This theory is wrong. High capacity weapons have been available for decades, and some of the deadliest mass shootings were carried out with run of the mill handguns:

That’s true of lots of people though.  Probably like... half the human population.  Thanos was right, lol

Less people are dying, but mass shootings are worse. 7 of the 10 worst in US history have happened in the last 20 years. The assault weapons ban also expired nearly 20 years ago. It is almost like giving people more efficient killing machines have allowed them to kill more efficiently.

Also, if gun free zones are the…

Culture changes all the time. It’s changing now. Think about gay rights, women in the workplace, tobacco usage. Think about shifting views on free speech and free trade.

Seems like that would probably have the opposite effect.

It sucks that she died, but she died doing something very stupid. Getting the record for land speed seems great, right up until the part someone breaks your record. And then what you are left with? A legacy of pushing people to risk their own lives to go dangerously further?

Guinness doesn’t track certain things for a…

If you can see the immaturity and irresponsibility of the society we live in, but advocate to continue arming it regardless, then you may very well be an idiot lacking a coherent belief system.

I suppose the questions I’d have then are:

1) Do you NOT recognize the immaturity and irresponsibility of the society we live…

Culture is indeed a large part of the problem. There are tons of places with widely available high capacity semi automatic weapons that don’t do “American-style” mass shootings to anywhere near the same extent.

Yeah, no. It isn’t a fabricated crisis. The overall number of gun-related homicides in the past 20 years may have decreased, but the number of mass shootings has increased in the same time period. 7 of the 10 most lethal mass shootings have also happened within the last 20 years.

How exactly have the mass killings…

What elitism?

She compared a black man to an ape. They do not look anything alike unless you are a racist and that’s what you see when you see a black man, so yes, it does make her racist.

In the long list of things to never say to a black person, right before, “No, you can’t have more napkins” you’ll find comparing us to a non-human primate right up there.

Both ARE problems, which is why I don’t understand why “responsible” gun owners continue to advocate arming a deeply irresponsible society.

B-b-b-but, the problem isn’t guns! The problem is um... culture! Yeah, that’s right, culture! We live in a society with a culture of uneducated, violent, mentally-ill people that don’t respect human life! What? You’re asking why am I continuing to advocate heavily arming such a society? Um... because... shut your…

It is sort of an odd question, but it sounds to me like the President was simply commenting on how strange he personally found it to be asked about “England” specifically, as opposed to the UK.

I’ll actually have to give it to him on this one, the UK naming conventions are frequently used incorrectly, or ignorantly. I…

Just a weird side thought, but if you’re planning on dying shortly after seeing Halley’s Comet because you really want to see it, what exactly do you think happens with that personal experience/ memory? Are you planning on somehow prying that memory away from your brain, so it doesn’t rot along with the meat?

Let’s just put CFCs back into the atmosphere to eat away at the ozone. Ozone is one of the greenhouse gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere... we’ll just punch a hole in it, it’ll be just like opening a window to let the heat out of a hot car.

I r smurt.

*Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeap!* Pump those brakes, fella, and let’s back this train up. I just want to make sure I’m seeing this correctly...

Are you telling me that the human body, which has evolved to operate well on clean air, does not react favorably to breathing in vaporized chemicals instead? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Who the hell…

I can’t imagine one would even have to replace the other... I mean, why would the state of Oklahoma be allowed one less representative from the 2nd district because a totally separate tribal nation has decided to send their own representative? Perhaps I’m wrong, but wouldn’t it be the case that any representative the…

I’ve suggesting nuking hurricanes before. I mean, I imagine it would maybe work on the premise that the storm would dissipate if you completely wrecked the surrounding air pressure and temperature with a nuke. Then again, I’ve always suggested nuking them as a joke. The fact Trump may be asking this seriously is…