• hydrospanner@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I strongly disagree with you, but I definitely give you credit for at least actually saying it.

    Most that I’ve had this discussion with insist they don’t want to touch the second amendment and revoke the rights of law abiding gun owners… then most of their ideas both won’t solve gun violence while also stripping millions of people who’ve never broken a gun law of their rights without due process.

    Guns are one issue where I strongly break with the Typical American Left™, but if you’re going to be anti-gun, I absolutely give you credit for having the wherewithal to just say what you really want.

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      11 months ago

      Well, I also said “replace.” Something that’s clearer and won’t be misinterpreted like the “well-regulated militia.”

      Something that’s under control like they have in most other developed countries where you can still own a weapon in many instances, but it’s much safer and gun-related crime is way down.

      I’m just, under no circumstance, willing to accept the massacres of children or other innocent people. And pretending it has nothing to do with the weapons is just disingenuous.

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        11 months ago

        And pretending it has nothing to do with the weapons is just disingenuous.

        Your virtue signaling aside, I feel it’s disingenuous to pretend it does come down to the weapons.

        Americans have owned millions of guns throughout its entire existence. Why all the shootings in the news now?

        I guess the guns finally got serious about their mind control plot to wipe out all the humans.

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          11 months ago

          Why all the shootings in the news now?

          Mental illness and easy access to weapons is a toxic combination not found in other developed countries. That’s why.