The death tolls change, the locations vary, but public mass shootings remain a constant in the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 12,504 gun deaths in the country this year alone, and even though mass shootings only account for a tiny fraction of this number (307 or 2.5%), these incidents have left the whole country terrified of their wild unpredictability.
The victims of these shootings were innocent people who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. This has led many activists to question U.S gun laws, saying that 89 firearms per 100 residents isn't normal. Moreover, a cross-section study found that of all the 50 states, the six states with the strictest gun control had lower suicide rates. Another paper also pointed out that children living in states with stricter gun laws were safer. The list of scientific studies backing-up gun control are numerous, but some people still vehemently disagree with this evidence and argue that guns don't kill people, people do. They also like to spice up the gun control debates by stating that such measures would violate their 2nd amendment rights.
A review of published studies on gun control facts released in October 2003 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was unable to determine any statistically significant effects that would result from such laws, either. It's clear this ongoing debate among Americans isn't slowing down anytime soon, just take a look to the savage roasts on Twitter. However, within the many, many tweets that discuss this subject matter, there are some that lack reason and logic. Luckily, people instantly call them out with perfectly good comebacks. And, to our delight, sometimes they use sarcasm and humor to do so. This time, check out a compilation of some of the best comebacks to pro-gun activists and share your own opinion on the matter in the comments.
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so Armalite rifle is supposed to make it sound better? That's her argument, really?
People underestimate what us students, as their future working adults, can do.
Yeah when the government wants to constantly defund education and teachers barley make enough to survive, maybe we should do the cheaper thing and pass common sense gun control, fund mental health programs, and vote out these politicians that are either in the pocket of the NRA or are too lazy to do anything about the problem.
Well Laura if you speak to teens/people the way that you do don’t be surprised when they fire back. Teens are people. Age means nothing. You can be a kind, smart, considerate, and passionate person at any age. You can also be a small-minded, ignorant, self-important bigot at any age as well.
How the f**k does Sarah Sanders still have her job? Does The Donald know she's a woman, or does she like it when he grabs her by the pussy?
A terrorist attack just occurred in Bourke St, Melbourne Australia, centre of the city.He used a knife. One man killed, two injured. Passerbys attempted to slow him down with a shopping trolley,witches cones. He was shot by police. One death was one too many, but could you imagine the carnage he could have wrought if he had been armed with a ak-15?
I'm British, and I still don't understand the need to arm everyone with guns, and I can't turn on the news without the story of another stabbing victim in or around London. Yes, we have an armed division of our police force, but they're only used in extreme circumstances. In America, you get a bullet to the head for carrying around a water pistol, or a Nerf gun.
I just love pro- gun activists. They are like a broken record: "But muh 2nd amendment", ''but my right to defend myself', ''but what if we get invaded', 'but what if the government turns fascist'. /// Your favorite 2nd amendment is two centuries old and doesn't factor in such things as fully automatic, high caliber weapons that can kill from hundreds of meters. And in the history of USA how many times have you been invaded? Is Canada plotting to invade you, or are you afraid of the dolphins in the ocean? And if the government does turn fascist and you form a militia how exactly do you think that will work out for you against better equipped, better trained soldiers with access to IFVs, tanks, the navy and the air force? That is going to be one short civil war.
All I can say is thank goodness I live in Australia. And yes, Australia does exist.
The one I love is when they say, "If a person wants to kill someone bad enough he can use a spoon." OK, then why do you carry guns instead of spoons??? A spoon costs far less than a gun, it doesn't use ammo and it has no moving parts so it's infinitely more reliable. Plus you can carry as many concealed spoons as you want and nobody is ever going to hassle you about having a concealed spoon permit. So if you believe your own b******t then why are you spending so much money on guns and ammo instead of far less on spoons? Oh yeah... because you know you're full of s**t.
True insanity going on in America. So hell bent on keeping all these guns, even after all the toddlers, preschoolers, teenagers are being murdered in cold blood. it is so horrifically sad that they want to keep their guns after all the heart breaking terrorizing happening in their schools.
