10-02-2015, 04:15 PM
(10-02-2015, 04:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Perfect example of the difference between the "mass shooting" problem and the "gun deaths" problem.
More training requirements would probably save ten times more lives per year than the total number of people killed in mass shootings every year. So it is a major issue when talking about "gun deaths", but since it would not have much effect on "mass shootings" people dismiss it.
Got it, thanks for clarifying.
So that would take care of a significant portion of gun deaths. The problem is that nobody in the current Congress is going to push for anything like this; you can already hear the Tea Baggers asking "WHO'S GUNNA PAY FOR IT HMM?!"
Plus, as you mentioned, it still doesn't take care of the homicides, so that would be only one part of the solution.
