Do you support Congress reducing the number of firearms in America, and why?

[MrShaun]

With a complete Democratic controlled Congress, one of the topics that is already being addressed is the reduction of firearms in America.

Are you for or against such reductions?

Why?

Finally!

[Oigit]

It would only create more issues. Because at this point trying to ban or control guns will turn out like the push to ban and control drugs. It will push more people to the illegal firearm market, the illegal market for them will become more profitable and see major expansion due to more people entering into it. What people who seek to control things like guns, abortions and everything else refuse to accept is that is the back swing that comes with major attempts to control a item or service. The war on drugs itself is a master class of the effect. But since people don't actually research such things and can't see past their party politics they don't see how insanely predictable these back swings are or understand the long term implications of them.

[slatyb]

I wish they could. Even if they could just eliminate the semi-automatics used for mass shootings.

[moddy_the_mod]

I don't really think you know what a semiautomatic is.

[slatyb]

@moddy_the_mod And I don't really care. I want any weapon that can kill 20 people in a minute banned.

[moddy_the_mod]

Since you're a retard who doesn't even know what you're talking about, then you can kindly fuck off with your opinion.

[slatyb]

@moddy_the_mod Right, because I don't know technical details of firearms I'm not allow to have an opinion that way the fuck too many people are being shot in the United States, about ten times as many as any other developed country in the world. Because guns are more important than children.

[moddy_the_mod]

You don't care about children. You're scared of guns and expecting the country to govern to keep your emotions in check since you're incapable of doing so

[slatyb]

@moddy_the_mod And you're scared of the data. Why are there ten times as many gun deaths in the United States as any other developed country in the world? What's the key difference between the United States and Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan?

[moddy_the_mod]

how could I be afraid of data? Is your schtick on this website to be the dumbest person here?

[slatyb]

@moddy_the_mod In other words, you have no answer so you resort to grade-school insults. I'll bet you graduated at the top of your class.

[moddy_the_mod]

There is no answer. Because you don't understand mechanics of guns, you make nonsensical statements about gun deaths. Of course there are more gun deaths in a country with more guns. Just like there aren't any swimming pool drownings in places with no swimming pools.

It's a completely nonsensical statement.

[NoDecision]

No. For one, when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. They always find a way to get them - even machine guns - and felons caught with guns never seem to have the book thrown at them. It's funny how the US can sell guns to other countries to kill people millions, yet they don't want Americans to have guns? The hypocrites!

[lilBigPotato]

The US has a gun problem, the number of gun related homicides is through the roof compared to any other Western country. Anything that tries to actually fix that issue is good.

[NoDecision]

Legal US gun owners have over 200 million guns and a trillion rounds of ammo. If they were the problem, you'd know. It is the crooks, kooks, and people who shouldn't have a gun who are causing the problems. Punished the legal gunowners is like taking away the cars of everyone when some drunk kills someone in an accident. Why punish the many for what a few have done. Instead get tougher on crime and those who commit crimes with guns?

[moddy_the_mod]

you know fewer people die from guns in American than lack of AC in Europe?

[lilBigPotato]

@moddy_the_mod Whataboutism

[moddy_the_mod]

No, more like don't try to lecture me about other countries when they die from 80 degree weather.

[DryGermanGuy]

@NoDecision
The United States already has 2,5 million people incarcerated and 2,5 million more rotating through the parole/probation system as a result of 50+ years being "tough on crime". I'm guessing the next escalation step would be executing people for spitting on the sidewalk. Would you support that?

[slatyb]

Complete bullshit. In 2025, an there were approximately 24,400 heat-related deaths in Europe. In the US over 42,000 people died from gun injuries. In Europe it was 7,000.

[moddy_the_mod]

@slatyb You're including suicides in that 42,000 number.

[DryGermanGuy]

@slatyb Where is the number 7000 for Europe even coming from? In Germany (85 million people) it's maybe... 50 per year (gun-related homicides)?

[lilBigPotato]

@moddy_the_mod no. It's the literal definition of whataboutism.

What you say has absolutely nothing to do with this question or my opinion. There were questions about heat deaths in Europe this summer, I also put my opinion on those. If that's what you wanna discuss, you're welcome to look them up and write something about it.

