Semiautomatic firearm ban passes Colorado's House, heads to Senate
Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year.
The bill, which passed on a 35-27 vote, is now on its way to the Democratic-led state Senate. If it passes there, it could bring Colorado in line with 10 other states — including California, New York and Illinois — that have prohibitions on semiautomatic guns.
But even in a state plagued by some of the nation’s worst mass shootings, such legislation faces headwinds.
Colorado’s political history is purple, shifting blue only recently. The bill’s chances of success in the state Senate are lower than they were in the House, where Democrats have a 46-19 majority and a bigger far-left flank. Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat, has indicated his wariness over such a ban.
What would they say if people started mass knifing?
I imagine there'd be discussion regarding how we might restrict a person's ability to publicly and freely stab multiple people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Which is the correct course of action. People should not be allowed to murder people, and things should be done to make it harder to do.
how about just prosecute the crime that is already happening? I mean murder is a crime. The most used murder weapon is a screwdriver. Should we also ban those?
Prosecution isn't a preventative measure. It's reactionary. A society should have some degree of foresight.
There's nothing indicating we can't design a less lethal screwdriver. I have the sneaking suspicion that screwdriver murders aren't happening in public spaces as frequently as private ones, so there's room for discussion on how we ought to reduce someone's capacity for murder with one. I'm concerned that you think this is a ridiculous notion, as though a society has no choice but to allow murderers free reign over others. It's a limited frame of mind, and nothing would ever be done about anything. I understand that that's essentially what the idea is with gun control, but I disagree with it for many reasons.
In 2014 there was this guy in Taiwan that started mass knifing people in the MRT Train station. The MOST he was able to stab was 22 people and killed 4.
He actually had to sit down to rest before continuing to stab people because he was tired. In a documentary, he trained for months to have the stamina to maximize kills. It would be different if he had a handgun let alone a AR-15.
Taiwan is a total ban for all guns.
Seems like your stupid comment backfired.
And a Uyghur in mainland China got 26, including killing four officers armed with automatic rifles (and this incident immediately preceded China throwing that part of their population into camps and ramping up their oppression against minority groups).
Exactly, 25 is actually impressive. Imagine having to chase down 25 people. I would have given up after a couple. With an AR-15, they wouldn't even need to look at the faces of the people they are killing, like that Vegas shooter in the hotel. Fucking cowards.
That seems similar to the numbers that most "mass shooters" end up getting.
I dunno. Check back in with us when that starts happening anywhere other than inside of your head.
At least something is happening inside my head.