As expected, I "triggered" your usual barrage of bullshit
The micro stamp tech doesn't exist and can't work....
Really? If it works on diamonds... How to Read the GIA Laser Inscription on Your Diamond
Or even by hand...read the inscription for yourself... World's smallest engraving on the edge of a razor blade It says, "nothing is impossible"
Oh, so ammendments to your constitution have never been repealed in the past? Doesn't your 2nd Ammendment assume regulation is required? "A well regulated..etc"And each one of your points would limit the Right out of existence
Yes....this is pointless busy work that does nothing...
Technology has advanced considerably, just because one scheme fails, doesn't mean you should just give up. Ever heard of the saying "If at first you don't succeed..."
And this too, is dumb and pointless....600 million guns in the U.S.........you do realize that as a gun is repeatedly fired it changes the pattern...right?
CAN change the pattern due considerable to wear and tear, true. Oh, you've started posting this 600 million figure, where does that come from?
Americans use their legal guns to stop, on average, 1.2 million crimes a year, including rapes, robberies and murders...
Gun nut fantasies aren't facts.
As you well know, this number you keep quoting is a subjective guess; it could equally be a tenth of that or even ten times that; there are no objective records or statistics available.
There were not 49 mass public shootings you dumb twit.......there were a total of 10 in 2019.....
US Mass Shootings, 1982-2015: Data From Mother Jones' Investigation
2019....10
Yes, these were shootings carried out by "law abiding" citizens armed with legaly owned guns. Using your own sources' definition, therefore, the UK has had Zero shootings by comparison. Thanks for proving gun control works.
and when an armed citizen happens to have their gun? In the middle of a mass public shooting?
Armed Citizens Are Successful 94% Of The Time At Active Shooter Events [FBI]
Your own source disagrees with you. Do Armed Civilians Stop Mass Shooters? Actually, No.
And what about cases in which citizens try to use their guns and things go terribly wrong? There are at least two examples of ill-fated attempts that you won’t see mentioned by those arguing for your kid’s teacher to start stashing a loaded Glock in her classroom:
Shopping mall shooting in Tacoma, Washington
As a rampage unfolded in 2005, a civilian with a concealed-carry permit named Brendan McKown attempted to confront the assailant with his handgun. The assailant gravely wounded McKown, and shot five other people before eventually surrendering to police after a hostage standoff. A comatose McKown recovered after weeks in the hospital.
Courthouse shooting in Tyler, Texas
In 2005, a civilian named Mark Wilson, who was a firearms instructor, fired his licensed handgun at a man on a rampage at the county courthouse. Wilson was shot dead by the body-armored assailant, who wielded an AK-47.
Such actions in chaotic situations don’t just put the well-intentioned citizen at risk, of course. According to Robert McMenomy, an assistant special agent in charge in the San Francisco division of the FBI, they increase the danger for innocent bystanders. (Exhibit A: the gun-wielding civilian who came really close to shooting an innocent person as the Tucson massacre unfolded.) They also make it more difficult for law enforcement officers to do their jobs. “In a scenario like that,” McMenomy said recently, “they wouldn’t know who was good or who was bad, and it would divert them from the real threat.”
Here is what the majority of police chiefs say about armed Americans.....
http://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/NACOP-surveyresults-2016.pdf
And here is a look at the survey....
..New Survey of Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs in the United States Shows Strong Support for Concealed Carry and Gun Ownership - Crime Prevention Research Center
86.4% of the US’s Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs “support nationwide recognition of state issued concealed weapon permits.”
76% of those same heads of departments believe that “qualied, law-abiding armed citizens help law enforcement reduce violent criminal activity.”