She's real piece of work sometimes. The assault rifle ban that was passed by Slick in 94. I didn't realize as 90's kids how good we had it. (You buy that old bunker in ND from awhile back? Every so often I think back to that and how sick it would be to retrofit it into a livable space. If need a co-owner shoot me a dm lmao.)
See post #2221.
There have been a total of 4 trans/non-binary school shooters. 4. If you look at MAGA social media today it looks like they are now using yesterdays events to go even harder after trans people now. Which is totally expected. They need a new whipping dog.
How are they similar though? I don't see how calling Hitler an artist is remotely in the same league as a trans person who shot up the school as a "former student". For all the talk about how many don't care about someones gender we sure are going to great lengths to make sure that everyone knows the gender. Interesting.
I don't think the "ban" did what its supporters believed it did. It didn't stop Columbine. The ban allowed for mini 14's to be bought. Gun is functionally the same as an AR-15. Regardless, in light of recent case law, it seems unlikely a ban would be held as constitutional anyway.
The drop in murder rates in your graph had very little to do with an assault weapons ban. The drop coincided with an overall drop in crime in general. There are tons of theories as to why their was a significant drop in crime during the 90's. In all likelihood the explanation is a combination of a lot of different factors A fairly interesting article that quickly touches on 10 factors is linked below. Read some articles that touched on the fact that only a very small percentage of murders were from assault weapons prior to the ban.
So what is your solution? What practical steps (not vagaries) do you take to combat gun violence? I know what you think the problem isn’t. How do we fix a “fragmented society,” “erosion of social norms,” “ mental health issues” without trampling people’s rights? What are your practical solutions to children being gunned down in schools, people being slaughtered in malls, churches, at concerts?
Oh I don't think a ban would even see the light of day. Just an interesting data point along with many of what Miller noted in his post.
The drop in murder rates in your graph had very little to do with an assault weapons ban. The drop coincided with an overall drop in crime in general. There are tons of theories as to why their was a significant drop in crime during the 90's. In all likelihood the explanation is a combination of a lot of different factors A fairly interesting article that quickly touches on 10 factors is linked below. Read some articles that touched on the fact that only a very small percentage of murders were from assault weapons prior to the ban.
10 (Not Entirely Crazy) Theories Explaining the Great Crime Decline
From aging to gentrification to Prozac.www.themarshallproject.org
The most likely reason for the drop in suicide rates during that time was likely do the increased popularity of anti-depressants around that time.
If you want to argue that the assault weapons ban had an effect on mass shootings, I can buy that. But it has nothing to do with your graph that you are trying to present.
Ok, so what are your concerns? I'm still unsure why you have an issue with the Reuters title, can you say what the issue is? I don't want to assume intentions. Why is the Hitler comparison relevant?
10 (Not Entirely Crazy) Theories Explaining the Great Crime Decline
From aging to gentrification to Prozac.
The most likely reason for the drop in suicide rates during that time was likely do the increased popularity of anti-depressants around that time.
If you want to argue that the assault weapons ban had an effect on mass shootings, I can buy that. But it has nothing to do with your graph that you are trying to present.
The drop in murder rates in your graph had very little to do with an assault weapons ban. The drop coincided with an overall drop in crime in general. There are tons of theories as to why their was a significant drop in crime during the 90's. In all likelihood the explanation is a combination of a lot of different factors A fairly interesting article that quickly touches on 10 factors is linked below. Read some articles that touched on the fact that only a very small percentage of murders were from assault weapons prior to the ban.
10 (Not Entirely Crazy) Theories Explaining the Great Crime Decline
From aging to gentrification to Prozac.
The most likely reason for the drop in suicide rates during that time was likely do the increased popularity of anti-depressants around that time.
If you want to argue that the assault weapons ban had an effect on mass shootings, I can buy that. But it has nothing to do with your graph that you are trying to present.
But it does seem to show that from 1994 to 2004 (the time period of the assault rifle ban) likely did have some impact. Just like any other issue, there are lots of factors that probably were factors that contributed. I do believe that an assault rifle ban would likely reduce the number of school shootings.
I'm at work with limited time to discuss, but one good starting point is something I mentioned in another thread a couple of months ago. Mental health/personality screening starting at an early age. When I was a kid, and they still do some of this now, their were regular screenings in school for hearing, vision, and dental issues. It wouldn't be prohibitively expensive or difficult to screen kids using something like an MMPI or similar test. Do it 3-4 times in a kid's 12 years of school and identify kids with issues, then get them help. It's a LOT easier and cost effective to help them at 7 or 13 than to deal with the consequences of their bad behavior a decade or two later.
I don’t see anything from the graph that would suggest it’s impact. Did it decrease from ‘94 to ‘95? Sure there are many factors at play like others have suggested and in that time period before and after 93 abs 94 are the outliers. Just like in 2005 the numbers did not shoot back up. We also have to take into account the rise in mental health issues as the rise of social media began, Facebook founded in 2004 and then exploding yeas later but only after our brief time with MySpace.
Would be interesting to see if there's a corelation between the dramatic jump in shootings in recent years vs. the dramatic rise in popularity in online gaming vs. just gaming.
I was looking at the average over that time period compared to the following 10 year period. The average was definitely down during the assault weapons ban.
I'm sorry but who is this?
What do you consider recent years? Things are certainly no worse today than what was being said in Halo 2 or Modern Warfare lobbies when I was younger.
I dont think anything can be more toxic than counterstrike:source.
What's the difference in damage from an AR-15 and a similar caliber deer rifle?
You just fell into their trap Bishop. They are now coming for your deer rifle.
In this case, it's not even clear from anything I've seen that an AR-15 was used to shoot anyone. In the video of the girl walking in the halls, she's holding a 9mm pistol carbine it looks like? The same gun is seen on the body camera footage. So it seems counterintuitive that she would walk the halls using the carbine, engaging the police (it looks like?) with the carbine, only to use an AR-15 when shooting the staff/kids.
Who's "they", Bruv?
There is no correlation btw video games and violent shooting events. No other country comes close to us with mass ahootings and they are mostly less religious and have the same or worse video games.
LOL, don't take offense. Just because he was responding to you doesn't mean that my comment was directed at you. I have no clue where you stand on the issue. It was directed at anyone that wants to take away people's guns.
I'm not offended. Was only curious.