The numbers indicate that the alcohol epidemic is an order of magnitude worse. Someone who believes they are equally bad is either minimizing the alcohol epidemic or inflating the gun epidemic.
>I could drive to the next state over and buy almost literally anything cash in hand, short of an actual full auto.
You couldn't. At least not legally. Buying firearms from a private party in another state is illegal by federal law. You could only buy long guns from a federally licensed dealer in a neighboring state if that firearm is legal in your state of residence. If you wanted to buy a handgun from a federally licensed dealer, it would have to be transferred to a dealer in your state.
>In Florida, this one chick left an AR on the sofa with a full mag, a round racked, safety off (State 4, aka Instant state, which means SOMETHIN'S GETTIN' SHOT).
Can you mention where these State levels are defined? What you described sounds closer to Condition 0 on the firearm condition readiness scale.
>Condition 0: A round chambered, full magazine in place, hammer cocked, safety off.
If we're talking about frustrating the gun industry, then all of your licensees should be able to privately manufacture firearms in the classifications they are allowed to have.
Condition 0, yeah, I've heard that's the real term. The guy who plays "range officer" fills my head with crap he got from who knows where. I don't even remember what the range guy back in Dixie said.
And yes, that's absolutely right. And not a bad idea. Since the weapons have a license, there's also penalties for bad faith that can go back to the originator. "Hey this thing's made of pipes!". We're almost in that stew right now with all the garage-built AKs on the market, but there's nothing linking them to anybody, in spite of the fact they blow up every now and then.
It's not moving the goalposts. I linked to that page because Wikipedia breaks the data out in to three separate pages, and I didn't want to confuse the issue. At a glance, the data for secondary and post-secondary schools don't appear to be different in any meaningful way (though I did not take the time to count).
Besides, even one example would be enough to refute the OP's claim that "it doesn't happen anywhere else".
The salient point is that this is NOT the only country where this happens. Not even close.
I'm sorry, I don't care whether you "believe me" or not.
You: This is the only country where this happens.
Me: False. Here is some data that shows it happens in many other countries.
What is there to "believe" here? All that was necessary to refute you was to find ONE incident in another country. I found dozens. Linking to the other two lists (each of which also have many incidents in other countries) can only further destroy your incorrect assertion. There's no way those can magically make you right. Even if the other two both had zero (which they don't...far from it), that wouldn't matter in the slightest.
