Chinese paper says U.S. should learn from China, restrict guns, protect rights

[lannarebirth]

1 minute ago, Credo said:

You have been hammering on about handguns in nearly all of these threads.   Handguns are, indeed, more dangerous, but they are not a hot button issue at this point.   The mass shootings, in which virtually no one is safe and which  kill  indiscriminately is the current flavor.  People can defend themselves to a degree from a handgun, but there is virtually no defense against the assault-type weapons.   

 

Baby steps, lannarebirth, baby steps.   

 

 

 

If I've been hammering on about it, it is because it is a far more important step to take and IMO a more legally justifiable segment of the weapons industry to go after. I'm not sure why people feel constrained by the limits the media puts on the conversation. Oftentimes the media report is just a basis for talking about what the real problem is. That the real topic is then considered off topic (generaliztion, not commenting on moderation) is just a sign about how people are being led around by the nose to further the objectives of others. talk, talk, talk, click, click,click. Maybe people feel better about themselves for doing so, but what have they accomplished?

[Credo]

Well, I do believe this is going off-topic, a bit.   But I surmise that you want to do away with handguns, but allow assault- style weapons.   I think that would be a bit of a step sideways in the overall issue of guns.   

 

 

[lannarebirth]

6 minutes ago, Credo said:

Well, I do believe this is going off-topic, a bit.   But I surmise that you want to do away with handguns, but allow assault- style weapons.   I think that would be a bit of a step sideways in the overall issue of guns.   

 

 

I understand we're going sideways for this topic, but to clarify I'd like to do away handguns and any long guns that can be made to fire automatically or semi automatically.  I would also like to see a great reduction in law enforcement militancy, but that's even further off topic. I'm not against a "well regulated militia" so long as the weapons are held in a central, secure armory where participants receive extensive vetting/training