News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wichita police shooting. Parent comment

Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by ClassyJacket on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:22PM (#16033206)
This is the worst argument against anything, because it only logically follows that criminals won't care about ANY laws and therefore everything should be legal.

It doesn't matter whether they care about the law or not, it's about making it harder for them to get a gun regardless, and being able to confiscate them if we catch them. It worked in Australia.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by Turing_Machine on Friday December 29, 2017 @10:44PM (#16033746)
"It worked in Australia."

And it didn't work in Mexico, Honduras, or Nicaragua, all of which have more in common with the United States than Australia does, and all of which have a) strict gun control laws and b) breathtakingly high murder rates.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by yongjik on Friday December 29, 2017 @11:15PM (#16033825)
> And it didn't work in Mexico, Honduras, or Nicaragua, all of which have more in common with the United States than Australia does ...

...The things some people say to justify guns...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by BigJono on Saturday December 30, 2017 @12:57AM (#16034069)
Yes but are those murders by members of crime organisations or by some random that had a mental breakdown and easy access to his or a family member's gun?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by icelancer on Saturday December 30, 2017 @03:23AM (#16034399)
Most of those murders in the US fall under the former category, too.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by pjc50 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @06:33AM (#16034831)
Interesting admission that the US is more like a third world country there.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by ascorbic on Saturday December 30, 2017 @05:54AM (#16034731)
You really think that the US has more in common with countries where gangsters murder with impunity, and paramilitary police death squads conduct extrajudicial killings?
[ Parent | on HN ]