Listen to yourself? Talking about how simple it is yet it's the rest of the world who doesn't get it. The rest of the world grasps the concept that everyone owning a  gun does not make you safer. Quite the opposite and the results in other countries prove this. All it does is add more guns into circulation allowing for easier access for the "bad guys" to get them.  You're attitude towards this is absolutely based on fear despite Axlin's claims that Americans fear absolutely nothing. You sound like a six year old kid. "If we ban guns only the bad guys will have them, what will we do then daddy?" Statistics prove you're wrong. Only in America is the mentality more guns = more safety and you are the least safe  civilized nation when it comes to this shit. When is the last time you heard a story where someone with a gun in the United States went John McClane on the bad guys and saved the day? It doesn't happen. It's such a fantasy that  you and other Americans share that more guns = being safer.  like I said to Axlin your attitude needs to change because nothing changes if nothing changes. Your attitude as it stands is to arm every individual to the point where you guys are primed to blow yourself off the face of the earth.  And it's gonna happen because that's your culture until you actually decide to do something about it. You guys won't though because your fear of each other cause you to act irrationally.  That and because Americans are "smarter" than everyone else.

Nothing changes if nothing changes. the problem is too many Americans have a defeatist attitude towards this. They say "oh it's too late for change and  "gun control" won't change anything." Ummm... YES it will. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but eventually the culture will change BUT you've got to wanna begin to make the change. Seems far too many Americans have no desire to make the change which is part sad and part pathetic.

Mental illness is a way more daunting task to solve than guns. You could technically pass laws that would change the gun culture instantly if it was strict and if it was enforced enthusiastically. I understand that's not gonna happen but it is possible. The gun problem is something you can see, something you can control if America wanted to.  Guns are something that can be tackled because they are a tangible thing. Mental illness is a much bigger problem which yes needs to be addressed but in the meantime take steps to change your fucked up culture when it comes to guns rather than saying "Oh it'll never change it's pointless". saying shit like "nothing will ever change" IS THE REASON why nothing will ever change. It's like a fat guy saying it's too late I like food too much, I could never lose weight. BULLSHIT. There's steps to be made that can change his culture and his attitude towards weight and food. It may not garner the results he wants tomorrow but if he starts implimenting the proper steps then eventually he'll have the results he wants. Now admittedly that analogy simplifies it big time but the approach is the same. the gun culture CAN change in America  if you guys start taking steps to change it but like I said Nothing changes if nothing changes.

the mental illness thing is another story. That's a tougher problem to solve but it doesn't mean measures should not be taken to increase gun control.

Common sense has worked in the rest of the world,  it can work in the States too. It'll just take a little time.

technically I guess the Queen could impose some kind of authority in Canada but it would never happen. She's represented by the Governor general and I do believe all laws and motions and what not need to be signed off by the Governor General to make them official. It's more a figurehead position though maintained more so for tradition. There's no way on earth that Canada would move to pass a law and the Queen/Governor General would interfere.  Anything to do with the royal family in Canada at this point is merely traditional.

As for coverage on the royal family the only time they dominate the news is when they actually come to visit Canada. They do not warrant  "breaking news" the way they do in gossip, tabloid crazy America.  I'm sorry Russ but I think the reality is American media fucking blows.  No offence. I mean even during 9/11 I didn't watch the American media at all. CBC in Canada was more up to date, less sensationalist and basically more human. They didn't come off as though it was all about ratings the way the American networks did and I felt I could trust CBC way more than any of the American stations covering an event in America. Kinda sad when you think about it.

yeah and according to the sports almanac in Back to the Future II Florida won the world series in 1997. Funny that at the time the movie was made Florida didn't even have an MLB team yet in 1997 the Florida Marlins won the world series in real life.

Sound the conspiracy alarms!!!

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That ^ is the problem with America's right to bear arms.  Some of you are going to be pissed when I say this but keep in mind I'm not talking about YOU as an individual. The problem with America's right to bear arms is that America as a whole, as a society lacks the common sense to understand the responsibility that comes with that.  This story here is just an example of how irresponsible far too many Americans' are when it comes to guns and their attitude towards them.  THAT is the problem.

Again I'm not attacking individuals but from the outside looking in, this is a clear case of America as a nation simply not being mature enough to have the right to bear arms.