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And you're avoiding the fact that they were rarely used even before the regulations were tightened in the 1980's.
You're trying to loop me in a circle so you can just say I agree with you. I will never agree with you, because your entire premise is flawed and not backed by anything more than circumstantial "evidence" from countries that you claim are are good comparisons. How about Brazil: Democracy, Predominantly Christian, stricter gun control, Higher murder rate, similar gun politics, Constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense. Far closer population number.
Here's another similarity with Brazil and the US gun politics: Self-serving bleeding-heart celebrities poured out of the woodwork for gun control (making sure their name got some free spotlight time).
If you go in to rural areas in America, the murder rate and crime are far lower, yet gun culture is prevalent there & access to weapons is prevalent. Maybe we should look at the socio-economic issues that are causing it instead of being lazy for the sake of self-righteous fear mongering. The real problem is far too many people living in an area with little opportunity and a few mentally ill people that could have just as easily used IED's…..Like Tim Mcveigh…
Country music star Mindy McCready commits suicide. Feb 17, 18:39
Hmmm - person with documented mental illness in possession of a gun - where have we heard that before. {nm} Feb 17, 23:54
on reruns of Canadian TV show Flashpoint (on Ion Cable Network) {nm} Feb 18, 06:04
Endless array of mass shootings in the USA with automatic weapons. Pay attention. {nm} Feb 18, 12:14
They're not "automatic". If you're going to spew your "righteousness", get it right. Else you just look stupid. {nm} Feb 18, 17:40
Pay attention. Those mass shootings weapons were mostly semi-automatic or fully automatic weapons. Feb 18, 20:27
I'm guessing it's pretty rare, since fully automatic weapons are so tightly regulated. {nm} Feb 19, 07:05
There's 240,000 fully automatic machine guns registered in private hands in the U.S. Expensive, but not difficult to obtain. Feb 19, 13:24
So you obviously agree that making guns slightly harder to get hold of = fewer shootings. That's great! {nm} Feb 19, 13:33
No, I do not agree with you. And it's clear that your argument using machine guns is so utterly baseless it's ludicrous. {nm} Feb 19, 15:12
Yet, making a semi-auto weapon full auto is trivial for anyone that can use a power tool & the Internet. Feb 19, 16:01
That completely avoids my simple question. Feb 19, 19:55
And you're avoiding the fact that they were rarely used even before the regulations were tightened in the 1980's. Feb 19, 22:10
I'm not trying to get you to agree with me - I just want you to understand how bad your argument is. Feb 20, 06:43
I should clarify a few things here... Feb 20, 12:30
Mass shootings in the US typically happen in "gun-free zones". Feb 19, 14:30
Mass shootings are a far bigger problem in the United States than other countries. Why do you think this is so? Feb 19, 15:54
There are a few reasons, most of which are controversial and I don't want to go into at this point in time. Feb 19, 16:03
You can email me if you want to keep it off the boards - but if not, have you been to America? Feb 19, 20:34
Try comparing countries of similar populations and population densities. {nm} Feb 19, 16:07
As John McClane is fond of saying, 'If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem'. {nm} Feb 18, 12:21
Hmmm. Funny you'd say that... {nm} Feb 19, 09:15
Life is precious and irreplaceable however, people are not {nm} Feb 19, 00:15