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Originally Posted by astronaut x
I am not saying every one is one boat or the other. There is no need for assault weapons that can inflict mass casualties. Period.
I ask you again, where do you draw the line? At what point in the level of items that pose a danger to society, do you say no? Don't hide behind a Supreme Court decision to try and make a point. I am not literally trying to insult 'you' personally, and this shouldn't be a left or right issue. There is a reason we have laws, and this is exactly the type of situation where we all need to take a step back and re-examine these laws, not to deny anyone of their Constitutional rights, but to use some common sense. People also have the Constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You can't be happy if your dead.
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I'm not hiding behind an SC ruling. The SC has made some very level-headed explanations of this part of the Constitution and their words and opinions on the matter are worth reading.
and as i mentioned earlier, i'm all for laws that make sense and address the issue. i've yet to see any proof that there is effective and proven legislation that would stop spree shootings. and don't hide behind Australia because most research strongly suggests their draconian gun laws weren't the impetus behind that decrease in gun murders, the researcher suggest it was more a change in social and cultural attitude. there's not even any data to suggest that suicides were lowered, they found a correlation between an increase in hanging suicides and the decrease in gun suicides. those people were going to kill themselves regardless. and a big % of the gun deaths here in USA are suicides.
i'm also not making this a left or right issue. but we certainly don't need to be rushing into willynilly legislation that doesn't work.