She's saying both are preventable, she's not saying that the numbers presented are intentional. It seems like you're just making up what you want this to mean.
"Accidental deaths, whether truly by accident or by injuries due to intent, by any means, are, in large part, preventable. Access to firearms by children, by unlicensed owners, and absence of safety measures when it comes to both intentional and unintentional gun-related injuries and deaths, are among the reasons that the incidence of this horrific, truly avoidable tragedy is on the rise."
No you didn't, you described it as an opinion piece and went on some long winded self defense thing.
Yea, and common sense gun laws are part of that. In this way, I don't think MA's laws are strict enough. Follow on trainings are optional unless you get yourself into trouble.
That's silly, because the numbers are the numbers. They don't care about your opinion about them. Addressing mental health issues or not doesn't make the numbers disappear.
Yea, I know what you're arguing, it's just not always pertinent to the conversation....or barely even part of the remedy.
I am curious though, the 2A is very short, what do YOU think are "2A freedoms"?
Those mean ole democrats, not allowing a suppressor.
Besides concealing a gun shot in a crime, there's not real world scenario that requires a suppressor. You use hearing protection whenever practicing, I'm sure. So the thousands of rounds spent doing that don't need one. And in a life or death self defense scenario, you're not going to be firing magazines. Crime is the only scenario I can come up with that one would want a suppressor.
It's clear from this particular response that you are biased and emotional regarding this topic...Your 2A freedoms are still intact though, as suppressor's aren't mentioned at all in the 2A
Wow dude, just wow. Those are you're problems?
1) Concealed carry law's vary by state, I don't know CA's, but MA's are reasonable
2) A 10 day waiting period is a problem for you? That's odd, because outside of crime (intent), I can't see how waiting 10 days is a problem, or a violation of your 2A freedoms.
3) "All I have to do then is just not reveal my intent"
- LOL, now who's conflating the issues here. It's not an accident if your intent is to harm....lol
4) You don't think 10 days to cool down is enough? I mean, you don't want to infringe on others rights, correct? like background checks, criminal history, correct?
5) "OK I can wait but I can only buy so many hand guns per period of time. I guess that's to prevent octopi from going on rampages."
- What a weird strawman. We both know octopi prefer hand to hand combat.
Umm, no she doesn't, lol. Stop making stuff up. She doesn't claim the numbers for either are intentional.
The comparison in the article is about accidents, plain and simple. You're emotional attachment to this topic is glaringly obvious.
You can hope for some utopia where humanity won't be driven to harm, but good luck with that. You're still ignoring pretty much ALL human history. And if you think that's going to happen anytime soon in a country that sings about bomb's bursting in are and has been actively waging war in some fashion for most of it's history, lol....you're not as enlightened as I thought you were
Sure you do, you just blamed democrats for banning suppresors.
Sure you do, and so do liberals, that's why they banned your suppressor, you said it yourself, lol.
I see regulating both firearms and people as the solution, you do not. This is where you and I disagree. You want to be able to stock pile guns while I don't think people need to in the name of self defense. You think a surge suppressor is required, it's not. Self defense still intact, 2A rights still intact. You think a 10 round magazine isn't enough, I do, self defense still intact, 2A rights still intact.
I think mental health screenings and background checks should be part of gun ownership, maybe you do too. You haven't really said, as your focus is on hardware.
Ah, I see. So liberals using common sense gun laws are the problem. What you wanna do is tell and bunch of people with a gun fetish that they're crazy. I'm sure that will make those people who already hate themselves less angry, thus reducing gun violence! /s
I can say this Moonie, I did not suspect you to have an emotional attachment to firearms, lol....that's a surprise.
the good news is that you’re still in America, and there’s plenty of states to move to that will accommodate you’re hardware desires.