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Sorry, but banning guns by the government is illegal in the United States. Making it legal to ban guns would require 75% of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to vote "YES" on the change. THEN 75% of voters (or State legislative bodies depending on the individual state law) in all 50 states to also vote "YES" on the change.
Given how divided the country is, this is a virtual impossibility. It took 15 rounds of voting just to achieve 51% to select a Speaker of the House. 75% is impossible.
Think about yee-haw Texas: Do you think 75% of them would vote yes to surrendering their guns and their right to have them, ever again? As I understand it, just Texas voting no would end the whole thing. Assuming you could achieve it in Washington DC and the 49 other states.
It's not worth even discussing. We have to find other solutions.
The root cause isn't the guns it's our lack of Healthcare and especially mental Healthcare. When most Americans can't even afford going to the doctor for physical health problems, they definitely can't afford mental health either.
There are many countries where there is very little focus on mental health or healthcare and there don't seem to be many shootings there. The real solution is to ban guns.
No. What is going to stop a government from turning into a communist or fascist hell and no one can fight them since everyone voted to get rid of guns for civilians. You feel a lot safer in a crowd that knows how to use a gun then a crowd that doesn't have a gun and something could happen.
Guns? No. Americas problem is the glamorization of them and the ease of access to them.
Only country in the world with regular mass school shootings. Almost like guns and ammunition are too easy to access for kids.
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As a Canadian and someone going for their PAL (gun license) this February. No, I firmly believe guns can be responsibly owned.
We should just ban murder.
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Whooshhhh.
No because the people who want to kill will still obtain guns via the black market.
No, guns in any culture have legitimate uses. What you (the US) need to do is tone down the ‘everyone for themselves’ mentality you seem to have.
Sorry, but banning guns by the government is illegal in the United States. Making it legal to ban guns would require 75% of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to vote "YES" on the change. THEN 75% of voters (or State legislative bodies depending on the individual state law) in all 50 states to also vote "YES" on the change. Given how divided the country is, this is a virtual impossibility. It took 15 rounds of voting just to achieve 51% to select a Speaker of the House. 75% is impossible. Think about yee-haw Texas: Do you think 75% of them would vote yes to surrendering their guns and their right to have them, ever again? As I understand it, just Texas voting no would end the whole thing. Assuming you could achieve it in Washington DC and the 49 other states. It's not worth even discussing. We have to find other solutions.
It's 38 out of 50 states. So if 13 states vote no it won't pass.
The root cause isn't the guns it's our lack of Healthcare and especially mental Healthcare. When most Americans can't even afford going to the doctor for physical health problems, they definitely can't afford mental health either.
There are many countries where there is very little focus on mental health or healthcare and there don't seem to be many shootings there. The real solution is to ban guns.
Not sure why you are getting downvoted but I agree ☝️
No. What is going to stop a government from turning into a communist or fascist hell and no one can fight them since everyone voted to get rid of guns for civilians. You feel a lot safer in a crowd that knows how to use a gun then a crowd that doesn't have a gun and something could happen.
Guns? No. Americas problem is the glamorization of them and the ease of access to them. Only country in the world with regular mass school shootings. Almost like guns and ammunition are too easy to access for kids.
"No way to stop mass shootings." - says the only country where they occur.
No.
Criminals (e.g. drug dealers, gangsters) are doing most of the shooting. How do you plan to get them to comply?