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A Canadian man visiting Wisconsin for a golf trip was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while walking back to his hotel, according to multiple local reports.
Police found the victim, Giovanni Michael “Mike” Robinson, 32, suffering from a gunshot wound around 12:08 a.m. local time on Wednesday in Sheboygan Falls, according to local police. Despite life-saving measures and medical attention, Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sources tell Global News that Robinson is originally from the town of Stouffville, Ont., and was a former player in the Ontario Hockey League.
America doesn’t have insane gun laws. We have outdated gun laws that are in need of some common sense reforms, which is a monumentally difficult task due to gun ownership being baked into our country from the founding. The only way to change this is through a constitutional amendment, which would need to be approved by 38 or more states, and more than half our lands are still mostly undeveloped rural areas where guns are very much still a necessity to live there.
The world is not like the US period. What works for the world won’t necessarily work for America.
Switzerland has 28 privately owned guns for every 100 residents.
America has 120 privately owned guns for every 100 residents.
Please explain how 28 is more than 120? Must be counting with that metric system I’m to American to understand.
I’m no expert on the subject, but if I were to venture a gues as to why that is, I’d probably point to Switzerland’s population being just 9 million while America’s is over 340 million as a starting point.
I’m not trying to justify any gun deaths, especially of children, because I hunt. Those are your words, and I’d thank you to not put them in my mouth. What I said is there’s still parts of this country that people need guns for food and protection from dangerous animals.
I might have gotten some facts wrong but it doesn’t change the fact that buying and selling firearms in your country is insane.
In the US anyone can skirt gun laws by buying at a firearms show. Also, there is no registry, no owner history, no limits on buying cartridges, no magazine limits, no powder limits, no bump stock regulations, no silencer regulations (anymore), no handgun regulation whatsoever, concealed carry allowed for anyone without a license in certain states, I can go on. This is irresponsible not outdated. Keep on using your minigun for hunting deer.
The fact that Switzerland can own almost as many firearms as the US or rather have an almost identical fetish with firearms as the US and not have a thousandth of the deaths related to them is very telling but keep telling yourself what you need to hear so the screams of those children who die every year needlessly dont keep you up at night.
Australia said the same thing that you are saying. IMPOSSIBLE TO GET SANE GUN LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY. They had a huge mass shooter problem but after someone with balls was elected they legislated strict firearms laws and lo and behold no more mass shooting problem.
I guess what you are saying is nobody has the balls in the US to do anything but most have thoughts and prayers for their own dead children.
There are hunters in all countries and saying the US is different is just an excuse and burying your head in the sand.
Just say you hate children.
I for one am a proud owner of firearms and would give them all up just to save one child from being hurt by irresponsible humans.
Firearms ownership is not a right it is a privilege just like driving. This is the actual issue Americans have with firearms and it warps your minds.
Like children with toys you deny reality just to have them.