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MCPO Roger Collins
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The House of Representatives can not trump the Constitution. We are seeing the criticality of a Constitutionalist on the SCOTUS.
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CPL Douglas Chrysler
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Australia does not have the American Constitution! Who else is sick and tired of hearing out of these dimwits how good it would be if America became more like Australia. If they think it's so great, I'll drive them to the airport.
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SGT Whatever Needs Doing.
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I heard that.
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SPC David S.
SPC David S.
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They don't even have free speech -
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SPC Gary Welch
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I know a few people on my gun groups on Facebook that are from Australia and a huge majority of the population are pissed about the gun laws and are trying to get them changed
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SPC David S.
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For starters gun control is not about public safety as the numbers saved by guns far out weight those killed. CDC estimates anywhere between 500,000 to 3 million defensive uses in contrast to 300,000 violent crimes involving a firearm. As well him discrediting mental health as a contributing factor is a poor attempt at hiding the truth as suicide is a leading cause of death in America - as such a vast majority of gun fatalities are the result of suicides. This guy either doesn't know - which I find hard to believe - or he does know as is lying about the root problems to push his BS agenda. Either case is not a good foundation to be creating policy on.

Fatalities from firearms:
Per year on average -
65% of the deaths are by suicide which would never be prevented by gun laws - 25,145.25
15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified - 5,802.75
17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons - 6,576.45
3% are accidental discharge deaths - 1,160.55 - seems fixable - but hard to fix stupid
Total: 38,685 for 2017

Remove things gun control would have no affect on - suicides and LEO use - its down to 7,737

The "guns" vs a real problem in America - Opioids

Fatalities from drugs:
Opioids alone - 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017 - and that's only 67.8% of all drug overdose deaths.
All overdoses is more that 79,000

The CDC cites about 40% of these opioid-related deaths involved prescription opioids - 37% involves heroin. That's 17,612 death due to heroin.

Clearly gun control isn't about public safety as drugs are killing way more people. Why aren't the left - marching in the streets for tougher action on "drug control"? Like tighter control of the boarder and ports of entry.

What it's really about - short turn money. Its about stopping the NRA and firearm industry that supports conservative policy. Long term - which is really their ultimate goal - its about disarming conservative opposition.

The need for gun control is a LIE.

https://www.nap.edu/read/18319/chapter/3#12
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CW3 Harvey K.
CW3 Harvey K.
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SPC David S. - Quite true. As one wag described the way the leftist propagandists work:
"They use statistics the way a drunk uses a lamppost -- for support, not for illumination".
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SGT Whatever Needs Doing.
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CW3 Harvey K. - SPC David S. I like when discussions like this pop up on posts I've shared. It's the kind of thing I look for when deciding what to share.
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SPC David S.
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I always enjoy your post SGT (Join to see) - I know I get long winded at times but keep posting.
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CW3 Harvey K.
CW3 Harvey K.
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SGT (Join to see) - Same here. You find some good sources.
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