I don't think us non-Americans can understand the massive hardon certain Americans have for killing each other easily and quickly, the only reason for civilians to have handguns or military-style firearms.
It's in the constitution! You can't make amendments to the constitution!* *this is a joke.
Wow. I love pro-gun nutters who think "lefties" don't know guns. I'm pro-gun-control (strict!) because I use guns, seen what they do, etc. KNOWING GUNS and the damage they do is why I'm pro-gun-control. Won't stop murder, but it might lower the body count! (But htat's irrelevant, right) As for DUmbest Argument EVER: "We need the guns to protect ourselves against the government." Uh, ... the US Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force are reallllly gonna be impressed by your Wal-Mart-sourced arsenal. Really. *eyeroll*
Pro gun activist might be surprised at this stats, in Australia gun related violence almost disappeared after Howard & Fischer implement a ban on automatic & semiautomatic weapons. Wowser! What a f*king logic right?!
I feel zero fear of being shot when I walk alone late at night in the capital city I live in, because hardly anyone in my country has a gun. I like it very much. I might be robbed, but that's all. And I have never been robbed.
NRA has "almost 5 million members". US census estimates 326.7 - 327.1 million adults. That means each one of the 5mil NRA people have a grip on the "balls" of 65 Adults. How have we Not been able to force change?
Well, i live in Europe and every 3 o 4 weeks I hear about some masacre in US..... people! Do something about it!
Im Canadian so I'm not very in tune with whats happening in the states or "down there" lol as we call it, but wow you guys sound like you can't get your s**t together. STOP KILLING EACH OTHER FFS!!!!! We have guns, I own 3 hunting rifles. Most of my friends hunt. Your crazy to walk in the bush up here without one but nobody is getting shot. Btw, pistols, semi auto, and fully auto weapons are for killing people, not squirrels or deer. Start there
And then there are the kids that die / are horribly maimed "accidentally". https://www.ibtimes.com/accidental-gun-deaths-involving-children-are-major-problem-us-2250568
Okay I have some questions I am hoping someone can help with. When did mass shootings become a regular occurrence in the USA. For the past couple of years it seems there is a mass shootings every few of months. Basically when did this become the norm and more importantly why did this become the norm. I am sure when I grew up in the 70's & 80's they weren't this regular. So what changed since then?
This is not actually a post about pros and cons of gun ownership but about logical fallacies. Any "pro gun" example features her eis outright stupid. Although as a European I can only shake my head about the gun obsession in the US, single sided stories do not contribute to the discussion in either way.
Putting their toys ahead of the lives of people... why am I NOT surprised? These are the same people who think white people are the only ones with rights and feelings. Or that women shouldn't have a say over their own bodies...or that it's okay to kill people because they love differently. These effing hypocritical, selfish a**holes are everything that is wrong with the world.
Armalite Rifles have only one purpose: killing humans. It doesn't matter if they are automatic or not, they were designed as a last resort defensive weapon to deploy against Soviet invaders. News flash: the Soviet Union is gone.
Why are civilians armed? Why do Americans want guns? Why are Americans shooting one another? What is going on with you guys? Why are you all on drugs and killing one another just because you can? Where did it all go wrong? Why do kids have any access to guns at all? Why are they shooting their classmates? Why are so many Americans in support of more guns? Why is America at war with itself? If you want to shoot everyone you don't like, remember there's someone that doesn't like you. If everyone were like you, you would've been shot in the head by now. Put your guns down and let go of all the hate in your heart. America is a blessed country but you guys don't know the value of what you have. Stop destroying yourselves. Stop shooting one another.
Guns are designed to kill. If you point a loaded gun at a person pull and the trigger then that person is probably going to be injured or maybe even killed. What else do I really need to know?
wow.....ignorance hiding in humour. scariest thing is you actually think like this.
I'm OK with gun ownership when: 1. They are allowed in Congress by the people 2. When they are allowed in courts by the people 3. When they are allowed in the White House Why should these classes of citizens be afforded different protections? They can all have guns, too. Why should churchgoers, children, people at a concert have less protections?
