I get it. You're starting to get emotional and make snide comments. If you don't feel like discussing this like a mature adult save yourself the stress and just don't reply.Don't be a sexist git.
You're ignoring several valid, key points. Again, Chicago doesn't wash - I notice you bring it up twice in your responses, but do not include my rebuttal (again, asked and answered, a local ban is not the same as a national ban and will always be less effective.) If you want to start giving lessons on responding to posts like a mature adult, start there.
And again, if cultural context and making a gun look more dangerous is too difficult a concept for you, just say so.
You've no evidence for your opinion.
I have no idea why you suggested I not be sexist. No one here mentioned gender unless I missed something.
If I was going to make a point of mentioning gender I would point out CCW permits among women in the states has been sky rocketing as has been the number of women getting involved in firearm competitions. Also our very own;
Sgt. Tatyana Danylyshyn outshot several hundred competitors to top her class at the Bisley shooting competition, an annual event in the U.K. that has been dubbed the “Olympics” of military rifle shooting.
This was after she recovered from an injury causing brain damage, very tough person.
With regard to banning firearms earlier in the thread I pointed out the success rate of it could have to do with Austrailia being a giant island in the pacific ocean. A ban in Canada wouldn't be considerably less effective IMO. When the long gun registry was thrust on us half of Canadian firearm owners apparently didn't even bother to register. The same thing would happen with a firearm ban. On top of that we have a huge problem with already-illegal handguns coming in from the US. Banning handguns here will just take them out of the hands of people like me and you.
Unless the US bans handguns. That would probably reduce the number of illegal guns coming across the border however considering their culture over there, militia groups, anti-government groups and such banning firearms in the US would start a civil war with people just as armed as the police and in a number of cases better trained.
So *if* banning 400 milion firearms in the US isn't an option, what ARE some options?
I still find it ironic that the father of the murdered reporter wants tougher gun laws, after he buys one for himself. Tougher laws may make it harder for criminals to get firearms but also may make it harder for non criminals to buy them for self defense.
I understand the context of a gun that people try to look more scary but a pink and orange gun us just as deadly as a black gun, I would say even more so since it will look like a toy and may cause the police to hessitate.
