• pyre@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        “people who do mass shootings can’t get weapons” just means “everybody gets to do one mass shooting but no more”

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          14 days ago

          Or just implement a process to check the mental health of people who want to get guns, and if theyre insane and are at risk of doing that, then they dont get the guns

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            14 days ago

            I reread your comment and I think I parsed it differently than the way you intended it.

            what you said:

            people that might harm themselves or do mass shootings

            what you certainly must have meant by it:

            people who might:

            • harm themselves
            • do mass shootings

            the way I read it:

            people who:

            • might harm themselves
            • do mass shootings

            so there’s where my comment comes from.

    • LoreSoong@startrek.website
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      14 days ago

      The shift in public perception on weapon ownership when they see actual tyrany in america is very interesting. Ive been 100% pro gun and have gotten so much backlash from family and friends for being so. I dont even own a gun and to me it has been obvious that the government and media were using mass shootings (not actually commiting them as far as we know) to disarm the people.

      There are and have always been such a large number of safe, moral, and sane gun owners in this country. Normal people who target practice, hunt, shoot competatively, design guns, modify them, defend their homes, study weapon history, or even just put them on display. It baffles me that anyone could be so against normal hard working americans doing no harm whatsoever.

      Not a single person I spoke with was ever against owning a car when I brought it up. I was always given the same “its not the same thing”. The common denominators in vehicular violence and gun violence are mental health, education, and financial status. I dont want to compare numbers on how many people are killed in either situation because it does not matter. Human lives are lost everyday needlessly to both of these. But only guns get talked about.

      Curious to know if you or anyone else have recently become pro gun, or have you always felt this way?