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YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

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[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's the biggest ball of nonsense speak I've read all day.

So we have regulations, the regulations don't work, and that's the fault of the NRA...because they oppose more regulations?

Look, I'm no fan of the NRA either but that's just word vomit.

Also, the political angle you describe is also nonsense. Just look at Sen. Feinstein, one of the biggest gun grabbers in American politics, who's been in her seat for thirty years.

Getting the party nod or not getting it based on being anti-gun is basically a non-issue. If you're an anti-gun Democrat, that won't likely set you apart from other primary challengers, and certainly not enough to singlehandedly unseat an incumbent (not to mention the questions raised by your party leaving you vulnerable to primary challengers). If you're an anti-gun Republican, you've got bigger issues to worry about than the NRA.

No, the NRA doesn't make it so that gun friendly legislators don't draft gun legislation, leaving it to be written by those who know nothing about the subject...rather it's just common sense. A pro gun legislator knows that we've been trying that shit for years and it just... doesn't...work. You're expecting them to push for something that is not only against their political self interest but also their personal self interest, then blaming the NRA when it doesn't happen.

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