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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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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so Armalite rifle is supposed to make it sound better? That's her argument, really?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Youtube features several videos where this Bill O'Reikly guy is evilly owned by teeagers whom he tried to make fun of on live shows. Pathetic.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not like the medical community has to deal with all those dead and dying bodies as a result of being shot or anything...

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These diversion tactics are weak. People with GUNS are the ones SHOOTING people. Focus, jackasses.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you know what? we Don't have that kind of problem in Canada becase we aren't F*****g moron and Walking in the street with gun in our holster for feeling like mens!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol just imagine the interviews for teacher positions- "And now the candidates for 4th grade Maths teacher will run this 15km rough terrain course with a 20kg backpack and proceed to shoot moving targets down range. The one with the best time and most hits gets the job".

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Janet Allison
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a teacher, you, Mr. President, are an idiot. I did not go into this profession to be in live combat situations or be a “highly talented” with weapons. I wanted to teach children not be a bodyguard. This argument is the dumbest “solution” to our problem.

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Janet Allison
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And furthermore, I have to work two jobs as it is to make ends meat because teacher salaries are ridiculously low. It is shameful what you think our country’s teachers are worth and now you say it is OUR responsibility to keep shooters out of our schools. With all due respect, f@&k you.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teachers should be able to teach without being compelled to arm themselves, giving students the opportunity to get their hands on those guns. Worst idea ever. Address the PROBLEM, lack of regulations.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

God almighty......... how on Earth did such a derp EVER make it into one of the most powerful positions on the planet?

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Bob Beltcher
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Money, lobbyist, and big business how know the only thing Trump really cares about is his net worth.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You think a "sicko" who has brought a gun to school to shoot children is going to be deterred by logic?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about... Defensive alone won't work, and offensive isn't working either... HEY! What if we completely avoid both, and tighten gun control? Donald Trump: "NO WE MUST FIGHT GUNS... WITH GUNS! hey, while we go about it we can give teachers guns and add more chance of catastrophes happening?" Me:... WHAT?!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you think this will cause more catastrophes? Please explain. Also, Trump said nothing about fighting guns. We are fighting the people wielding them to cause harm to innocent individuals. There is nothing wrong with a legally owned firearm used in self defense. If someone is attacking you with a gun, what do you think has more chance of stopping them, a gun or words?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What we are really dealing with is a 'sicko President.' Sadly, so many people want to ride the Trump Train and drink the kool-aid. He has a sicko cult following, which I refuse to be a part of.

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Sarah White
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Australia, we haven't had a mass shooting since we banned guns. Not a single one. In America they've had about thirty this year.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shooters who attack schools intending to die in the process should be especially attracted to armed schools then.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shame he can't actually construct a sentence properly. Maybe he needs a teacher for that?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did this doofus even understand that the sicko he talked about also have nothing to lose? An army of teacher carrying a guns won't stop them to still going there and shoot other people!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

sorry... but trump said "has a large number of very weapons"??? I don't understand

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its the people who do "understand" him that we worry about. Dont worry youre good ;)

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His stupidity is amazing. But in his defense, the NRA bought him for 22 million and psychopaths don't care who gets hurt, they just want to know what they can get out of it. Until we outlaw lobbying, nothing will change.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

November 5, 2009, Nidal Hassan shot and killed 13 people. At Fort Hood. I guess there were not enough "weapons talented" people around on a U.S. Army premier installation?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about requiring a background check and license to buy and own bullets, ordnance? No bullets, no gun worry. That way, the morons get to keep their precious Second Amendment right to bear arms. Second Amendment says nothing about the right to bear bullets.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll just shoot anyone who isn't white...this is America.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The depths of Trump's stupidity knows no bounds. I'm surprised the dumb m**********r remembers to breathe.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow. Because teachers don't go crazy. Because teachers would walk around with the gun attached to their bodies, safeties on. Oh, I see chaos here. One suggestion I read was fire extinguishers. The teacher can use it to spray the gunman and hit them over the head, etc... and put out fires.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What happens when the police come in and know exactly who the shooter is because no one but the shooter is armed?..... and still breathing.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How would you know - mass confusion and panic going on. Which person holding the gun is the shooter?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is a sensible response. And to point out a further problem to Trump...a sicko is not in their right mind. They don't care about themselves anymore. The need to cause destruction is greater than their desire to live through it. And these aren't just random shootings that happen at schools. Most of the time the shooter is someone who attends the school or knows someone in the school.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A moron shooter won't put their hands in the air and the gun on the floor, following proper interaction and protocol. You will soon discover who is who... and in a school, if you see a kid with a gun, you have a pretty good idea who is who... Never mind the guy standing up, holding a gun, pointing it on the guy on the floor, yet, not pulling the trigger, and immediately yielding when police arrive. Couldn't be any giveaway clues, could it?

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dunno, what happens when the police come in and the shooter is already incapacitated and there are fewer casualties to boot? Or, what happens if the police never have to come at all because shooter are deterred from attacking in the first place? I prefer those scenarios personally. These scenarios are only possible if we allow our teachers to carry legally owned firearms.

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By the time the useless cops show up the armed teachers will have it under control.

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Really, most stupid argument ever. If there would be armed person when the police comes all would be already over (possibly with much less body count than alternative when there everybody is defenseless). Such cases usually happen very fast, usually much faster than just waiting until the police comes and just counting dead during the time.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the teacher holding the gun is a black man, he's probably going to be murdered by the cops.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a rather funny discussion with an american that didn't believe "assault rifles" existed as a separate class. Never mind that the first one literally translates from german as "assault rifle". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People underestimate what us students, as their future working adults, can do.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sure hope you show up...AND VOTE DEMOCRATIC. We need to get these republikkklan grandpas OUT OF OUR WAY!

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