This 18 year old did not possess an 'assault rifle'. He had a semi automatic long gun, which aside from the passing similarity to it's military cousin, could have been any one of a hundred long guns or pistols that do not look like military rifles. An 'assault rifle' is commonly understood to mean a rifle that can fire on full automatic.…
This 18 year old did not possess an 'assault rifle'. He had a semi automatic long gun, which aside from the passing similarity to it's military cousin, could have been any one of a hundred long guns or pistols that do not look like military rifles. An 'assault rifle' is commonly understood to mean a rifle that can fire on full automatic. That type of long gun requires a very special license to own, and is illegal to sell without said license.
While you are correct, most people want something done about gun violence, none of the current prescriptions being debated protect both the right to bear arms and the means to lower the prevalence of gun violence.
Finally, and this may not be the case with you in particular, but the selective outrage by the country when a mass shooting incident involving white people and/or children is quite the sight. In 2020, the homicide rate by guns among blacks was 26.6 per 100k, while among whites it was 2.2 per 100k. In Canada, for example, the rate of gun homicides is 2.1 per 100k. Among black males, the homicide rate by gun is north of 50 per 100k. 11.5k blacks were killed in 2020 by guns, and unless that gun was held by a cop, almost no body except the immediate family cared.
By all means, go through the grieving process over this tragedy in Uvalde, however once done, try to focus on policies that will actually lower the death toll in this country, and not on policies that make YOU less afraid.
This 18 year old did not possess an 'assault rifle'. He had a semi automatic long gun, which aside from the passing similarity to it's military cousin, could have been any one of a hundred long guns or pistols that do not look like military rifles. An 'assault rifle' is commonly understood to mean a rifle that can fire on full automatic. That type of long gun requires a very special license to own, and is illegal to sell without said license.
While you are correct, most people want something done about gun violence, none of the current prescriptions being debated protect both the right to bear arms and the means to lower the prevalence of gun violence.
Finally, and this may not be the case with you in particular, but the selective outrage by the country when a mass shooting incident involving white people and/or children is quite the sight. In 2020, the homicide rate by guns among blacks was 26.6 per 100k, while among whites it was 2.2 per 100k. In Canada, for example, the rate of gun homicides is 2.1 per 100k. Among black males, the homicide rate by gun is north of 50 per 100k. 11.5k blacks were killed in 2020 by guns, and unless that gun was held by a cop, almost no body except the immediate family cared.
By all means, go through the grieving process over this tragedy in Uvalde, however once done, try to focus on policies that will actually lower the death toll in this country, and not on policies that make YOU less afraid.