If you think my claim about the US gun problem is wrong even though all the statistics point at something else, you're free to provide your arguments and we can talk about it. If you don't have any or just want to point fingers at random stuff to say something bad about Europe in return, I don't have the time, energy or motivation to deal with that silly behaviour.

[moddy_the_mod]

Right so you don't actually care about unnecessary deaths per se. You just think guns are scary. That's trying to legislate free people based on your feelings. A really shitty way to run a society.

[lilBigPotato]

@moddy_the_mod I literally told you that we can have that discussion on another question. Go write something on those and I'll reply.

Now write something on topic or stop wasting my time.

[moddy_the_mod]

ok the US does not have a gun problem. Around 32% of U. S. adults—roughly 82 to 85 million people—personally own a gun, while there are between 393 million and 500 million civilian-owned firearms. In 2025, there were roughly 12,500 to 13,000 gun deaths in the U. S. after excluding suicides, justified self-defense, and justified police shootings. This figure is composed almost entirely of criminal homicides and accidental (unintentional) shooting deaths. Even assuming that one perp = one victim (which it isn't) that means that 0.016 % of gun owners used them to commit a murder.

[lilBigPotato]

@moddy_the_mod Ok thanks for actually answering on topic.
I think there are two problems here. First, I think your final conclusion that only 0.016% is misleading. You take the total gun homicides and divide them by the total number of legal gun owners. But gun violence isn't evenly distributed, a lot of it comes from illegal guns that aren't part of your numbers because those are self reported numbers from lawful fun owners.

But even if I say I agree on the calculation, one of the main points of my opinion was that statistically, the US has a very high number of gun related deaths. In the end the number of deaths per 100000 people is what matters, and even if we take our the suicide ones, it's still easily 5x higher or more than in the vast majority of other Western countries. And that's in my opinion a prime indicator that you have an issue. If your point is that Europe has a heat death issue compared to the US, then by the same logic, you should also agree that the US has a gun violence problem.

[lilBigPotato]

Lawful gun* owners

[moddy_the_mod]

So now you're doing whataboutism. I don't give a flying fuck about gun deaths in european countries. It's irrelevant.

And you proved the point. You want gun laws but then admit a lot of murders are done by unlawful gun owners. Erasing the point of a law.

[lilBigPotato]

@moddy_the_mod I literally picked up on your numbers and provided a counter argument with numbers on the actual gun violence topic. Go read the definition of whataboutism 🤦‍♀️

But ok. Having 5-10x as many deaths from guns compared other countries isn't an issue then. All rainbows and flowers, we get it. Keep living in your own bubble. Now go away and keep waste someone else's time.

[moddy_the_mod]

Again, you've not identified your issue other than pew pew = scary.

[lilBigPotato]

@moddy_the_mod it's ok, time to move on. Bye

[moddy_the_mod]

I guess so considering you have no counterpoint.

[NoDecision]

Did you remember Iran who murdered 40,000 protestors, with guns.

[Chazmatazz269]

Nope. Won’t happen because Drumpf will veto it and they don’t have a large enough majority to override the veto.
An attack on the second amendment is an attack on the Constitution in whole, which is an attack on our country and our way of life. It’s flat out treasonous and should be seen as an act of war.
It has become clear that we are beyond voting our way out of this nightmare. So i am more than happy to help fellow patriots shoot our way out.
I can assure you that modern democrats will not survive the next civil war. And i’m good with that.

[Dr_Dixon_Cider]

They going to take it away from criminals and insane people... or they're just trying to grab it from law abiding citizens again? Thats my question going into this.

See the guns issue is just like every other issue with the blue team... they want you to depend on them and their ways until you're depending on them.

Wellfare for instance... nice and dependent... will now vote to keep it. That's communism... but their payouts to them get slimmer and slimmer as more people line up to the bread line.

So you give up those guns, can't fight back... hmmm, who else has done that in History? Not just the national socialists, other kinds of socialist and communists too.

