Virgina reporter and cameraman killed by shooter on live TV

[epicmemesbro]

;-; the medias reaction is staring to get bland ughhhhhhhhh

 

liberals: ZOMG ZOMG RACE ISSUE. GUNS HAVE A MIND OF TUEIR OWN!!!!! (even even the more bizzare reaction: GLOBAL WARMING IS 2 BLAME!!!!!!!)

 

Conservatives: THE DEPLORABLE VIOLENT MEDIA IS TOO BLAME!!!!! BAN VIDEO GAEMZ. RAP MUSIC IS EVIL!!!!! The end of times is commin' folks!!!!!!

 

 

same thing different event! ;-;

 

 

also it is worth noting to take CNN with a grain of salt. They appear to be unbiased but in reality they are not. They will hop on whatever bandwagon happens to be that day and ignore any opposing view regardless of political views. For example if there is some scandal with weather change, they will only have one sided arguments, to please liberals. If there is some issue with some foreign conflict they will also have one sided debates to please conservatives. They just do whatever you wish to hear ;-;. They are sensationalist....

[bury the year]

Considering my semi-shitpost set off a nice wave of discussion (for which I'm glad!), I'm gonna back up my points with some research. Much of it's taken from this article. I have four points to argue:
 
1) There's great popular support for gun control: the NRA is the ones obstructing change. 88% of Americans surveyed by CBS believe that background checks are needed to purchase a gun. However, the combination of lobbying and misinformation spread by the NRA has gone a long way to restrict progress in this department. (And yes, this bullet point's been editorialized a bit.)
2) The myth of "we arm ourselves to protect ourselves!" is patently untrue. In a study of over 6 million incidents of violent crime committed in the US over four years ('07-'11), in only 0.08% of those incidents was the defendant able to protect themselves from injury with a gun. Another study showed that in home invasions where the homeowners have an unsecured gun, it was twice as likely for the intruder to use it against the occupants than the other way around.
3) More guns won't proactively stop gun violence. In the 33 states that introduced RTC (right to carry) laws, violent gun crime increased from 4% to almost 30% over the decade following their inception: not in one state did this rate drop.
4) In many other countries in which gun control measures were introduced, gun violence rates dropped significantly and quickly. Take Australia. 13 mass shootings in a 20 year period before 1996. The government then banned certain classes of guns, restricted all others and forced a buy-back program. Since 1996, there has not been a single mass shooting in the country, and now the homicide rate is one-fourth that of the US.

[Progenitor]

And you know what? A significant chunk of Australia's population vehemently opposed the legislation. But the politicians actually acted like politicians and passed it as they knew it would help. Not a single one of the yes voters were reelected. And yet we have those statistics to prove how good of a thing they did.

 

That's the main problem with our government is that, while it looks absolutely fine on paper, in recent days a seat in the Senate or the House is no longer a position of honor. Representatives are too frightened to actually make big decisions for fear of what it may do to their chances of reelection. Meanwhile we have massive lobbying parties like the NRA that have a good chunk of the house and senate in an iron grip. Riders and earmarks were left legal on PURPOSE, as a last resort to ensure compromise from a few stragglers. Congress today is an endless tug of war of "we want this" "fine, but only if WE get THIS, even if it has nothing to do with the bill at hand and might actually wind up killing it"

[Mutant Monster RAEG-HAPYP]

Speaking of gun control, the father one of the victims said he's going to fight for it. I commend his efforts, but sadly, it's likely going to end up in vain. As stated in this thread, the NRA is too powerful.

 

I don't hate guns, but America's gun culture is seriously flawed. I feel it CAN work(Look at the Swiss), but not the American way. The problem is, you can't even bring up tougher gun laws without getting a ton of outcry from the gun lobby and morons who think that every thing regarding that means the government will take away their guns.