John Oliver touches on Mental Health (and mass shootings)

[John Galt]

[Indy]

Guys, yes I now that suppressors don't completely mask the sound of gunfire like in the movies when they make that "pew, pew" sound.

Yes, Exploited they could totally keep people from hearing a massacre. Hey, people outside that Colorado theater for instance? If they even heard it, they may just think it's the movie. If you've ever heard an AK-47 go off in real life or a .44 magnum (and the latter was with headphones ON), there is NO mistaking that this is real gunfire. And yes, you could suppress an AK-47.



Oh look this one even has a drum magazine, for the killer who absolutely, positively has to insure nobody leaves that theater alive.

But thank you Philly for acknowledging you'll at least CONSIDER whether this is a good idea, something else the others won't do. And yes I'm just playing with you on the grenade thing but notice I'm using all their same arguments?

And yet we're being sold the idea that this is for "hunting"? Riiiiiiight. Because why buy those $20 ear buds when you can spend 3-8x (quick Google search) on a suppressor?

Last thought: so the NRA is all about dealing with health issues as a result of guns, are they now? [insert Willy Wonka picture here, usually]

[Dylan]

To be fair, by conservatives' interpretation of the Second Amendment everybody should be able to own any weapon they want, including grenades.

[Philly]

I don't really see what one has to do with the other re: grenades. A grenade has no use but to blow shit up. A silencer arguably has use for the responsible gun owner, so it's just a matter of weighing that vs the negatives. Whereas grenades don't really have much responsible utility outside of a war zone.

[Indy]

Because your premise was I, at the time, didn't have a reason for regulating them.

I was saying that you could say the same about hand grenades/guns. I was just being facetious.

[Indy]

[exploited]

[Medius]

[John Galt]

[lnrw]

even should it mask the sound of a gun, it won't mask the sound of screaming.