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<p>Sadly, the debate over mass shootings and gun reform in America seems to be perpetually relevant. Last weekend&#39;s shootings in Dayton and El Paso killed 34 people and reignited the ongoing debate over the nature of gun laws in the U.S.</p><p>While polls have shown 68 percent of <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/03/02/589849342/npr-poll-after-parkland-number-of-americans-who-want-gun-restrictions-grows" target="_blank">Americans believe we need stricter gun</a> laws to keep military style weapons out of civilian hands, there is still a pocket of people who cling to the second amendment during discussions about gun rights.</p><h2>In a screenshot uploaded to the clap-back themed <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/" target="_blank">subreddit Murdered by Words</a>, a defense of guns was quickly shut down by a long and harsh call out of American priorities.</h2><p>All it took was this one small comment to set off a rant against the misplaced priorities of America: &quot;So you don&#39;t want any guns in America you think the constitution is a load of sh*t?&quot;</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/" height="726" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-21552-pm-qZwsRD.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/">Reddit</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/" height="523" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-21559-pm-K6tThP.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/">Reddit</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/" height="529" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-21604-pm-n6sUfd.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/">Reddit</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/" height="225" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-21609-pm-0tv2vw.png" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/cmm85m/shots_fired_two_men_down/">Reddit</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The call out started by laying out just how absurd it is to make it harder for women to get abortions as guns.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;As an outsider, the whole country is a sh*tbox. You&#39;ve made abortion illegal, women get legally harassed by people when getting one, no matter the circumstances. If you&#39;re anything but white calling the police can get you killed, even then sometimes you&#39;re still murdered.&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>It then went on to lay out how police exacerbate threats of violence in the U.S. </h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;There&#39;s literally HUNDREDS of gun murders in every single one of your large cities every year. The police actually had the whole &quot;protect&quot; part taken out of their duties and look who you elected. There&#39;s cities where it is actually illegal to feed someone who is homeless, you&#39;ve even developed spiked seats to stop them from sleeping out of the rain.&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>The response laid into how faulty and predatory the U.S. health care system is, and the absurdity of referencing a document made hundreds of years ago for modern decisions.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;It&#39;s one of the only developed countries with a medical system where a single accident can put you in debt for the rest of your life and you are STILL arguing over whether you should be giving guns to every single person because of a document from the same time when bloody castles were still effective as a national defense tool.&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The not-so-gentle dismount called America a sad joke, and noted how the rest of the world sees us through a pity-filled lens. </h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;America only looks good to Americans. For the rest of us, it&#39;s been a joke for decades, now it&#39;s just a sad joke.&quot;</p> </blockquote><p>Needless to say, the original commenter didn&#39;t have any rebuttal after this long tirade against their values.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

People responded to pro-gun person claiming gun control is against the constitution.

Sadly, the debate over mass shootings and gun reform in America seems to be perpetually relevant. Last weekend&#39;s shootings in Dayton and El Paso killed 34 people and reignited the ongoing debate over the nature of gun laws in the U.S.While polls have shown 68 percent of Americans believe we need stricter gun laws to keep military style weapons out of civilian hands, there is still a pocket of people who cling to the second amendment during discussions about gun rights.In a screenshot uploaded to the clap-back themed subreddit Murdered by Words, a defense of guns was quickly shut down by a long and harsh call out of American priorities.All it took was this one small comment to set off a rant against the misplaced priorities of America: &quot;So you don&#39;t want any guns in America you think the constitution is a load of sh*t?&quot;  Reddit   Reddit   Reddit   RedditThe call out started by laying out just how absurd it is to make it harder for women to get abortions as guns. &quot;As an outsider, the whole country is a sh*tbox. You&#39;ve made abortion illegal, women get legally harassed by people when getting one, no matter the circumstances. If you&#39;re anything but white calling the police can get you killed, even then sometimes you&#39;re still murdered.&quot; It then went on to lay out how police exacerbate threats of violence in the U.S.  &quot;There&#39;s literally HUNDREDS of gun murders in every single one of your large cities every year. The police actually had the whole &quot;protect&quot; part taken out of their duties and look who you elected. There&#39;s cities where it is actually illegal to feed someone who is homeless, you&#39;ve even developed spiked seats to stop them from sleeping out of the rain.&quot; The response laid into how faulty and predatory the U.S. health care system is, and the absurdity of referencing a document made hundreds of years ago for modern decisions. &quot;It&#39;s one of the only developed countries with a medical system where a single accident can put you in debt for the rest of your life and you are STILL arguing over whether you should be giving guns to every single person because of a document from the same time when bloody castles were still effective as a national defense tool.&quot; The not-so-gentle dismount called America a sad joke, and noted how the rest of the world sees us through a pity-filled lens.  &quot;America only looks good to Americans. For the rest of us, it&#39;s been a joke for decades, now it&#39;s just a sad joke.&quot; Needless to say, the original commenter didn&#39;t have any rebuttal after this long tirade against their values.

Sadly, the debate over mass shootings and gun reform in America seems to be perpetually relevant