12-03-2015, 01:52 AM
Mass shootings still only account for a small percentage of shootings in the United States. The real problem that needs to be addressed is the unlimited access to guns by pretty much anyone who wants one. But unfortunately the only time people talk about gun control is when a freaking mental health case makes it news worthy. And every time that happens the gun supporters blame it on mental illness.
Most mass shootings are due to mental illness, but that is only a small party of the problem.
Many, many more people are shot over domestics disputes and drug deals gone bad. Many others are shot in accidents. Some people even argue that access to guns increases the suicide rate. But no matter how you spin the numbers it seems pretty clear that gun deaths and injuries are a major problem in the United States.
Right now it is perfectly legal for me to purchase guns with my clean background and walk down to the nearest street corner and sell them to the first person who walks up with cash. That is just crazy. But if you try to pass something as simple as registering guns with owners (just like we already do with cars), and the NRA crowd goes into propaganda overdrive
Most mass shootings are due to mental illness, but that is only a small party of the problem.
Many, many more people are shot over domestics disputes and drug deals gone bad. Many others are shot in accidents. Some people even argue that access to guns increases the suicide rate. But no matter how you spin the numbers it seems pretty clear that gun deaths and injuries are a major problem in the United States.
Right now it is perfectly legal for me to purchase guns with my clean background and walk down to the nearest street corner and sell them to the first person who walks up with cash. That is just crazy. But if you try to pass something as simple as registering guns with owners (just like we already do with cars), and the NRA crowd goes into propaganda overdrive
