More evidence we need stricter gun control

[2timer]

Members of state legislatures want to pass laws for universal background checks, and to ban firearm sales to felons, illegal aliens, and the mentally ill.

I think they should ban firearms to the lowest scoring IQ testers, aka the mentally decrepit. People like this, for example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobil...nd-dead_n_3185790.html?icid=hp_crime_art_more

 

[xBiffx]

Newsflash, we already have laws that ban sales to felons, illegal aliens, and the mentally ill. Problem is, the laws aren't being enforced. But by all means call for stricter gun control to fix this "problem".

The linked story is nothing more than sensationalist journalism cherry picking an accident to try and prove a completely different point.

 

[Genx87]

What is the problem? A mong gets drunk and plays with a gun and dies from it.

 

[2timer]

Newsflash, we already have laws that ban sales to felons, illegal aliens, and the mentally ill. Problem is, the laws aren't being enforced. But by all means call for stricter gun control to fix this "problem".

That's a very good idea, in fact.

Who knows, it may have saved this poor man from another tragic gun death.

Ban gun sales to the lowest IQ testers!

 

[Jmman]

I have often thought that we should have an IQ test before posting. Probably would eliminate 80% of the crap posts around here. Anyway, you know as well as I do that such a law would never pass a constitutional challenge.......

 

[xBiffx]

Ban gun sales to the lowest IQ testers!

Can we please apply the same standard to voting, then? :hmm:

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Members of state legislatures want to pass laws for universal background checks, and to ban firearm sales to felons, illegal aliens, and the mentally ill.

I think they should ban firearms to the lowest scoring IQ testers, aka the mentally decrepit. People like this, for example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobil...nd-dead_n_3185790.html?icid=hp_crime_art_more

That article doesn't provide evidence of a need for gun control, it provides evidence of a need for the prohibition of alcohol. Oh, we tried that already? Well damn.

Life would be so much easier if we just gave everyone an annual mental acuity test and killed everyone who didn't pass. Sure would be quiet in P&N though...

 

[blackangst1]

If only it were illegal to handle a gun while drinking this tragedy would have been avoided.

 

[irishScott]

If only it were illegal to handle a gun while drinking this tragedy would have been avoided.

Yep. And if we outlaw sodomy gay people will just disappear.

 

[sixone]

If only it were illegal to handle a gun while drinking this tragedy would have been avoided.

It is illegal, in some states. But like other crimes, making it illegal doesn't always prevent tragedy.

 

[Anarchist420]

I think they should ban firearms to the lowest scoring IQ testers, aka the mentally decrepit. People like this, for example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobile...crime_art_more

If they have such low IQs, then they aren't smart enough to kill anyone other than themselves.

I don't get why so many people support centralization of power via the State where the most evil men can get to the top and cause damage on a global scale, yet stupid people are worried about people like themselves acquiring firearms and murdering far fewer innocents than, say, someone like stalin and FDR.

people who are worried about getting hurt by a retarded person are pussies.

 

[xBiffx]

It is illegal, in some states. But like other crimes, making it illegal doesn't always prevent tragedy.

:thumbsup:

 

[Nintendesert]

Well had the Democrats not given up on eugenics this wouldn't even be a problem.

 

[Fenixgoon]

You sure that's not darwin at work?

 

[Darwin333]

Members of state legislatures want to pass laws for universal background checks, and to ban firearm sales to felons, illegal aliens, and the mentally ill.

I think they should ban firearms to the lowest scoring IQ testers, aka the mentally decrepit. People like this, for example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobil...nd-dead_n_3185790.html?icid=hp_crime_art_more

If we can pass the same law using the exact same IQ score to limit who can vote then I am on board.

 

[Darwin333]

You sure that's not darwin at work?

Shh don't tell anyone

 

[Doppel]

Ban drinking, would save way, way more deaths than cutting back guns more and heck it's not even constitutionally protected

 

[Lithium381]

Ban drinking, would save way, way more deaths than cutting back guns more and heck it's not even constitutionally protected

according to the libs neither is the right to bear arms nor unreasonable search or seizure . . .

 

[jpeyton]

I think they should ban firearms to the lowest scoring IQ testers, aka the mentally decrepit. People like this, for example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobil...nd-dead_n_3185790.html?icid=hp_crime_art_more

Why waste the paper? It looks like the mentally decrepit are doing a great job of removing themselves from the gene pool.

 

[Lanyap]

Members of state legislatures want to pass laws for universal background checks, and to ban firearm sales to felons, illegal aliens, and the mentally ill.

I think they should ban firearms to the lowest scoring IQ testers, aka the mentally decrepit. People like this, for example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobil...nd-dead_n_3185790.html?icid=hp_crime_art_more

From your article:

"The real big common denominator is the alcohol and it ended up costing him his life."

You don't know what their IQs are / were.

 

[KB]

Ban drinking, would save way, way more deaths than cutting back guns more and heck it's not even constitutionally protected

I have seen these figures; although I can't guarantee their accuracy:

How can alcohol be blamed for 100,000 deaths each year?
5% of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are attributed to alcohol.
15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are attributed to alcohol.
30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are attributed to alcohol.
30% of all accidental drownings are attributed to alcohol.
30% of all suicides are attributed to alcohol.
40% of all deaths due to accidental falls are attributed to alcohol.
45% of all deaths in automobile accidents are attributed to alcohol.
60% of all homicides are attributed to alcohol.

If these are true, then banning alcohol is the most significant thing we can do to reduce death. The exciting thing is we already tried it and it failed miserably. Cue Obama or Biden saying "but if we can save just one life".

 

[moonbogg]

That's a terrible accident and I think that could happen to many people. Accidents like that usually happen so fast its just too late before anyone can act.

EDIT: How can racking the slide back cause the gun to fire? I am thinking she didn't realize it was loaded and she simply pulled the trigger. Good god, letting a drunk woman handle a LOADED pistol? WTF!?