Felon, 21, kills four in birthday party mass shooting before turning gun on himself
www.independent.co.uk
Suspected killer Chase Garvey, 21, was not invited to the party but was known to others at the gathering
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    310·
    4 months ago

    I asked my question. You aren’t answering it.

    I will repeat it:

    Why does the type of gun violence matter? Why does it matter whether or not they know the victims?

    I don’t understand the relevance to the gun control discussion.

    You have made your opinion that there should be absolutely no discussion of gun control known many times, so maybe you weren’t the person I wanted an answer from. Especially when you weren’t the one I asked.

    Take your agenda elsewhere.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.world
      91·
      4 months ago

      I did answer your question. It matters because it is used as a agenda to make the public feel like we have random mass shootings daily. It %100 matters.

      This is why the GVA is bunk crap, because it twists the truth.

      I’ve never said that there should be no discussion of gun control. I just point out how little logic is behind the gun control that’s proposed, because it’s not based in reality.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        38·
        4 months ago

        No. No you didn’t. I also didn’t ask you and I don’t want your opinion because I know what your opinion is already.

        • SupraMario@lemmy.world
          61·
          4 months ago

          I mean I did answer your question, you where just hoping for someone else to give you a different answer.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            36·
            4 months ago

            Correct, that’s why I asked them and not you.

            And they answered it, unlike your claim to have answered it.

                • Amanduh@lemm.ee
                  51·
                  4 months ago

                  This is a civil comment pointing out that squid has mod on several instances and likes to goad people into arguments and then ban them. Sorry for being uncivilized before <3

                  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                    22·
                    4 months ago

                    I have no idea why you think those two are the same answers. However, the bigger issue was your attempting to shut down conversation before it started with your initial reply to my question:

                    Because Pandoras box is opened and there is no closing it. Criminals will get access to firearms even if they’ve all been banned. Gun control logic is like giving a bandaid to someone with cancer.

                    We need to fix the why, not the how of our violence issue.

                    We need to focus on social programs, single payer healthcare, our education system, prison and police reform, and ending the war on drugs. Just these things alone would drop our violence by 100xs what another useless gun control bill would do.

                    That was a non-answer in response to my question:

                    Why does the type of gun violence matter? Why does it matter whether or not they know the victims?

                    I don’t understand the relevance to the gun control discussion.

                    What “we need to do” had nothing to do with what I asked, but it did attempt to shut down a conversation no one was having before it started.

                    I’m sure you’ll have some sort of lame excuse for why what you said really did somehow answer that question that didn’t ask about what we need to do or why something happened.