When they ban one type, they'll try to ban another; etc., etc. If one death is prevented, it may also cause 30 others of people who could not defend themselves. Also plenty of rapes. One day I heard on the radio, "It's not the Bill of Needs, it's the Bill of Rights."

That is the exact point! Criminals are criminals because they don't follow laws.

Today I was hearing on my car radio a proposal about a background check being required for the person to person sale of a gun
to which I immediately said aloud to myself, "Crooks won't do that."

If the USA ever even attempted to ban all guns what will they do about all the guns they know nothing about? Records on guns go back just so far yet guns have been here since the beginning of this country. Good luck on finding and banning granddad's guns and all the ones sold and imported long before and even since records have been kept. Can anyone here really see a cop or government official going door to door searching for all the guns in this country owned by good folks who never committed any sort of crime? The main objective of the gun grabbers is to make laws that make good folks in to criminals so they have the legal authority to search and confiscate the guns. If and when that might ever happen then just buy stocks in glass bottles, rags and gasoline. Abel killed Cain with a freaking rock for God's sake.

As I recall, it was: "WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE GUNS".

Ain't that the truth! (to TheRogue1000).

If all guns were successfully banned (I believe the "successfully" part is impossible, because criminals would still get them), then what? The physically weaker people would be so disadvantaged against the physically stronger people, and there would still be so much brutality, including rapes. Before the invention of the handgun and the shotgun/rifle, there was plenty of killing; look at what they did in the Middle Ages. A gun, as my father said, is an "equalizer"; it puts the physically weaker person on a level with the physically stronger person. But I don't believe all the sniveling sentimentality on the part of the "gungrabbers". I don't believe they are sincere in the first place about wanting to stop the killing. What they want is control--power over other people; and they must not be allowed to get it.

What irritates me is that Democratic congressional reps refuse to recognize that there is a Black Market in firearms in the US. One in particular Tom O'Halleran: dist. 1 (the district I live in Az.) supposed ex-police officer refused to acknowledge a firearms black market exists. The licensing and other restrictions being recommended by the gun-grabbing politicians isn't going to make a difference. If a criminal or other crazies want to get a gun they will.
I was talking to an older gentleman at the range today, he was originally from NYC relayed that all he had to do is ask someone who asked another person of dubious character to obtain a gun and it was in his hands the next day. Even though that was a number of years ago he believed it was still possible today.

Those damn bullets keep on setting themselves off. Ban bullets! :-((((((

Guns don't kill people. Bullets do.

Thank you. Me now an old dino is a class clown who never grew up.

I'm beginning to re-think my choice of shopping places. Walmart, the Mall? I live between two schools and a Day Care.

What is the criterion of "micro-aggression"?

Does it refer to the number of casualties or the level or aggression (e.g. being mild, medium or devastating)?

Dino, your sense of humor brightens my days...

As reported, there were terrible terrorist acts committed in Europe by means of driving vans through a crowd. stabbing people and setting off explosives.

If the goal is to prevent violence, does the left push for banning vans/automobiles, knives, or explosives? I must have missed if there was such a demand.

The fact is that banning guns will not make a dent in violent deaths committed by criminals.

Lucid post.

Of course the push for gun control by the left has nothing to do with safety and security.

I did a quick search and posted towards the bottom of this thread. Since 1982, 110 male and 3 female mass killers/shooters.

I did a quick search asking were mass shooter/killer male of female. One result showed 110 were male and 3 were female and one had both.I did not ask to define mass killing/shooting. There could be a list of what qualifies as mass killing. But generally it looks us guys are guilty

Oh damn....you've done it now. The lefties probably hadn't noticed the all male mass killers.
Hmmm, I made that statement without being absolutely sure. Have there been any female mass killer/shooters? Interesting question.

I'll go you one further...when I was in school in Houston, Texas, the gang people didn't mix with us non-gang types. Not the guys, not the gals. And, the gang activity was not brought into the school.

Me old dino will be forming an Over The Hill Gang and be making getaways on rustled up grocery store electric scooters.

The simple response to this crap is that nothing about the anti gun movement has to do with "gun safety." It's all about disarming and controlling the population. It has never been about anything else, no matter what their words are. History is our teacher...but only if we pay attention. The lefties DENY the case, while struggling to repeat it. Quite weird.

It's a mental illness crisis.

I just posted this on my FaceBook page: Controlling guns is not going to get rid of the violence. We still have knives, bombs, vehicles, etc. The problem is not the weapons, it is what has happened to our society!

No one and especially the liberals ever want to consider a SHTF scenario or what could possibly even cause it. Well, what if? We are in a trade war now with Communist China and NK is not our friend nor are Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, Iran and numerous other well armed countries. Say they get together and totally demolish our electric grid knocking out all power across North America. Sure, I have a big generator for emergencies and can survive for maybe a week or two with the fuel on hand. With no electricity at all there will be anarchy in the street PDQ and the cockroaches from the cities will be in full force trying to feed themselves any way they can. Hunger is a very strong motivator and all rules and laws will fly out the windows real fast. Cops and military also need to eat and feed and protect their families and we will be in a state of major emergency in short order. Those with no guns will be first to go and those with guns will be fighting for their lives. Think it can't happen then all you need do is take a real look at Venezuela right now. Those who cut and ran might have made it while the ones who stayed are witnessing complete anarchy as we speak. Gangs and thugs are running their blocks and no one is safe. Since the Revolutionary war no foreign forces have attempted to invade our shores because they are well aware we are well armed and not just the police and military. Every government that has ever banned guns in the hands of their citizens have killed more people in mass than the guns themselves. Without guns we are no longer citizens and become ruled subjects by those with the guns. First it is the high capacity magazines and then it will be the ammunition and after that it will be just another chip and another until we are defenseless. It is almost 2020 and the way I see things going this country will be in seriously bad shape by 2050 and I will be gone. Some young people today can't decide what gender they are while others just want to eat junk, grow obese, play video games and veg out on whatever drugs they can get their hands on while the liberals provide them a living wage for doing nothing at all.