Originally Posted by
ynvaser
I haven't read up on it further, but the articles where it says he pledged allegiance afterwards say he did so in a 911 call, which makes no sense.
He entered the nightclub and called 911 himself so that he could pledge allegiance to IS as I understand it.
Contacting someone regularly is not the same as being provided guns by them. Al-Qaeda is also separate to IS, it also doesnt change the fact that smuggling guns into a country is a lot harder than providing someone with money so they can legally buy guns and ammunition.
I think it's more about time. Strict gun laws would require more effort from the terrorist organizations to carry out attacks like this. Grand scale attacks happen even in more developed countries - see France, but I suspect those are grand in scale because of the preparations required, and those are not worth it for a smaller scale operation. It's kind of like an entry barrier in the civilian massacring business.
When you compare the frequency and impacts of attacks throughout the entirety of the EU against the US from 2000, both frequency and death tolls are larger in the US, despite having a population of just under half. This is very difficult to accredit to anything other than gun laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror...d_States#2000s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror...European_Union
The other alternative is supporting nepotism, corruption and amoral values. Who cares about the lives of undercover US agents abroad when you could finally join the cool kids club with the black and now female presidents on your resum?
Bernie has no chance to win. He and Trump are the only candidates who stand for something.
Although I agree Hillary is also terrible she is far less horrendous. I would rather have someone who would do very little with the power they have than a genuine racist who wants to force an entire religion to carry ID cards stating their religion.
Bernie Sanders, although still not fantastic, was in my opinion by far the best candidate.
This discussion doesnt fit in this thread anyway, so ill drop it