I will not deny that “mass shootings” have increased.
I am also in favor of responsibly vetted and gun ownership laws and legislation.
I am not sure that citizens need access to high volume magazines and rounds that would be considered “military grade” (if that is even a thing because I am no gun expert).
I am also considering getting my CCW, so understand where I am coming from.
What is unfortunate is that this has turned into a very emotional debate and one that has its political sides. However, as a society, we tend to ignore logic, facts, and run with the our political sides before we weigh on a subject as serious as this.
It was either late last year or early this year I did some research form a .GOV website comparing death statistics in the U.S. And this was actually something that Neil Degrasse Tyson was trying to point out but came under the backlash of twitter and other social devices because again, people throw out, logic, over emotions and politics.
In this country, alcohol related deaths nearly triple gun related deaths. Now keep in mind, gun related means all deaths used by guns. If you remove homicides and other gun deaths and only isolate “Mass shootings” the difference is huge. The difference is 3 TIMES… So where is the social outcry to legislate or ban alcohol?
I would wager that the percentage of responsible gun owners verse responsible drinkers is heavily weighted to the gun owners.
Just because a drunk driver doesn’t kill in mass, doesn’t make it any less serious of an issue.
Please don’t get bogged down with political rhetoric. Yes, we have issues, there are potential solutions. But gun control isn’t the only issue in this country.
