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Gun Control Reform Activism

billh58

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2. The shooting incident count

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:36 PM

Jul 2016

is now up to 20 in just a matter of an hour:

http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/last-72-hours

The "good guys with guns" marketing ploy is exactly that: a sales pitch to sell more guns, some of which will end up involved in the shooting and killing of innocent people.

Contrary to the claims of Second Amendment absolutists and NRA/ILA/GOA apologists, more guns will always equal more gun violence. The Second Amendment was not written, nor until ALEC stand-your-ground laws and Heller was it ever interpreted, as a license for an individual to be the judge, jury, and executioner of another citizen.

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Thank Antonin Scalia for making it easier for the shooter to obtain a weapon. guillaumeb Jul 2016 #1

The shooting incident count billh58 Jul 2016 #2

True. Nor was the Amendment written to protect guillaumeb Jul 2016 #3

The number of gun violence incidents billh58 Jul 2016 #4

Gun violence final tally for 7/31/16: billh58 Aug 2016 #5