Another example of USA Gun Laws (or lack of...)?

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Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2074797 - Posted: 2 May 2021, 17:43:36 UTC Hurry Hurry, Guns to New Orleans ID: 2074797 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2075196 - Posted: 7 May 2021, 13:54:48 UTC Guns needed in Rigby, Idaho. ID: 2075196 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21207 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2075245 - Posted: 7 May 2021, 23:10:45 UTC - in response to Message 2075196. Guns needed in Rigby, Idaho. So... How did a young child come to be walking into school with a loaded gun?... Guns are very much not toys... Only in the USA? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2075245 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2075250 - Posted: 7 May 2021, 23:57:31 UTC So... How did a young child come to be walking into school with a loaded gun?... It was her birthday present? ID: 2075250 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2075391 - Posted: 9 May 2021, 16:18:12 UTC Hurry, Hurry, guns needed in Times Square! ID: 2075391 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2075406 - Posted: 9 May 2021, 20:46:28 UTC Guns needed in Colorado Springs! ID: 2075406 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2075407 - Posted: 9 May 2021, 20:47:40 UTC Guns needed in Phoenix ID: 2075407 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2075437 - Posted: 10 May 2021, 6:42:06 UTC https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/americas/vancouver-airport-shooting/index.html ID: 2075437 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2075460 - Posted: 10 May 2021, 13:57:42 UTC Guns needed in Hollywood now ID: 2075460 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2075937 - Posted: 15 May 2021, 20:50:27 UTC Barely enough guns in San Antonio ID: 2075937 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2076140 - Posted: 18 May 2021, 17:34:40 UTC Hurry Guns needed in Oakland. ID: 2076140 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2076399 - Posted: 22 May 2021, 14:01:14 UTC Guns urgently needed in Minneapolis ID: 2076399 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2076454 - Posted: 23 May 2021, 18:37:39 UTC Guns needed in Youngstown Ohio! ID: 2076454 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2076463 - Posted: 23 May 2021, 21:04:25 UTC Guns needed in Fairfield NJ. ID: 2076463 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2076550 - Posted: 25 May 2021, 9:25:32 UTC Last modified: 25 May 2021, 9:57:06 UTC Gun violence is certainly on the rise over there. :-( Mass shooting as bodies found inside and outside Ohio flat. Will this madness ever end? ID: 2076550 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21207 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2076565 - Posted: 25 May 2021, 16:00:09 UTC - in response to Message 2076550. ... Will this madness ever end? With Texan moves such as this: Texas to allow unlicensed carrying of handguns wrote: Texas legislators have passed a bill which would allow most people to carry concealed handguns without a permit. Current state rules require those carrying handguns to have a licence, training and background checks. But Texas's Republican-run senate has voted to drop the restrictions... Have those Texan Republicans been a-playin' too many a them video game things? Does them forgot no second chance lives in da real world?...! Can the madness end?! Change of politics and a change of culture are both needed for the better well being of all! Texan madness! Only in the USA? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2076565 · Reply Quote

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 2076568 - Posted: 25 May 2021, 16:36:28 UTC When I read of things like this why do I think about a Cummins cartoon dating back to the height of the "troubles" in Northern Ireland. Sorry I can't find a copy on line just now, but I will keep looking..... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 2076568 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21207 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2076588 - Posted: 25 May 2021, 21:31:38 UTC Last modified: 25 May 2021, 21:32:36 UTC I do wonder if there is a 'game' being made of throwing in more and more weapons and of 'outside actors' throwing in a perception of ever more dissent so as to foment another civil war? Also, is this all a game of bagging extra sales for the guns industry?? Additionally so for the medical industry to charge extra for patching up the death defying holes? And finally additionally for the funeral industry for their knock-on increased trade?... Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2076588 · Reply Quote

betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11415 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66	Message 2076590 - Posted: 25 May 2021, 21:48:44 UTC - in response to Message 2076588. I do wonder if there is a 'game' being made of throwing in more and more weapons and of 'outside actors' throwing in a perception of ever more dissent so as to foment another civil war? Only in the Q world Also, is this all a game of bagging extra sales for the guns industry?? Yep Additionally so for the medical industry to charge extra for patching up the death defying holes? Nope And finally additionally for the funeral industry for their knock-on increased trade?... Nope ID: 2076590 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21207 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2076592 - Posted: 25 May 2021, 22:08:45 UTC Last modified: 25 May 2021, 22:10:41 UTC Guns in the USA... In summary, there is quite a tangled deadly mess to unravel: America – When will you understand about guns wrote: ... One organisation that you would expect to be quite vocal about this, the NRA, went quiet on social media after the killings. That seems to be their standard procedure after this sort of thing. It tends to show the flaws in their arguments that the only way to stop this sort of thing is their battle cry of “MORE GUNS”... More Guns Do Not Stop More Crimes, Evidence Shows wrote: More firearms do not keep people safe, hard numbers show. Why do so many Americans believe the opposite? Poll: Gun ownership vs Gun violence connection? wrote: The relation between gun ownership and gun violence is not a simple one, and is very political charged... 10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down wrote: Fact-checking some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments shows they’re full of holes... ... Fact-check: Mass shootings stopped by armed civilians in the past 33 years: 0... ... Fact-check: In 2014, according to FBI data, nearly eight times more people were shot and killed in arguments than by civilians trying to stop a crime. ... a closer look at these claims found that more than half involved using guns in an aggressive manner, such as escalating an argument. ... the odds of an assault victim being shot were 4.5 times greater if he carried a gun. His odds of being killed were 4.2 times greater... Mass shootings in the US have risen sharply in 2020 – why? wrote: ... As a Harvard study from 2015 has shown, put simply, more guns equals more homicides... ... In some states, gun sales increased massively in the pandemic period... (School essay? Still, it succinctly summarizes the main points:) A comparative analysis of the incidents of gun violence in the USA wrote: ... The USA is ahead in Gun violence but not in any other [categories of] violence... ... States with strict gun policy have less ... gun violence... It's the guns, stupid wrote: Gun violence in the US – a public health issue – can be better understood through three points America’s Complex Relationship With Guns wrote: An in-depth look at the attitudes and experiences of U.S. adults As Anxieties Rise, Californians Buy Hundreds of Thousands More Guns wrote: ... Gun rights activists, gun control supporters and public health experts largely agree that the increase in gun sales is driven by fear, uncertainty and longing for a greater sense of protection. Some Californians worry about dark fallout from pervasive unemployment and a faltering economy. Others are disconcerted by the angry and sometimes destructive protests over police shootings and pandemic lockdowns. The upcoming election has added to the unease... America Has More Gun Shops Than Grocery Stores Eat bullets!?? 4 Reasons Not To Buy Guns in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic wrote: ... Gun violence is already an urgent public health emergency in this country that takes the lives of nearly 40,000 people annually. Putting more guns in more hands is certain to exacerbate that problem... Demanding Responsible School Safety Solutions, Not More Guns wrote: State Senator Michael McLachlan last week outraged educators when he embraced President Donald Trump’s proposal to militarize the nation's schools... The repeated story there is that contrary to widely held perception (and very profitable Marketing?), owning a gun does not offer any 'protection'. There are other far far better and non-deadly ways to gain peace and security and prosperity for society. How can positive progress be made regardless of the politics and the NRA? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2076592 · Reply Quote

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