I think they should take everyone's else's guns but let me have mine.lol. but seriously this is a hard topic. I'm against people having assualt rifles but I have a shotgun, a pistol and a 22 rifle. my grandfather and great grandfather were gunsmiths with Colt and Winchester.. These are guns made by them, I'd never give them up.
Not a gun rights person,I think they should be better regulated, but I do wish that more Europeans had had them in the 1930's. it wouldn't have changed the outcome of the holocaust, but it would have been nice to know that a few extra nazis ate a last meal of lead salad.
Saying "gun" control is misleading. It's really "people" control! It's hard to convince people to get into a train car without pointing a gun at them...
As simple as both sides believe this topic is, it's actually a very complicated problem. We have to work on reducing gun violence without ignoring the rights of Americans guaranteed by the Constitution. While you may disagree with the supreme courts interpretation of the 2nd amendment, a lot of people agree with it but I think we can all agree that gun deaths should be lower in the US. As funny as jokes about gun owners = small weiners and anti gun people = snowflakes are, they don't move the needle in the correct direction. If you hate guns, talk to someone you trust about why they feel the way they do, and gun owners should reach out to someone who totally disagrees with them for the same reason. I'm sure a broader understanding of this subject will help everyone make more informed voting decisions and make intelligent arguments to their representatives. I'm stepping off of my soup box now and will accept my down votes because my post doesn' with the biased tone of this panda page.
I just love pro- gun activists. They are like a broken record: "But muh 2nd amendment", ''but my right to defend myself', ''but what if we get invaded', 'but what if the government turns fascist'. /// Your favorite 2nd amendment is two centuries old and doesn't factor in such things as fully automatic, high caliber weapons that can kill from hundreds of meters. And in the history of USA how many times have you been invaded? Is Canada plotting to invade you, or are you afraid of the dolphins in the ocean? And if the government does turn fascist and you form a militia how exactly do you think that will work out for you against better equipped, better trained soldiers with access to IFVs, tanks, the navy and the air force? That is going to be one short civil war.
All I can say is thank goodness I live in Australia. And yes, Australia does exist.
The one I love is when they say, "If a person wants to kill someone bad enough he can use a spoon." OK, then why do you carry guns instead of spoons??? A spoon costs far less than a gun, it doesn't use ammo and it has no moving parts so it's infinitely more reliable. Plus you can carry as many concealed spoons as you want and nobody is ever going to hassle you about having a concealed spoon permit. So if you believe your own b******t then why are you spending so much money on guns and ammo instead of far less on spoons? Oh yeah... because you know you're full of s**t.
True insanity going on in America. So hell bent on keeping all these guns, even after all the toddlers, preschoolers, teenagers are being murdered in cold blood. it is so horrifically sad that they want to keep their guns after all the heart breaking terrorizing happening in their schools.
I don't think us non-Americans can understand the massive hardon certain Americans have for killing each other easily and quickly, the only reason for civilians to have handguns or military-style firearms.
It's in the constitution! You can't make amendments to the constitution!* *this is a joke.
Wow. I love pro-gun nutters who think "lefties" don't know guns. I'm pro-gun-control (strict!) because I use guns, seen what they do, etc. KNOWING GUNS and the damage they do is why I'm pro-gun-control. Won't stop murder, but it might lower the body count! (But htat's irrelevant, right) As for DUmbest Argument EVER: "We need the guns to protect ourselves against the government." Uh, ... the US Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force are reallllly gonna be impressed by your Wal-Mart-sourced arsenal. Really. *eyeroll*
Pro gun activist might be surprised at this stats, in Australia gun related violence almost disappeared after Howard & Fischer implement a ban on automatic & semiautomatic weapons. Wowser! What a f*king logic right?!
I feel zero fear of being shot when I walk alone late at night in the capital city I live in, because hardly anyone in my country has a gun. I like it very much. I might be robbed, but that's all. And I have never been robbed.
NRA has "almost 5 million members". US census estimates 326.7 - 327.1 million adults. That means each one of the 5mil NRA people have a grip on the "balls" of 65 Adults. How have we Not been able to force change?
Well, i live in Europe and every 3 o 4 weeks I hear about some masacre in US..... people! Do something about it!
