• brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I never said there was “no way to prevent this” I’m saying there is a fucking shitload we need to do to prevent this and gun control, in whatever form it takes is going to be only a piece of the puzzle.

    And no shit, does getting rid of guns get rid of guns violence. You aren’t spouting something revolutionary.

    I’m not even against gun control. I’m against the knee jerk reactionary bullshit and narrow viewpoint of anti-gun individuals that don’t want to engage in any serious discussion of HOW to enact gun control other than take away guns.

    I’m not a gun nut, and that’s just a rude thing to say. It’s divisive, insulting, and worst of all, it means you’ve already made an opinion and written off anything that I may say.

    • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Yeah as close as this country is to civil war, anyone coming for guns will be met with the wrong end of said guns. It would create all out war here.

      There are more guns than people in this country, I don’t see any way to reverse that statistic without further, much more massive and widespread bloodshed.

      Other countries are like “we don’t have guns its the obvious solution”. Sure. But your entire culture isn’t predicated on the idea things like gun ownership is considered an inalienable right that can and should be defended with said guns.

      I’m all for making things better but I don’t see guaranteed civil war as the best choice here.

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      2 months ago

      I’m tired of people pretending they’re for gun regulation while they’re pretending “it’s only a small part of the puzzle”.

      Like honestly, you feel gobsmacked in how you can have such high gun violence rates with similar mental health issues as countries which do have proper gun control and for some reason don’t the issues that the US does.

      It’s purely about gun regulation ffs. Oh no, am I being insulting to someone who doesn’t think gun control would really help. Someone who pretends mental health program would do more.

      Fucking ridiculous man.