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Originally Posted by potter
While you are correct, you're point is irrelevant however. The cat's already out of the bag. It's easy to say if there weren't any guns there wouldn't be any gun violence - but there are already guns. Not only is your point irrelevant but doesn't help or solve the problem at all.
Could you imagine someone having the same argument in any other situation? Some kid somewhere is stung by a bee, and he's deathly allergic to them, and sure enough dies. A bunch of people are discussing it and wishing their was something they could do about it. Someone stands up and says "If only there weren't any allergies", someone else stands up and says "YEAH! And also if there weren't any bees". Like these two people truly believe their adding to the discussion by envisioning some magic fairy land of rainbows where there aren't any allergies or bees.
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Great post!
It's easy to say pass a bill making guns illegal. Then what? Wait while a small percentage of honest law abiding citizens turn their guns in? How do you get the rest? Door to door searches? Vehicle searches? Sidewalk searches? Guess how that's going to end especially in rural areas.
I can guarantee the gun used in the shooting wouldn't have been turned in.
The problem is in the shooter. This being south side Chicago the problem is obvious. Massive unemployment among young men, no hope for jobs, gang activity and drugs. Those problems are what need fixed, guns are just an easy target and take focus off the real issues.
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