America's Gun Control

You have to factor in the scale of gun ownership in the US. It is estimated that there are over 350,000,000 privately owned firearms in the United States.

Total gun ban? Even if only a third of the owners refused to surrender their firearms how exactly would the government go about forcibly removing over 100,000,000 guns from their owners?

One can't equate lots of guns to mean there will be lots of violence against other people. I've heard that there are more guns per person in Canada than there are in the US. My own family owns more guns than there are family members. One of my favourite shops to buy clothing is the size of a big Tesco Metro and one wall of that is all guns with a few cross bows & very lethal slingshots thrown in for fun. The difference is that everyone accepts that these guns are for hunting animals. They are not meant to take to a school and start popping off at young students.

I'd like to think that Canadians are more intelligent than Americans but dad was born in Los Angeles and he was pretty bright. Then again he did move to Canada.........

Remember: guns don't kill people, people kill people.

But it's much easier for people to kill lots of people in a short space of time with a gun than with a knife, a cosh or a pair of tights.

The majority of Americans support gun control.

our legislative system happens to weight the voices of the people opposed more heavily. Geography plays a huge role in our system.

@route111 Do you have a lot of guns at home?

If the press push a narrative the readers consciously and unconsciously follow. In the UK see RF, M & H, housing crises, Channel crossings, transgender, then wider world - global warming now climate change etc

Because he was a President, not a King and cannot ban them without going against the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. It is also something that is the decision of individual states which again is something from the US Constitution. He nor can any President dictate what 50 individual States can and can’t do.

Wow! Really?

Whataboutery , hardly the same us it?

Nothing will change. We will send the obligatory ‘thoughts and prayers’, hugs our children tonight, say something needs to change, and then get on with our lives until the next lot of children are slaughtered.
It’s pathetic, embarrassing and terrifying.

What is the rage in Britain that sets people off (after pillaging half the world) to deny innocents children asylum and refuse to provide legal routes for asylum seekers so many end up drowning in the sea?

"Remember: guns don't kill people, people kill people".

True in theory perhaps but guns enable people who want to kill people to do so much more effectively.

It is a cultural thing for Americans and their belief they have the right to defend themselves. I have met many and they all love their guns.

If you bear in mind Switzerland and Norway have a higher percentage gun ownership but none (or very few) of the same issues (mainly use guns for hunting) you have to look at the American system for gun ownership.

‘Remember: guns don't kill people, people kill people.’

Right. But if you restrict the access to guns for PEOPLE then the PEOPLE can’t use them to kill others.

Guns are now the #1 killer of children in the US. God bless ‘Merica.

There are two issues with the school shootings - yes guns make a high body count easier but even in other countries with lax gun laws or access to illegal guns there is not the same level of attacks on schools on the most vulnerable and usually cherished members of society.

What is this rage in America which sets people off to rampage in schools with a desire to kill children?

Most of us want gun control. Our politicians are bought and paid for so ¯\(ツ)/¯

I was thinking the same with regards to vests.

Ironic given that your title makes no sense 😂

One of my family members lives in the US.

He says the majority are stupid/rednecks.

The trouble is if there were steps taken to ban guns there would be a civil war.

Why is it schools that are so often the target though? Why not shopping malls, or hospitals or I don't know - anywhere else where people congregate?

No. The powerful lobbies like the NRA run shit In Washington. Watch Bowling for Columbine for insight into our gun culture. Old film but relevant to this day, sadly.

This. Guns are the biggest cause of death in children in the US.

Of course not all are stupid however there is a decent amount of people in the US where their education is limited and their media sources are heavily biased add to it some religious extremism and lack of mixing with other people so they don't hear unfiltered uncensored opinions. It's an echo chamber and it's beneficial to stick to group opinion.

So…why did he do nothing to ban them then?