I like my guns... I will just lie, cheat and steal to keep them. And then I can do whatever I want to the people without the guns... gib me dat! It's Mine! Once the food runs out and the chips are down... I'm gonna be a gangster you don't want to meet... I still have guns.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Mostly no. I think we need common sense laws for obtaining one sure so leave those in place and maybe have some sort of limit on high powered weapons as those truly aren't needed for "hunting" unless they are talking about kids in school which makes it even worse. Beyond that, no, im not about taking guns away from owners.

Oh and maybe get rid of open carry as it's predominantly used to intimidate others. Concealed carry is fine.

[Pterodon]

So what exactly is a high powered firearm?

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Why is this always the comeback from conservatives? You know exactly what it being implied here. Use common sense.

[Pterodon]

No I really don’t. I think it’s hilarious you want to ban an AR and it is so weak it isn’t considered humane to use on deer but the really big super powerful rifle calibers you say nothing.

[Pterodon]

If you’re intimidated by me carrying openly that’s your problem

[NoDecision]

@Pterodon The problem with that is that you are making yourself a target. Who do you think will be the first one taken out when someone wants to commit a crime? It won't be the ones who carry concealed weapons. It will be the one who is the obvious threat.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Oh let him be a target then. His tune will change when someone walks in doing the same and targets hin first. It's always the most brazen ones who end up being cowards in the end.

[Pterodon]

That’s what you say but that really hasn’t proven to be true

[Static_In_The_Attic]

As for PRO it’s the opposite of CON & as for PROGRESS it’s the opposite of CONGRESS.

NO I do not SUPPORT CONGRESS reducing the number of firearms in America & if they want to reduce the number of firearms they should reduce them from criminals.

[Ariesman81Nshiiit]

Can't decide...

DTL-X

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[goaded]

Fearmongering. When has that ever happened? The closest was 1994 when new sales of "assault rifles"* were banned. That didn't decrease the number of them, did it?

*Don't bother with the nonsense about definitions.

[slatyb]

It did decrease the number of mass shootings.

[goaded]

@slatyb Homer Simpson buying a gun, but told about the cooling off period: "Aw, but I'm angry now!".

[slatyb]

Exactly! There should be mandatory training and a wait before an application to buy is approved.

[sage2021]

Yeah, they'll allow the bad guys to keep them and take away the right to own them for personal protection and to protect their family.

Sounds about right!

[exitseven]

No, democrats are trying to disarm us so that we can be taken over. They will not get away with it.

[DryGermanGuy]

In such a case you would be "taken over" with or without guns. Just look what happened in Waco, Texas. The government always has more and the bigger weapons.
en.wikipedia.org/.../...anch_Davidian_compound.jpg

[exitseven]

@DryGermanGuy There are over 300 million registered firearms in the US. Most are owned by conservatives. It will hard to go door to door

[DryGermanGuy]

They didn’t go „door to door“ in Nazi-Germany. They don’t go „door to door“ in China or Russia. They don’t have to.

[exitseven]

@DryGermanGuy Amerucans are not Gernans. We have e freedom in our DNA.

[DryGermanGuy]

Sure you do. And I'm Donald Duck.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(experiment)

[MrShaun]

@DryGermanGuy The Tea Party extremests could learn a lot from The Wave.

[DryGermanGuy]

They could and they should, but they won't. These people have the intellectual depth of a street puddle.

[exitseven]

@DryGermanGuy yes but a number of feds did not go home that day

[DonaldDarko]

Of cours not it's unconstitutional. Congress shouldn't even be trying to subvert the constitution.

[Snakeyes7]

Nope, that just makes Americans more vulnerable to a tyrannical government and violent thugs/terrorists.

[BlackFalcon03]

No. Of course democrats are protected by armies of armed security.

[Agape93]

Fuck no. Simple as that.

[Laurenvol]

This should happen but will not.

[AgentG111]

All guns laws are illegal!

[Pterodon]

Says you lol

[AgentG111]

@Pterodon the Constitution of the United States Second amendment doesn't have any limitations other than what we've allowed worthless human beings politicians and pos's to implement and put against us.

[moddy_the_mod]

lol, they can fuckin try

[Pterodon]

Fuck no.