Agnostic.com

6 6

Compare Serbia's reaction to two mass shootings with that of the USA.

Serbia's president has pledged "an almost complete disarming" of the country, after the second mass shooting there in 48 hours.
Aleksandar Vucic announced a host of new strict weapons control measures, including more frequent background checks on gun owners.

Read more here:-
[bbc.com]

Petter 9 May 5
Share

Enjoy being online again!

Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.

Create your free account

6 comments

Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.

1

AUGUST 27TH, 2019
“America is a Gun,” Brian Bilston

England is a cup of tea.
France, a wheel of ripened brie.
Greece, a short, squat olive tree.
America is a gun.

Brazil is football on the sand.
Argentina, Maradona’s hand.
Germany, an oompah band.
America is a gun.

Holland is a wooden shoe.
Hungary, a goulash stew.
Australia, a kangaroo.
America is a gun.

Japan is a thermal spring.
Scotland is a highland fling.
Oh, better to be anything
than America as a gun.

0

How small-d democratic is Serbia?

About the same as florida and texas.

1

It’s obviously not in their Constitution. Don’t make such a simple comparison to a complicated subject.

Like universal health care, it's so complicated that only 33 of 34 developed countries have effective gun control.

@Druvius You can’t simplify it like that. If gun ownership were not part of the Bill of Rights, it would be a simple matter to change, but it IS part of the Constitution, which is not easy to change, especially with so many red states. I do not disagree that it SHOULD change, just that it isn’t as simple a matter as @Petter or you are stating.
As for universal health care, we don’t have it because of greed…and the fact that most legislators are in the pockets of the health care industry. The only way to change THAT is to elect people who will not accept those political donations and are willing to institute what is a logical approach to health care. Citizens United MUST be reversed.

@KateOahu With the right people elected, even constitutional ammendments can be ammended.

@Petter Yes, but we need to change a lot of states from red to blue. I have only one vote. I work to get more people to vote, but apathy is a problem.

@KateOahu I think we are arguing semantics. Politics is why we don't have gun control or universal health care in the US.

2

Try saying that to the National Ruffian Association.

The NRA would have a stroke.

@Betty Pump action stroke?

@Petter The mind does boggle! (And @Betty knows my mind far too well!)

3

And, in the first shooting, the father who owned the guns was immediately detained as well.

0

How do they accomplish that? Buy back guns? Mandate a return of weapons????

It's all in the article. Most gun permits are going to be revoked and what ones remain will be far more carefully monitored.

@pamagain
As @Druvius explained, permits are revoked.
If you have a gun and no permit then disposal is your responsibility. It's the same as having a driving licence revoked. No one "buys back" your car.
Owning a gun without a permit carries a massive penalty.

Write Comment
You can include a link to this post in your posts and comments by including the text q:722765
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.