Shots fired at Nevada middle school

[exploited]

There is only one problem with your theory: people are snapping less, not more. Violent crime is way down. Mass shootings happen at the same rate they did thirty years ago.

http://mobile.boston.com/community/blog ... ass_shooti

Myth: Mass shootings are on the rise.

Reality: Over the past three decades, there has been an average of 20 mass shootings a year in the United States, each with at least four victims killed by gunfire. Occasionally, and mostly by sheer coincidence, several episodes have been clustered closely in time. Over all, however, there has not been an upward trajectory.

http://m.nationalreview.com/articles/33 ... -john-fund

Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media.

In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

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In other words, your hypothesis is bullshit.

[The Dharma Bum]

Claiming that shootings are on the rise is not part of my hypothesis. That is a straw man.

And you're ignoring the point, which is that in the face of less violence it doesn't make any sense to keep pushing for more 2nd amendment violations by the state.

I stated that quite plainly, I believe.

[The Dharma Bum]

[exploited]

[The Dharma Bum]

You quite simply are replacing my argument with one of your own construction. I didn't say mass shootings are on the rise. No where is that a part of my argument.

Your logic rests on the assumption that mass shootings are the only way people will react to repression. Since that isn't accurate we can discard your theory about my argument.

[exploited]

So you agree that our society or the level of repression in our society has no impact whatsoever on the prevalence of violent crime and mass shootings, directly contradicting numerous statements you've made on the matter?

[The Comrade]

what the f**k dharma you just argued with me about violent crime being down in order to justify unrestricted gun ownership.

is this real life?

[The Dharma Bum]

"I didn't say mass shootings are on the rise. No where is that a part of my argument."