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In reply to the discussion: Tipping point. [View all]Human101948
(3,457 posts)7. The gun free zone is a gun nut myth...
Conservative media figures often claim that mass shootings tend to happen in so-called "gun-free zones" in order to advocate for less restrictive gun laws. In reality, most mass shootings occur where firearms are allowed, and a Mother Jones review of mass public shootings over a 30-year period concluded, "In not a single case was the killing stopped by a civilian using a gun. And in other recent (but less lethal) rampages in which armed civilians attempted to intervene, those civilians not only failed to stop the shooter but also were gravely wounded or killed."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/10/08/report-conservative-medias-gun-free-zone-myth-i/206037
After Orlando Shooting, The Fact-Free Firearm Fanatics Are Out In Full Force
But study after study (after study after study) has shown that where there are more guns, there is more death. I could refer to this Harvard study as evidence, but it would be insulting to the hundreds of other studies that show the same findings.
Whether its a country or a state or a household, a higher concentration of firearms almost always means an elevated level of gun-related deaths. If someone tells you otherwise, theyre not telling the truth.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/13/segment-america-fact-free-firearm-fanatics.html
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Great! How about liability on the part of any gun owner whose weapon is used to harm others?
Human101948
Jun 2016
#1
How about liability for the police and their employers who lose guns that are then used in crimes?
Human101948
Jun 2016
#2
Hard fact, if you have a gun in the home you are more likely to die a violent death...
Human101948
Jun 2016
#13
Straw colossus. Few in the pro-2A group here buy into Lott's theory. Note CDC findings.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#32
If you are in a home equipped with electricity, you are more likely to be electrocuted.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#27
"This is readly assisted by a Democratic Party which has junked any FDR/LBJ pretenses......"
pablo_marmol
Jul 2016
#38
If I can avoid a "hide," the Party pretty much gave up on a sound ideology for change...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#41
Great idea. Strip citizens of the right to self-defense - pay any consequences.
pablo_marmol
Jul 2016
#39
I appreciate this post, as it strongly suggest a larger issue than gun control...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#42