A gunman fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, in a brutal attack that is blamed for at least 58 deaths, police say. In the mass shooting and panic that ensued, 515 people were injured. At least one of the dead is an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.
Editorializing: Interesting how media always emphasize ISLAMIC terrorists, but downplay domestic terrorism as psychologically disturbed individual lone-wolfs.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday October 02 2017, @06:32PM (2 children)
Could the 273 include shootings where nobody died? If not, what is the death threshold, 3?Maybe it was my fault and I should specify 10+ dead in 1 shooting daily. But the amount of killings needed to force change = arbitrary hypothetical speculation anyway.Nevermind, I found the definition [abc15.com]:
I think you are probably right that a blanket ban (to include a repeal of the 2nd Amendment) would reduce the amount of people who can engage in these attacks. Kind of like that Soylentil AC who can't get cannabis because he's not cool enough and entirely antisocial. Remove the legitimate avenues to buy guns, and these peoples' actions will look much more suspicious as they are fumbling around trying to get machine guns from people who are FBI snitches. And going the 3D print/CNC mill route is either expensive, takes some skill, or produces an inferior weapon.
That said, it could be offset by permanent war with militia types who have plenty of stockpiled guns and the skill to make some of their own. I think there are tens of thousands of people who are not committing violence but would start to do so if something as momentous as a 2nd Amendment repeal happened. Kind of like how Waco inspired the Oklahoma City bombing.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 02 2017, @07:08PM (1 child)
Probably hundreds of thousands. Possibly a million or two. I know I'd be one of them for certain.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 02 2017, @07:50PM
Ditto that. I may not be much use out in the field at my age, but I'd find some way to make myself useful.