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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Let's make it happen guys! (For legal reasons this is not an endorsement.)

[–] masquenox 3 points 22 hours ago

Now this is what I call educational.

[–] RonnyZittledong 80 points 2 days ago (4 children)

You would only get through a few of them before sweeping gun reform laws were past

[–] rayyy 1 points 22 hours ago

sweeping gun reform laws

Except it was a printed gun. Might need sweeping printer reform laws too.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 47 points 2 days ago

That’s a chance we’ll have to take.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Prohibition has worked really well in the US before.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It would take a lot longer than two months for people run out of not-yet-confiscated firearms or ammo, though (decades, probably), so effectively it doesn’t matter that much if they suddenly ban them, and I’d be thrilled with that outcome.

I mean what difference does it make if you murder someone or murder them with a banned weapon? The result of getting caught is being totally fucked either way.

[–] Maultasche 31 points 2 days ago
[–] Sanctus 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thats on track for climate goals. Maybe the Earth can be saved

[–] homesweethomeMrL 13 points 2 days ago

I mean, it’s worth a try, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Pretty much the only way the earth can be saved

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

BOARDROOMS, not classrooms

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat 17 points 2 days ago

That is a fun fact. Subscribed.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On paper sure. But you never know how long it would take with inheritance.

The only way to know for sure is through experimentation.

[–] Soup 7 points 2 days ago

Their kids would be…incentivized to give it away.

[–] chemical_cutthroat 12 points 2 days ago

I know the correct response is to shoot less children, but I can't help but see the value in lowering CEO survival rates.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think this is accounting for inheritance.

[–] cmac 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There's always inheritance tax, and splitting the fortune with siblings. Eventually someone down the line would only be getting $999 million.

[–] TownhouseGloryHole 3 points 2 days ago

Poor bastards

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Sure, but that still would affect the time, which I'm guessing wasn't accounted for.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 2 days ago

That wasn't fun at all. You're a liar!

[–] confusedbytheBasics 4 points 2 days ago

There are over 1,000 billionaires and about 2,500 school age children die by shooting each year. So more like 5 months.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Best two months of our lives

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

How is this calculated, rate or absolute number

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Hmm, seems doable

[–] NickwithaC 2 points 2 days ago

"fun" fact.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago