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| House Democrats take first step toward tighter gun laws |
| 2019-02-07 |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives began moving toward tighter gun regulations on Wednesday, holding the first congressional hearing in years on how to stem the epidemic of gun violence that claimed the lives of nearly 40,000 Americans in 2017. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Sorry but as a pro-plant, no-plant-starvation, Geologist, I must side with the planet in having a biosphere that isn't on the verge of CO2 starvation and death. 1600-1800ppm of CO2 is far healthier for plant life so it can be devoured by animals I like to eat:p |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-02-07 16:54 |
| #12 Use CO2 instead of N2. Recycle CO2. Fight global warming. Save the planet. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2019-02-07 16:17 |
| #11 Playing to the rubes. Nothing will happen until they get either a veto-proof majority in the Senate or control of the House, Senate, and White House, |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-07 15:06 |
| #10 You are all suggesting fixes to the actual gun problem that results in 99% of gun casualties. I'm sure Congress is going after the remaining 1% which is all about schools and gunfree zones with results that are almost always about taking away rights from law abiding citizens. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-02-07 14:43 |
| #9 We would prefer to avoid Stalin's dilemma though, about people deciding that impaling people is so fun they need to do it all the time. Stalin just had them shot and used new people but N2 is a good solution. And in about 2 generations, I think we'd see major drops in crime. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-02-07 10:56 |
| #8 I don't know Silentbrick, on the whole I support your solution 100%. However, I would suggest that the first few hundred sentenced to death be impaled. That would be quite the message to others. |
| Posted by: Vernal Munster6075 2019-02-07 10:50 |
| #7 From the article Of the close to 40,000 deaths from gun violence in 2017, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in December that 60 percent were self-inflicted. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2019-02-07 10:19 |
| #6 Don't kill anyone, just cut the welfare for unwed mothers. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-07 10:03 |
| #5 And hell, I am being nice, being put down with nitrogen is far nicer than than lining public streets with impaled people screaming. Which is what most of them deserve. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-02-07 09:53 |
| #4 There's a simpler solution. Commit 3 separate felonies and you go to the nitrogen gas chamber. Quick, quiet, painless and you will commit no more crimes beyond vote fraud in the future. Will this mean thousand of young black men are executed. Yes. But I no longer have any mercy for criminals of any type and I don't give a crap their upbringing, environment or maybe 200 years ago there was racism. Each and every person must be held accountable for their actions. There are no excuses for that. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, not understanding the law is no excuse, thinking 'white' laws don't apply to you is no excuse. You want to be a career criminal, you get caught and you pay the price. The price should be death after a certain point. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-02-07 09:51 |
| #3 You could cut the murder rate in half by taking away guns from from young black men. They are only a few percent of the total US population so you'd be getting a lot of bang for your buck, so to speak. Disclaimer: I'm not advocating for this. It's nearly impossible for a whole host of reasons and most likely, they'd just find some other way to whack each other. Still, it would be fun to see the Democrats make this part of their platform. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-02-07 09:43 |
| #2 40,000 sure..how many of those were gang bangers and criminals shooting each other? |
| Posted by: Warthog 2019-02-07 09:36 |
| #1 TOTAL B.S. |
| Posted by: ranture 2019-02-07 09:29 |