Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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13. Except that the gun control lobby's top priority is to ban the *least* misused guns.

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 05:58 PM

Aug 2016

Murder, by State and Type of Weapon, 2014 (FBI)

[font face="courier new"]Total murders...................... 11,961
Handguns............................ 5,562 (46.5%)
Firearms (type unknown)............. 2,052 (17.2%)
Clubs, rope, fire, etc.............. 1,610 (13.5%)
Knives and other cutting weapons.... 1,567 (13.1%)
Hands, fists, feet.................... 660 (5.5%)
Shotguns.............................. 262 (2.2%)
Rifles................................ 248 (2.1%) [/font]

Consider that the next time someone demands a ban on the most popular rifles in U.S. homes.

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Firearm design [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 OP

"Designed to kill" is a moral declaration. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #1

It's often said, "The don't justify the means." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #2

It depends on the "end" and it depends on the "means". A more accurate jonno99 Aug 2016 #6

True discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #8

"If the ends don't justify the means, what does?" Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #7

I'll be hacking my gps to remove anything labelled "good intentions" discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #9

And then there are "Zombie Knives." A type banned in the UK... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #3

Another cosmetically impaired consumer product. JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #4

I suppose an inscription qualifies as an aspect of design discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #5

Think about this - two persons and both have packman Aug 2016 #10

Think about this. beevul Aug 2016 #12

Except that the gun control lobby's top priority is to ban the *least* misused guns. benEzra Aug 2016 #13

Seems to be a lot of experience with guns being used for killing. jmg257 Aug 2016 #11