Im Canadian so I'm not very in tune with whats happening in the states or "down there" lol as we call it, but wow you guys sound like you can't get your s**t together. STOP KILLING EACH OTHER FFS!!!!! We have guns, I own 3 hunting rifles. Most of my friends hunt. Your crazy to walk in the bush up here without one but nobody is getting shot. Btw, pistols, semi auto, and fully auto weapons are for killing people, not squirrels or deer. Start there
And then there are the kids that die / are horribly maimed "accidentally". https://www.ibtimes.com/accidental-gun-deaths-involving-children-are-major-problem-us-2250568
Okay I have some questions I am hoping someone can help with. When did mass shootings become a regular occurrence in the USA. For the past couple of years it seems there is a mass shootings every few of months. Basically when did this become the norm and more importantly why did this become the norm. I am sure when I grew up in the 70's & 80's they weren't this regular. So what changed since then?
This is not actually a post about pros and cons of gun ownership but about logical fallacies. Any "pro gun" example features her eis outright stupid. Although as a European I can only shake my head about the gun obsession in the US, single sided stories do not contribute to the discussion in either way.
Putting their toys ahead of the lives of people... why am I NOT surprised? These are the same people who think white people are the only ones with rights and feelings. Or that women shouldn't have a say over their own bodies...or that it's okay to kill people because they love differently. These effing hypocritical, selfish a**holes are everything that is wrong with the world.
Armalite Rifles have only one purpose: killing humans. It doesn't matter if they are automatic or not, they were designed as a last resort defensive weapon to deploy against Soviet invaders. News flash: the Soviet Union is gone.
Why are civilians armed? Why do Americans want guns? Why are Americans shooting one another? What is going on with you guys? Why are you all on drugs and killing one another just because you can? Where did it all go wrong? Why do kids have any access to guns at all? Why are they shooting their classmates? Why are so many Americans in support of more guns? Why is America at war with itself? If you want to shoot everyone you don't like, remember there's someone that doesn't like you. If everyone were like you, you would've been shot in the head by now. Put your guns down and let go of all the hate in your heart. America is a blessed country but you guys don't know the value of what you have. Stop destroying yourselves. Stop shooting one another.
Guns are designed to kill. If you point a loaded gun at a person pull and the trigger then that person is probably going to be injured or maybe even killed. What else do I really need to know?
wow.....ignorance hiding in humour. scariest thing is you actually think like this.
I'm OK with gun ownership when: 1. They are allowed in Congress by the people 2. When they are allowed in courts by the people 3. When they are allowed in the White House Why should these classes of citizens be afforded different protections? They can all have guns, too. Why should churchgoers, children, people at a concert have less protections?
I think they should take everyone's else's guns but let me have mine.lol. but seriously this is a hard topic. I'm against people having assualt rifles but I have a shotgun, a pistol and a 22 rifle. my grandfather and great grandfather were gunsmiths with Colt and Winchester.. These are guns made by them, I'd never give them up.
Not a gun rights person,I think they should be better regulated, but I do wish that more Europeans had had them in the 1930's. it wouldn't have changed the outcome of the holocaust, but it would have been nice to know that a few extra nazis ate a last meal of lead salad.
Saying "gun" control is misleading. It's really "people" control! It's hard to convince people to get into a train car without pointing a gun at them...
As simple as both sides believe this topic is, it's actually a very complicated problem. We have to work on reducing gun violence without ignoring the rights of Americans guaranteed by the Constitution. While you may disagree with the supreme courts interpretation of the 2nd amendment, a lot of people agree with it but I think we can all agree that gun deaths should be lower in the US. As funny as jokes about gun owners = small weiners and anti gun people = snowflakes are, they don't move the needle in the correct direction. If you hate guns, talk to someone you trust about why they feel the way they do, and gun owners should reach out to someone who totally disagrees with them for the same reason. I'm sure a broader understanding of this subject will help everyone make more informed voting decisions and make intelligent arguments to their representatives. I'm stepping off of my soup box now and will accept my down votes because my post doesn' with the biased tone of this panda page.