Effing Americans and guns

[Spacecadet]

Its a tricky one... as Chris Rock said .. the problem is not gun control its bullet control ! ... slap a massive tax on bullets... making them 1000% more expensive and then make these bozos think twice about shooting what would be the equivalent of silver bullets at poor innocents.

given that most of them tend to off themselves afterwards or would at least appear to go in with the full knowledge that they'll wind up dead or bunking with Bubba for the rest of their lives, the price might not be a massive disincentive.

[VectraMan]

Re: Effing Americans and guns

It's a big worry for me. I have to decide whether to move here next year and put my kids into the American schooling system. It's the one big concern for me. I just don't like their school system & I'm not sure I want to my kids into it. Seems an age of innocent lost.

Yes but there must be thousands of American schools, and what? Three our four killing sprees per year? Statistically letting your kids cross the street must be far more dangerous.

[Spacecadet]

Yes but there must be thousands of American schools, and what? Three our four killing sprees per year? Statistically letting your kids cross the street must be far more dangerous.

They don't even have to cross the street!
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[jmo21]

It's a big worry for me. I have to decide whether to move here next year and put my kids into the American schooling system. It's the one big concern for me. I just don't like their school system & I'm not sure I want to my kids into it. Seems an age of innocent lost.

2 guys I've worked with moved there when they were younger, and moved back when they and their wives wanted to start families.

These tragic mass shootings are just the ones we hear about, every other day the news was full of "normal" shootings

Terribly sad.

[Fandango]

anyone watched the Obama speech?

his eye touching implying he was holding back the tears seemed horrendously faked! anyone else?

as a parent of a 3yo and 3 week yo I can't imagine what the parents are going through, awful, just awful!!

[Robinho]

The chances of you being murdered in the US - whilst considerably higher than here - are still tiny. 4 murders per 100,000 per year.

Then again if you apply that over a lifetime it's around 1 in 300 chance.

[Robinho]

anyone watched the Obama speech?

his eye touching implying he was holding back the tears seemed horrendously faked! anyone else?

His entire presidency has been based on him being a nice guy, it covers up the fact that he is an appalling president.

[SimonMac]

Guns don't kill people, Americans do

[LatteLiberal]

anyone watched the Obama speech?

his eye touching implying he was holding back the tears seemed horrendously faked! anyone else?

as a parent of a 3yo and 3 week yo I can't imagine what the parents are going through, awful, just awful!!

He can't be voted in as president again, so why would he do that? He is a father and had to talk about very young children being massacred, FFS how cynical can people get! Says more about you, you sicko

[Robinho]

He can't be voted in as president again, so why would he do that? He is a father and had to talk about very young children being massacred, FFS how cynical can people get! Says more about you, you sicko

You tell us.