"You still think I'm arguing something I'm not."

I know you're not even engaging this argument, because you know it's a lost cause.

Look at all these countries that rate above the United States on
Gun Violence By Country, Gun Death Rate Per 100K (2021)

Notice how every last one is in the Western Hemisphere.
Where do you suppose they're getting the guns from?

Canada is also in the Western Hemisphere but their rate is 2.43, about one-fifth of the Untied States.
Why do you suppose Canada is better at suppressing gun violence than, say, Mexico or Venezuela?

compared to numerous countries that have tighter restrictions than the US.
#105 | Posted by jpw

Every country on the planet has "tighter restrictions than the US."
The US twenty years ago had "tighter restrictions than the US."

What some very poor countries don't have, as you're aware, is a reliable enforcement mechanism.

"In any case, the US isn't even near the top of gun violence per capita stats"

Let's look at those cases.
We are #1 among developed nations.
And we're certainly towards the top of the list globally.

"Why not more were killed in the US than in the entire GWOT during the first two decades of the millennium?"

That's gonna make it worse.
7,085 in 20 years (Bush's Wars) vs 40,000+ a year (Americans).

"Just CARRYING a gun is now just a good excuse for law enforcement to shoot you."

What a surprise when the very same people
who say the purpose of the Second Amendment
is to protect us from Tyranny then said:

Pretti got what he had coming. Because
he was legally armed at a protest.

"Bari Weiss is a center left moderate."

And the Nazis were Socialists!

Do you think there's any correlation at all between the fact that the United States is the only country in existence with as permissive a gun control policy as the Second Amendment, and the prevalence of gun violence in the United States?

I'm going to guess you will have a hard time acknowledging the correlation, and you will feverishly deny any sort of causal link.

But hey, maybe you're smarter than JeffJ after all. Can never tell with you, when it comes to guns.

I guess that's your way of saying you can't admit that's bad either.

Nothing positive whatsoever."
That's not a fact; it's an opinion.
#93 | Posted by BellRinger

More Americans have been killed by guns since WWII, than American soldiers were killed during WWII.
Roughly 1,500,000 to 400,000.

You're gonna spin that as a positive? I don't think you can.
Can you even admit that's a negative? I don't think you can do that either.

"I've considered running for state rep but with kids in activities up the whazoo and college/private school to pay for.....I can't make that sacrifice."

What? People don't give that stuff up. People in State gov. keep their regular job.

"Yes, many members of the Kansas House of Representatives hold other jobs alongside their legislative duties.
The Kansas Legislature is part-time, with sessions typically lasting about 90 days each year, usually from January to May"
--AI

"There is no point is labeling all politicians in the same light as what we see dragged on to the internet."

If it walks like a Guardian Of Pedophiles, and it talks like a Guardian Of Pedophiles...

Capitalism is so afraid of Socialism it had to put an embargo on Cuba since before you were born, LftHndThrds.

Do you think trade embargoes are Capitalism?
I bet you never even thought about it.
I bet you'll never think about it.

democrat wives
#23 | Posted by fortfisher

Republican politician husbands kick their trophy wives to the curb for getting old.
Republican politician husbands trade their old wives in for a newer model with lower mileage.
Republican politician husbands call this Traditional Family Values.

That's because democrat wives but up with their democrat husband's affairs (hillary).
#23 | Posted by fortfisher

Did Bill Clinton's marriage last? Yes.
Did Donald Trump's marriage last? No, no, and they don't even live together.
Thanks for demonstrating my point.

"everyone who runs for office is out of an episode of the Lifetime Channel. Liars and cheats and living multiple lives."

No, just the Republicans.

It's been demonstrated time and time again, Eberly.

You'd have to be, like, stupid, to not know most prominent Republicans can't make a marriage last.

The way you whine about Trump every day, I believe Trump raped you as a little girl.
#85 | Posted by fortfisher

Oh so you do believe Trump is a rapist.
What's even better is you like it.
Really owns the Libs with all that rape.
You sure showed me!

Know any legislators whose secret girlfriends set themselves on fire, Eberly?

It doesn't seem like you know too much about Republicans, or you wouldn't proudly call yourself a Republican.

Either that, or you simply have no morals. Which is actually easier to believe than your "I'm for the party of rape and covering up pedophilia, but only in the most moderate way" shtick.

"I personally know legislators. I know their families."

Do you really? Their mistresses, their closeted gay lovers, which of their daughters had secret abortions...

Long Term Capital Gains taxed at a lower tax rate than actually Working For A Living.

The whole system is rigged in favor of the rich.

Republicans know this, and yet they still support it, and tell you it must be this way, even though it wasn't this way during the "Golden Age" when all the Baby Boomers were born.

Trump raped E. Jean Carroll.
Do you deny that happened too?

I bet you do, Visitor_.
I bet you do.

Epstein recruited underage girls and funneled them into Trump's beauty pageants.
#27 | Posted by snoofy

^
So you're denying this happened?
Your quotes tell a different story.

#27 Link?
#32 | Posted by visitor_

You support these rapists, Visitor_.
I'm assuming it's because you rape your patients when they are anesthetized or otherwise incapacitated.

"You believe they all deserve some extra scrutiny because YOU declared it so."

Everybody think politicians deserve extra scrutiny. Especially the ones directly involved in a massive cover-up of the biggest political scandal in American history.

Well, everybody but Republicans who aren't named Thomas Massie thinks they deserve extra scrutiny. So I guess there's that.