Goofle

Pro gun doesn't mean pro giving everyone guns and people shooting each other. You need a better populus.

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The Batlord

Nah, we just need more bullet-proof vests.

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Paul Smeenus

I don't suppose that "Members of the public may own sporting rifles and shotguns, subject to licensing, but handguns were effectively banned after the Dunblane school massacre in 1996" (the Wikipedia article I linked earlier) juuust might make acquiring the kinds of weaponry that plague the US more difficult in the UK?

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Goofle

I don't have enough time to really express my point of view, but like I said, I'm not pro everyone having guns. And I'm not for such ease of access. And if you said to me that, with the click of a finger there would be no guns, I'd seriously consider it. But even then I understand the basic principle of having guns for protection and as a deterrent.



This and his next video (easily found on the channel) pretty much sum up my feelings on the John Oliver segment. And why the people who are trying to take him down are failing so miserably.

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OccultHawk

Mass shootings at schools and churches and movie theaters and so on are very sad but they make up a very small minority of people killed by gun violence. America is actually better off without the vast majority of people who end up murdered.

Frownland

1: Sounds like you agree with most American liberals on gun control, since it's a minority that's vying for outright abolishment.

2: I highly doubt that the goofy segment that closed the John Oliver show was a serious attempt at "bringing Donald Trump down." Have people forgotten that it's a comedy show?

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Most Murder Victims in Big Cities Have Criminal Records | American Renaissance

Suicides account for most gun deaths | Pew Research Center

Goofle

1: That's good. I just felt the need to clarify a little. Although I'd guess that conservatives and most people across the spectrum also agree.

2: It's a comedy show, but John Oliver is a liberal at the end of the day and it's important to take that into account. His program is there to serve his agenda, even if it's only secondary to the comedy. There's nothing really wrong with that because it is just a comedy show (though it would be nice to see opinion and bias taken out of actual news shows) at the end of the day. But I'm (well, Sargon) just pointing out how flared the method was.

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Frownland

Tbh I saw it as a parody of the weak tactics trump employs with regards to his opposition, although that might not be how it was intended.

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Chula Vista

Nah, it was just pure comedy gold.

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