I am running two national petitions on Change.org and they can be seen right here:
https://www.change.org/bankillerhandgunsnow
https://www.change.org/Ban_Assault_Rifles_Now
You can also read some details about guns and gun bans right here: Home | Ban These Guns.
The reason I am running these two petitions is I’m sick and tired of how and why the two sides in the gun debate continue to promote their arguments without the slightest degree of reality behind what they say.
On the one hand, we have my friends on the pro-gun side who want you to believe that the country is a safer place if everyone would be walking around with a gun. On the other hand, we have my friends on the gun-control side who continue to promote various gun-control laws (e.g., safe storage) which have never been shown to have the slightest impact on gun violence rates at all.
Reducing gun violence to a tolerable level (which means accidents, not deliberate shootings) can be done by simply taking the guns which are designed only for the purpose of committing violence and getting rid of them entirely or putting them on the NFA list alongside machine guns.
Know when was the last time that someone was shot by someone else using a full-auto gun? Try 1947 or 1948.
Know when was the last time that someone was shot by someone else using a Glock or an AR-15? Try thirty seconds ago, okay?
The United States is the only country in the entire world which allows residents to walk into a gun shop and walk out five minutes later with a gun which if it then falls into the ‘wrong hands’ will be used to injure or kill someone else. And by the way, if you think that banning these kinds of guns would be a violation of the 2nd Amendment only proves that you have no ixea what the 2nd Amendment says and doesn’t say.
Do me a small favor, okay? If you don’t want to sign either or both of the petitions, don’t post some stupid, snarky comment just to demonstrate that you’re a real patriot or some other nonsense like that. Either sign or don’t sign and I thank you for taking the time to read and consider my request.
Jul 30, 2023 @ 10:24:08
Well, I don’t consider this stupid or snarky, so here goes.
How about we meet halfway? The fact that you need a special Federal tax stamp, which involves jumping through numerous hoops, undoubtedly is why shootings with full auto are practically nonexistent (other than those illegally modified Glocks). I’ve argued for a licensing and registration system for some guns, on a national level, for about the last ten years**; I think I first posted my position in 2014. But all I hear back from the two sides is either do nothing at all (from the GOP) or ban guns which probably number in the tens of millions of ARs to over a hundred million semiauto handguns (from fellow Dems).
** I’ve signed my emails to my legislators describing my position. One even thanked me. The rest probably deleted them.
Oh, and hello to Dr. Jim, although we probably strongly disagree on stuff. Jim, I hope you are well.
Jul 31, 2023 @ 09:54:13
“Know when was the last time that someone was shot by someone else using a full-auto gun? Try 1947 or 1948.”
“Outrageous video shows Chicago men firing machine guns at a crowd, killing a boy and injuring at least 3 adults” June 2023