Why don't politicians actually do something about gun deaths?

[DC3Cowboy]

Most Americans believe progressive liberal politicians are very concerned over gun deaths in America.

But they're not, and they make no real attempt to stop it.

Two out of three gun deaths are actually self-inflicted suicides, and as we all know, Democrats are big on the right to die, so they make no attempt to stop it. Of the remaining deaths, over 80% are inner city drug gangs killing each other, mostly in Democrat controlled big cities, and once again, Democrats make little to no attempt to stop it. In fact, until gun rights advocates pointed out who is actually committing all the US gun murders, we thought our streets weren't safe.

The fact is, if you're not suicidal, not a criminal, not a brave police officer, not an inner city gang member, and stay out of those bad neighborhoods, your chance of being shot in the US is near zero! There is no gun crisis in America. There's a suicide and gang murder crisis, but that's ignored.

So why don't progressive liberal politicians make any real effort to stop suicides and inner city gang killings? Because they want to disarm us and do away with the Second Amendment, so they need those statistics in order to justify it. After all, if they stopped 90+% of all gun deaths, there'd be no issue and no excuse to disarm Americans, would there?

The real question then, is why they want to disarm We, the People? What do they have in mind?

[The Troll]

Most Americans believe progressive liberal politicians are very concerned over gun deaths in America.

But they're not, and they make no real attempt to stop it.

Two out of three gun deaths are actually self-inflicted suicides, and as we all know, Democrats are big on the right to die, so they make no attempt to stop it. Of the remaining deaths, over 80% are inner city drug gangs killing each other, mostly in Democrat controlled big cities, and once again, Democrats make little to no attempt to stop it. In fact, until gun rights advocates pointed out who is actually committing all the US gun murders, we thought our streets weren't safe.

The fact is, if you're not suicidal, not a criminal, not a brave police officer, not an inner city gang member, and stay out of those bad neighborhoods, your chance of being shot in the US is near zero! There is no gun crisis in America. There's a suicide and gang murder crisis, but that's ignored.

So why don't progressive liberal politicians make any real effort to stop suicides and inner city gang killings? Because they want to disarm us and do away with the Second Amendment, so they need those statistics in order to justify it. After all, if they stopped 90+% of all gun deaths, there'd be no issue and no excuse to disarm Americans, would there?

The real question then, is why they want to disarm We, the People? What do they have in mind?

   O-Boy, we got an NRA/Republican who want to blame the left wing and the Democrats for all of this gun violence.   

[DC3Cowboy]

"O-Boy, we got an NRA/Republican who want to blame the left wing and the Democrats for all of this gun violence."

Which of course is not at all what I said, so I guess you have no real rebuttal.

[DC3Cowboy]

BTW, Mr. Troll, if you really are a "fighter for the little guy", why would you want big government to disarm all those 'little people' out there in in fly over country?

[Henry Hawk]

"O-Boy, we got an NRA/Republican who want to blame the left wing and the Democrats for all of this gun violence."

Which of course is not at all what I said, so I guess you have no real rebuttal.

That is a typical Troll response...that is about all he is capable of doing.....

I noticed how several others on here have read, then quietly just slip away without a response....I think that says a whole lot Cowboy!

Nice post! 

[Exterminator]

I noticed how several others on here have read, then quietly just slip away without a response....I think that says a whole lot Cowboy!

Perhaps because the entire post rests on the premise that liberal politicians want to do away with the 2nd amendment and disarm everyone which is bullshit?

[Locutus]

Nice post! 

Given the content of their first post, is this a friend of yours?   

[DC3Cowboy]

"Perhaps because the entire post rests on the premise that liberal politicians want to do away with the 2nd amendment and disarm everyone which is bullshit?"

Well I think everyone knows better than that, but here's a list of quotes in case you've been sleeping for the last thirty years:


http://thefiringline.com/library/quotes/antifreedom.xml

Here's a few from folks you know and admire:

Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.
Joseph Biden

We must get rid of all the guns.
Sarah Brady

And we should -- then every community in the country could then start doing major weapon sweeps and then destroying the weapons, not selling them.
Bill Clinton

[Locutus]

http://thefiringline.com/library/quotes/antifreedom.xml

Here's a few from folks you know and admire:

Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.
Joseph Biden

We must get rid of all the guns.
Sarah Brady

And we should -- then every community in the country could then start doing major weapon sweeps and then destroying the weapons, not selling them.
Bill Clinton

Quotations taken out of context are rarely useful.  Perhaps we can have a discussion if you can provide those quotes in context?

BTW, welcome to the Zone.  I see you've already met Troll. 

As an aside, if you press the "Quote" button on someone's reply, it'll frame their quote in your next post and then you can just type your reply after the quotation like is shown on this post here.  It makes it easier to see to whom you're replying. 

[Exterminator]

Quotations taken out of context are rarely useful.  Perhaps we can have a discussion if you can provide those quotes in context?

Thank you.  Here we go again...   

[Locutus]

Thank you.  Here we go again...   

It's a recurring problem. 

[Henry Hawk]

Thank you.  Here we go again...   

How are they out of context.......it seems like an easy way to dodge this one, but blaming all of the quotes to be "out of context". 

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein
November 18, 1993

We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true!. We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!

U.S. Rep. Charles Schumer
November 30, 1993

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them, Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in, I would have done it.

Diane Feinstein
February 5, 1995

I think — you know, we can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans to legitimately own handguns and rifles...

Bill Clinton
March 1, 1993

I think these quotes are pretty direct with their meaning an intent....

[DC3Cowboy]

OK, lots of snark and derision, but so far, no one wants to rebut the OP point by point. That tells me that you know I'm right.

[Locutus]

OK, lots of snark and derision, but so far, no one wants to rebut the OP point by point. That tells me that you know I'm right.

How does asking you to provide the quote in context, welcoming you to the Zone, and attempting to provide assistance to someone new, constitute "snark and derision?"

[Locutus]

I think these quotes are pretty direct with their meaning an intent....

Hank, we've been down this road before numerous times.  You can't glean the meaning of any quote, regardless of who it's from, without seeing it in context.  Your hero network "Fox News" does this kind of crap all the time.