President says ā€˜epidemic of gun violence is tearing our communities apartā€™ after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Chicago

  • jimbolauski@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There have been less than 15 mass shootings since 2012 in the US where the shooter used an ā€œassault rifleā€. An ā€œassult weaponsā€ ban wouldnā€™t stem the tide at all. This proposed law would be like banning semi trucks because a few drunk driving incidents involved a drunk semi driver.

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      1 year ago

      It stemmed the tide back in the nineties, before it was repealed in the last decade.

      But thatā€™s honestly beside the point. Because everyone seems to just be against any kind of legal action against firearms, but most opponents of these measures can only point at vague options regarding ā€œmental healthā€ as an alternativeā€¦ then balk at supporting any measures resembling it.

      Itā€™s a dogwhistle that is frankly a tired ploy for populist politicians to throw at their base to distract them from real issues.

      We must fight against the ā€œevilā€ gun bans because if we donā€™t fight against that, people might recognize how shit we are at our jobs and actually do something about it!

      As I stated in my comment, I know itā€™s not a cure. Itā€™s not even a very good stopgap. But at least itā€™s fucking something. Which is more than can be said than by all the people whinging about ā€œconstitutional rightsā€.