Deadliest Mass Shooting in US History: 50 dead in Las Vegas

[WeezyBengal]

(10-02-2017, 06:37 PM)Benton Wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/02/las-vegas-shooting-clinton-blasts-nra-fellow-dems-renew-call-for-gun-control-after-attack.html


Timing is bad, but can't say I disagree with the sentiment. As much as I'm a proponent of the Second, I also don't see any reason why a silencer should be legal. Fox calling her ignorant doesn't help the issue, especially when they use Loesch's tweet trying to describe silenced weapons as quiet as jackhammers. This didn't happen in the middle of a forest where the loudest thing is a bird chirp (and where a jackhammer would be noticeable). It was a music concert in a busy city, most likely well above 125-140 decibels where a lot of silenced weapons would fall. 

But we're back to rhetoric on both sides. Yay!

I agree with this. Why on earth does one need to have a silencer on their weapon? 

Im for some sort of gun control. I dont want to ban guns completely, but im open for banning all guns except hand guns. I still think its important to give people the option to protect themselves and their property while limiting the amount of damage some sort of psychopath can cause if he decides to go ballistic. 

Whats lost in the whole gun debate though is the black market. I was reading Freakonomics earlier this year and they had some compelling points about gun control. They claimed the data shower that in most shootings the weapons used by the shooters are obtained on the black market. They also showed that there isn't a direct correlation between guns per capita and gun violence. I think they used Switzerland as an example. They had the most guns per capita but they have some of the lowest gun violence in the entire world.