Not only are you factually incorrect, you're an idiot.
There are dozens (hundreds?) of deadlier weapons that aren't up for bans.
Not only are you factually incorrect, you're an idiot.Really?.....the fact the weapon is made to spread as many bullets of death as possible and you are wondering why they are called evil?...
*Looks at knife deaths on chart*That assault musket is considerably more deadly, thanks to the bayonet. Shoot, stab, stab, stab!
Don't get me wrong, I don't think people beyond the armed forces or police need guns in modern society
Not only are you factually incorrect, you're an idiot.
There are dozens (hundreds?) of deadlier weapons that aren't up for bans.
Wow, do you normally insult people who disagree with you? We arent talking about other weapons, whether or not they kill more people you FW...we are talking about a semi-automatic weapon for which its sole purpose is to kill people...
Who is saying semi automatic weapons are evil? All the talk I've heard is about assault weapons (which are designed for the sole purpose of killing a lot of people in a short amount of time), and I agree that civilians don't need them.
No, they're not designed to "hurt, kill, and injure people." They're certainly capable of doing that, but every firearm I own is designed to kill deer, or squirrels, or turkeys, or other wild game.
The design makes them inherently less accurate than a closed bolt firearm.
He wasn't asking about closed bolt versus open bolt, and the AR, AK, SKS, XCR, etc., etc., are all closed bolt, anyways. Closed-bolt is better for machine guns, as far as I understand it.
Mine were all made to punch holes in paper.
Really?.....the fact the weapon is made to spread as many bullets of death as possible and you are wondering why they are called evil?...
Only when they display such willful ignorance. I'll pretend you have an open mind about this and break it down for you. I know you don't, but since we're pretending...Wow, do you normally insult people who disagree with you? We arent talking about other weapons, whether or not they kill more people you FW...we are talking about a semi-automatic weapon for which its sole purpose is to kill people...
Really?.....the fact the weapon is made to spread as many bullets of death as possible and you are wondering why they are called evil?...
I think the "logic" behind seeing them as "evil" is that a full auto or semi-auto gun spends less time reloading per shot, which could be beneficial to a crazy guy trying to kill lots of people in a hurry. Or something like that.
Of course it's the crazy guy who's the real "evil".
Not only are you factually incorrect, you're an idiot.
There are dozens (hundreds?) of deadlier weapons that aren't up for bans.
eh? The US military uses a standard issue automatic weapon. So automatic weapons are "less evil" than semi-automatic? lol..
And what is an assault rifle? er.. isn't ANY weapon by definition designed to hurt, kill and injure people? lolol..
Statistics can be used any way you want. By your graphic, we should ban handguns, and even I'm not for that.
How many people have used handguns in mass murders (where more than 4 people were killed) as opposed to assault weapons?
My biggest problem is we're at the point right now where other countries are recommending their citizens do not go to the US because you could be murdered. That's something they say about Somalia, not the United States. It's embarrassing and destructive. The gun/violence culture in this country is out of control, but everyone is too afraid to try anything because of fear mongering from both sides of the aisle.
Statistics can be used any way you want. By your graphic, we should ban handguns, and even I'm not for that.
How many people have used handguns in mass murders (where more than 4 people were killed) as opposed to assault weapons?
My biggest problem is we're at the point right now where other countries are recommending their citizens do not go to the US because you could be murdered. That's something they say about Somalia, not the United States. It's embarrassing and destructive. The gun/violence culture in this country is out of control, but everyone is too afraid to try anything because of fear mongering from both sides of the aisle.
Statistics can be used any way you want. By your graphic, we should ban handguns, and even I'm not for that.
How many people have used handguns in mass murders (where more than 4 people were killed) as opposed to assault weapons?
My biggest problem is we're at the point right now where other countries are recommending their citizens do not go to the US because you could be murdered. That's something they say about Somalia, not the United States. It's embarrassing and destructive. The gun/violence culture in this country is out of control, but everyone is too afraid to try anything because of fear mongering from both sides of the aisle.
Especially if they are black, have pistol grip and a long looking magazine.
Only when they display such willful ignorance. I'll pretend you have an open mind about this and break it down for you. I know you don't, but since we're pretending...
First, almost every guns sole purpose is to kill something, with the exclusion of competition target shooting. How does that apply to semi-automatic weapons exclusively? It doesn't. So basically you're making an argument for banning all weapons.
Second, "spread as many bullets of death as possible" applies to automatic weapons, not semi-automatic. So basically you're trying to drum fear. While we're on that...
Third, "bullets of death". Really? I think I'll just leave that one on the table. You could have thrown in a "someone think of the children" while you were at it.
Fourth, "wondering why they are called evil?...". Inanimate objects don't have a moral compass. Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Finally, if the goal is to limit "evil" and you think that going after weapons is a viable route to that (hint: that's an extremely debatable subject in the first place), why wouldn't you limit the "most evil" weapons which kill the most people??? Oh, that's right, we disregarded logic a long time ago.
Ergo, you're an idiot.
QED
Sure, statistics can be manipulated. You can monkey around with graph ranges, imply cause-effect relationships where they don't exist, and a slew of other things. That doesn't mean you discount all statistics. Tell me why this graph is bad, because it's pretty fair from my point of view.Statistics can be used any way you want. By your graphic, we should ban handguns, and even I'm not for that.
How many people have used handguns in mass murders (where more than 4 people were killed) as opposed to assault weapons?
My biggest problem is we're at the point right now where other countries are recommending their citizens do not go to the US because you could be murdered. That's something they say about Somalia, not the United States. It's embarrassing and destructive. The gun/violence culture in this country is out of control, but everyone is too afraid to try anything because of fear mongering from both sides of the aisle.