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Biden says it’s ‘time to outlaw’ AR-15 after Trump assassination attempt
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I don't see a reason to bother.
and i do believe you you don't really see it 😆 the fact you don't understand why it is funny makes it even funnier 😂
Ok, whatever.
So what should I do if white supremacists start hanging minorities again? Serious question for which I would honestly appreciate a serious response.
"Ok, whatever." said person who in ten seconds demanded "serious response" 😂
Yeah I asked you a question, and you went down this weird rabbit hole instead. I don't know what you're talking about and I don't care. But I asked you a serious question before that, and you've avoided it entirely.
Good day to you.
why have you asked serious question if you don't care what i am talking about?
we are talking about a fact that people fighting for their lives in ukraine and some redneck joe who needs automatic weapon as a fashion accessory to his monster truck are two different groups, where one of them needs the weapon and the other one does not.
you are desperately trying to steer the discussion away to bullshit details by pretending to have deep interest in whether the people fighting for their life should be called military or not and demanding "serious answers".
here is the serious answer.
guerilla in ukraine needs the weapons, no matter how it is called.
redneck joe doesn't need and shouldn't have the weapons, because - ding ding ding - he is likely to be the fascist you are so afraid of. if you think you will fix the problem by throwing more guns into it, think again.
not one time in the history of mass shootings in the us was "bad guy with weapon" stopped by "good guy with weapon". your illusion you will protect yourself is just that, an illusion. if someone decides to kill you, he will shoot you in the back and you will not see that coming.
i don't have a solution to fucking us weapon problem, if i had, i would be collecting my nobel peace prize. but it is experimentally proven that more weapons is not a solution to a problem - more weapons is the fucking problem.