I'll be the first to admit dont know much about American politics, especially the finer points ... i just come in here from time to time cuz I'm a mod and i figure i should keep an eye out...i try not to post but wanted to put my 2 cents in on the vegas thing...

My lol was mostly cuz u guys are funny...and all the same...if ur party does something its fine...if the other does the exact same thing its not  (Canadian politics is no better...same shit) around and around it goes

So we are on the same page?

Oh see thats our issue ... here in Canada it is 2017 and not 1776 ... how stupid of me...thinking times change and shit .. how is the gold rush coming along the wild frontier? Meet and roaming bands of Mohawk Indians scalp hunting or outlaw bandits robbing trains lately?

And all of that shit exists cuz of guns! Horray and thank you! The world does wait on the US of A to do anything u know ... especially like it when u guys bang ur chests ... so inspiring! (PS here is a nugget of info .... u may want to know that the US buys Canadian electricity not the other way around)

Yes the USA is a poster child for energy and environment reform ... maybe u can use ur guns to protect from global warming ... oh wait GW doesnt exist ... i forgot ... but at least u have guns right? It can't be all that bad

The amount of people that die every year in gun related deaths in a first world country is staggering and the U.S. military budget is so vast and u guys have the strongest and most advanced military ... just stating u could prolly divest a tiny bit of that money elsewhere to better areas that may be lagging behind

And doesnt this military infrastructure u talk about increase the national deficit every year?

Im not sayimg the guns will go away over night but u gotta start somewhere ...

Anyway sorry to ruffle feathers...I'm sure we will talk about this again in a month or 3 after the next lunatic decides to light up a bunch of folks cuz he had a bad day

Hmm...well if noone had guns then u wouldnt need to defend urself against gun toting vigilantes right?

And maybe a little less funding to military and more funding to infrastructure such as law enforcement might go a little ways as well

I dont care how u spin it ... if u are not a soldier in action then why the fuck do u need an assault rifle and explosives? Or if u arent a police officer then why would u ever need a side arm or a shotgun? The right to bare arms is the most bullshit excuse i have ever heard...this isnt the civil war or the wild west anymore

Imo a hunting rifle is the only thing somewhat acceptable to a civilian ... as long as there are proper safe guards in place to store it and u have a valid license

Until u guys clamp down on guns shit like this will happen... i don't understand why everyone in the USA doesnt get that by now... its pretty brutal