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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: new guy on November 08, 2017, 09:41:04 PM
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.4af3aae8b341
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Gun control is very important for proper shot placement.
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This article articulates my belief about gun control. If more research was put into gun deaths, I believe they would find that strict gun control has minimal impact like the Assault Weapons ban did. Interventions are more effective in preventing gun deaths.
Instead, I found the most hope in more narrowly tailored interventions. Potential suicide victims, women menaced by their abusive partners and kids swept up in street vendettas are all in danger from guns, but they each require different protections.
Older men, who make up the largest share of gun suicides, need better access to people who could care for them and get them help. Women endangered by specific men need to be prioritized by police, who can enforce restraining orders prohibiting these men from buying and owning guns. Younger men at risk of violence need to be identified before they take a life or lose theirs and to be connected to mentors who can help them de-escalate conflicts.
Even the most data-driven practices, such as New Orleans’ plan to identify gang members for intervention based on previous arrests and weapons seizures, wind up more personal than most policies floated. The young men at risk can be identified by an algorithm, but they have to be disarmed one by one, personally — not en masse as though they were all interchangeable. A reduction in gun deaths is most likely to come from finding smaller chances for victories and expanding those solutions as much as possible. We save lives by focusing on a range of tactics to protect the different kinds of potential victims and reforming potential killers, not from sweeping bans focused on the guns themselves.
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www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/554351/
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https://www.lectlaw.com/files/gun01.htm
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/01/nolte-i-bought-a-gun-on-a-lark-then-i-needed-it/
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http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/01/condoleezza-rice-second-amendment/
Not sure if posted before.
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/01/nolte-i-bought-a-gun-on-a-lark-then-i-needed-it/
“What is the moral of this story? Well, there are two. To begin with, over 25 years, I have only needed that gun twice, but at the time I would have given away everything in exchange for one.
Second, the police only show up after someone’s dead.”
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http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/14/here-are-8-stubborn-facts-on-gun-violence-in-america/
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http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/14/here-are-8-stubborn-facts-on-gun-violence-in-america/
IMHO, more data and statistics will help to support the 2A cause like this article.
* Violent crime is down and has been on the decline for decades.
* The principal public safety concerns with respect to guns are suicides and illegally owned handguns, not mass shootings.
* A small number of factors significantly increase the likelihood that a person will be a victim of a gun-related homicide.
* Gun-related murders are carried out by a predictable pool of people.
* Higher rates of gun ownership are not associated with higher rates of violent crime.
* There is no clear relationship between strict gun control legislation and homicide or violent crime rates.
* Legally owned firearms are used for lawful purposes much more often than they are used to commit crimes or suicide.
* Concealed carry permit holders are not the problem, but they may be part of the solution.
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https://youtu.be/Sxz4-tZuhy0
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Police have No Duty To Protect Individuals.
https://www.firearmsandliberty.com/kasler-protection.html