Well, well despite gun control bad guys win

Seriously.

No one with half a brain believes that gun control policies will prevent all tragedies or keep guns out of the hands of criminals.  But to do nothing will ensure that anybody and everybody will ALWAYS have the best guns, the fastest guns, the guns that will mow down people in the blink of an eye.  

Stop with the nonsensical arguments that just because we can't save every life or keep guns away from all criminal, we should just throw our hands up and do nothing.

And stop gloating.  You were so eager to post you couldn't make a coherent sentence.

We can all hear he smirk in your post

Wow. I have to agree with the other PPs that I am shocked to read the gleeful tone in your post. This is not something to be happy about nor proof that gun control doesn't work.

Are you also rubbing your hands together and grinning with anticipation that there will be a high death count so you can use this as ammunition?

Disgusting.

Again, for the back row. It is hard to count what doesn't occur. They have this one incident yet possibly 20 others avoided due to the controls they do have?

And I have to say normally posts on this topic at least have an expression of sorrow from the OP about the loss of life and then it eventually goes into gun control debate. But looks like OP couldn't give much of a fuck and is just cutting to the chase!

Your title makes it seem like you are gloating Lauren.

And yes, bad guys wih the intent to do harm will still get a gun if hey want it bad enough. But remind me, how often does this scenario play out in Germany? Every day like it does here?

you know..i'm a gun owning gal

we have lots of rifles, shotguns, and handguns

i appreciate the fact that i am allowed to own them

i don't want mine taken away

but if it were to save one life - i'd dump them in a truck myself

i realize it's not my guns that are killing people

i want there to be stricter laws governing the purchase and ownership of weapons

if you are so hell bent in YOUR rights superseding all others...well there is no amount of debate that will change your mind

or is there?

five or so years ago - i'd have argued you to the end about MY RIGHTS

but fuck my rights.....all this killing - with and without guns - has got to stop

it's not a 'slippery slope' - that's just a battle cry -

sure people use other methods...they resort to those when they can't get a gun

and it's hell of a lot easier to stop a knife wielding man than one with a full clip

gina

My heart goes to the at least 25 wounded in this horrendous attack.

Thank heaven the attack is over. The shooter was killed.

Let us hope no one else dies.

What a craptastic apology.  

How many deaths by guns have they had this year?

How many mass shootings have they had this year?

How many children have died by a gun there this year?

Come back and tell me those stats on Germany when you want to talk about gun control in Germany so we can compare to the US.  


Let's get away from talking about terrorists and let's look at Germans who have walked into a school and shot and killed numerous kids.

What about a German walking into a night club and shooting killing 49 people and wounding 50 others?

What about a German walking into a church and killing 9 people?

What about the German who was pissed in a movie theater and shot a man over someone throwing popcorn?
What about the German who got road rage and shot someone?

Terrorism isn't going away.  Senseless deaths over popcorn and road rage can though.

I used to live in that community and one of my BFFs goes to that movie theater and mall multiple times a week. Your glee towards this is disgusting. I'm glad those tragedies can prove your stance.

Mannheim is a very diverse city with a lot of different cultures and that region (Heidelberg, Mannheim and Viernheim) were noted to have a large influx of refugees (staying in old US housing in some cases). Are you making the stance on refugees as well? How right wing are you going to swing out your hate? Just curious what to expect...

Then why did YOU start a WHOLE THREAD comparing Germany to what you think will happen to the USA if we enacted gun control?

YOU started the comparison, now you say it is an invalid comparison?

Have you been drinking? Between the garbled gleeful not-proofread OP and this, something seems seriously off with you right now, Lauren. I don't agree with much you have to say politically, but this whole thread is even more hateful and frankly odd than usual. 

The thing is...it isn't giving up ALL guns!!!!
 
As with driving a car or flying a plane, you must work to obtain a license.  I personally would like to see people have to take mandatory classes on the handling/proper storage procedures of guns.  People still have access to hand guns and rifles.  Taking these classes would help identify someone who might not be mentally stable.  It would also give powers that be time to cross reference those that might be on a watch list.

But if you disagree with some mandatory training or wait period, then that begs the question why would someone need such immediate access to a firearm.  

I will say that I think automatic assault rifles/guns need to be banned from the general populace.  What is the purpose of these types of weapons.  Provide me with a reason other than multiple kills, then I might change my mind.