Reminders:
We already tried national gun control in the U.S., and it was a complete failure.
Statistics compiled by gun control organizations show defensive gun uses in the U.S. exceed 60,000/year, while pro-gun organizations show over a million. A reasonable estimation is somewhere in the middle (on the order of hundreds of thousands/year), meaning guns save lives roughly 10x more often than they take them in crime.
Oh ok just letting kids die and not even trying to change anything is clearly the better option then! Thanks!
Right, because that’s obviously what I’m advocating here. Pointing out the MOUNTAINS OF EVIDENCE that gun control measures don’t work clearly means I don’t want anything done, because there’s literally nothing else to try.
We can’t try improving mental health services.
We can’t try addressing social issues that lead to people feeling the need to lash out like this.
We can’t try not glorifying these fuckers and turning every tragedy into a high-score competition.
Nope, can’t try those, clearly the only option is trying something that’s already been proven not to work.
(via theanarchocapitalist)
