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Because protecting the right to kill people is far more important than protecting the right to love people. (or anything else) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/politicalmemes

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[–] besmtt 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://abc7news.com/california-gun-control-black-panther-party-laws-nra-mulford-act/13303767/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh yeah, very familiar with that. Racism still trumps gun control objections good call!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every group that has been targeted by Trump and the incoming regime should be armed to the teeth at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

No argument here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People fight on gun rights all the time tho.... Have you been living under a rock?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People fight on gun rights all the time tho… Have you been living under a rock?

Ah yes, the very effective fighting for gun control that NO ONE pushes back on despite all our deaths, school shootings, etc. I keep thinking we have an entire political party that treats every restriction as a precursor to gun confiscation, what was I thinking while under that rock??!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

You said nobody gives a shit, people won't shut up about it, ergo people do give a shit.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Complaining that America has some things right doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that the point OP is trying to make is that the equal rights of LGBTQ+ people should be as unassailable if not moreso than the right to ursine limbs.

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

Dismissing other rights isn't the way to go though. It's not a zero sum thing, giving up guns doesn't get you other rights.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

giving up guns doesn't get you other rights.

Except for the rights of a shitload of people to LIVE..

To the shock of absolutely nobody approaching the matter rationally, it turns out that flooding a country with legally obtainable death tools with little to no safety regulations leads to an overabundance of murders and accidental deaths involving said tools.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

True, but banning said tools doesn't end the problem.

I'm not a 2A nut. I do have guns, but they're locked up on my mom's farm so I can target shoot for fun. I think gun control needs to happen, but legislation alone won't fix the issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

there are a lot of rules and regulations regarding buying guns… definitely not effective enough, but not “little to no” regulations….

and i know you’ll hate me for saying this buuuut: 3D printing gun technology has advanced a lot in recent years.
a motivated killer will definitely be able to make one for a few hundred bucks.
we could definitely do a lot more with kids getting access to their parents guns, but it’s a cultural problem that makes americans shoot each other.
btw, the sandy hook shooter killed his mom in her sleep and took the keys to her gun safe…