In a recent poll, 63% blamed mass shooting on mental health and only 23% on gun control laws.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/26/gun-control-americans-overwhelmingly-blame-mental-health-failures-for-mass-shootings/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_fix

“I cannot tell if you think a handgun is misused for a suicide or if that is an intended use.”

Heh. You are complaining about not being intelligent. No one can help you there.

The proper use of a hand gun is to kill a human being. It is therefore a good thing when hand guns are misused.

“Mass killers have even explicitly talked about their desire to attack gun-free zones. The Charleston, S.C., church shooting in June was instead almost a college shooting. But that killer changed his plans after realizing that the College of Charleston had armed guards. Holmes decided not to attack an airport because of what he described in his diary as its ‘substantial security.’ … Holmes decided not to attack an airport because of what he described in his diary as its “substantial security.””

And more examples of concealed carry to the rescue…
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425802/gun-free-zones-don't-save-lives-right-to-carry-laws-do

I cannot tell if you think a handgun is misused for a suicide or if that is an intended use.

Please clarify.

Since 2/3’s of gun deaths are suicide I figure I should understand what your definition of intended use is.

I am pretty sure the label says – be careful not to shoot yourself with this gun – so I doubt suicide is an intended use.

2/3 of the deaths caused by misuse is not “the safest” – but that is just my opinion.

Or maybe you mean the subset of accidental shootings – maybe those are intended use?

Or wait – maybe you are referring to when the gun is pointed at somebody else and a person is shot on purpose?

Please clarify.

This whole discussion is twisting language in order to attack an inanimate object, when the desire is to take away the ability of the individual to KABA…which is why post 195 goes unanswered.

In a culture where we force people who sell booze or cut hair or teach children to pay a tax for a government license, I’m sure it does seem odd to let people roam free with firearms, but just as scissors don’t randomly cut your hair, neither do firearms spontaneously discharge.

“Again, as in post #81, some will misuse the product, but that’s not the fault of the product.”

“Misuse?” ROTFL! Good gods that’s hilarious! Dude! Hand guns are *THE SAFEST* when they are not used as intended! I wish everyone misused them.

Golly. Mine must be defective. They only go off when I touch the “bang switch”.

Again, as in post #81, some will misuse the product, but that’s not the fault of the product. These products can be use for virtuous purposes. (Like this woman did…http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Man-Killed-During-Alleged-Burglary-333937771.html Why do we want to disarm women and lower their odds of surviving a hostile encounter?)