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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (23 children)

I am aware this is satire. But this line is a direct quote from so many people, with a completely straight dace

There really wasn’t anything that was going to keep this individual from snapping and killing a lot of people if that’s what they really wanted

“But they could use a knife or a bat or a car!”

Without seeing the fact that having such free access to “tools” designed for the sole purpose of killing many people in as little time as possible.

Anyone against gun control is completely smooth brained. Anyone who complains about gun control, that the government shouldn’t control and regulate access, that they need multiple guns for “self defence” should not be allowed access to any gun.

Another common one is

“buh only criminals will have guns”,

except that never happens in any other developed nation.

Its for self defense

Sure. From other people with guns. And not a single shooting has been stopped by “good guy with gun™️”.

/rant

[–] Jesus_666@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The second amendment is nominally there to allow people to form state militias in case the United States get invaded. With that in mind (and ignoring the many ways in which this kind of militia is completely irrelevant for defense purposes these days) we can come up with a reasonable compromise.

Anyone is allowed to own any gun they want. Access to ammunition is strictly regulated; only the state and shooting ranges are allowed to own ammo at all and the latter are under very strict supervision. Unlawful possession of ammunition is a felony.

In case the US Army is overrun each state will conscript all gun owners and issue them ammunition from the stockpile so they can go out and engage any enemy forces susceptible to infantry attack.

I'm sure all fans of the second amendment are going to love this plan. /s

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago

That’s pretty much the setup that early colonists had, and it makes a lot of sense.

Ammo and muskets were kept in an armory, cuz it was dangerous to have powder laying around your candlelit home and muskets required frequent maintenance by skilled craftsmen.

Firearms were also somewhat collectively-owned, because they were primarily a means of collective defense.

Think about it: You’ve got the British in the ocean to the East, rival colonies to the North and South, indigenous tribes to the West, and the ever-present possibility of a mob of outlaws literally taking over your town.

It’s a very different world, and a very different relationship to weaponry.

[–] user134450@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

btw. i believe this is somewhat similar to how Switzerland handles assault rifles nowadays. There are situations where you are allowed to have an assault rifle at home or even carry it in public but the ammo has to be locked away at a central storage that is guarded. They can very quickly hand out the ammo to the holders if necessary, i.e. for training on the shooting range. I am not Swiss so this is only hearsay though.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not entirely true. There was that guy in Colorado who drew his weapon, and took out an active shooter. Then the police rolled in, mistook him for the threat, and promptly killed him. Yay, armed society! /s

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 61 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I hope the writer for this article makes residuals. They're getting a lot of use out of it

[–] Alerian@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They do actually rewrite it slightly each time they repost it, even though the title is the same

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They just change the date, city, number of victims, and then change the fake person's name for the quote. The rest stays exactly the same.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, that's how all news sites do it now

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

But in this case it's part of the point of the repeating article that the article is nearly identical every time

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would be darkly funny if they had an “____ Days Since We Had to Repost This” counter for it.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It will be stuck at 0

[–] Damage@feddit.it 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait, did it happen again?

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

old news, there's been another in Samson County, NC today.

The US media should save time and report on days when mass shootings don't happen.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, yesterday unfortunately.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago

Shit... Sorry guys, don't know what to say..

[–] AMillionNames@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

"We did nothing and we are all out of options!"

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