“Also, there is no way that the gun was a part of this crime! Guns don’t kill people. Only the mentally unstable people we goad into mass shootings with the weapons and ammo we sell them kill people.”
*Weapons, ammo, and an ideology built on hatred.
Most mass shooters are right-wing nutjobs.
To play devil's advocate (and weather the downvotes for doing so), alcohol doesn't drive drunk, and most people who use it do so responsibly.
If a bunch of peeps who don't drink wanted to stop drunk driving, they would see the best solution as just banning alcohol. Its a simple solution and makes sense. Nations like saudi arabia have banned alcohol and have significantly less drunk driving incidents. It wouldnt make sense to them why so many people would resist such a simple and proven solution. If they won't ban it all then atleast ban the liquor, etc.
Meanwhile the people who drink responsibly wouldnt want to have to give up drinking just because a few idiots drive drunk. They would see the best solution as finding ways to stop people from choosing (or being able) to drive drunk, while still allowing themselves to use it responsibly, but that is a much harder thing to do.
Maybe we should have licensing and registration requirements for guns like we do cars... nobody on the "guns aren't the problem" side of the argument is ok with anything like that either.
Pfft these kids don't even know what kind of guns they're being killed with...
-conservatives
"By hiding from the guy and not letting him shoot you, you're infringing on his 2nd amendment rights, so who's the real monster here? Ok bye"
Haven't we had many records of "good guys with a gun"
Who pull out their weapon and then either get shot by police who mistake them for the shooter or put it back because they can't tell what's going on in the chaos?
He forgot the thoughts and prayers, the best help they'll ever offer.
Your cries for help are meaningless if you can't tell the difference smh
Judging by her educational history and political present day, I'm guessing she's not fond of being lectured or otherwise informed by anyone about anything.
They could call it a "fnorplgleek" for all I care.
Until they figure out how to prevent any and all fnorplgleeks from having the ability to injure, main, or kill another human being when the fnorplgleek operator wishes to harm you unlawfully, they can expend 100% of their thinkbox time figuring out how to do so. Like, pin their wetware CPU to working out a solution. Interconnect them Borg style.
If the response is "well no, not like that" then we recognize that it's a compromise that continues to put victims in front of said fnorplgleek operators.
brb getting a "Down with fnorplgleeks" t-shirt made
Just don't mention assault rifle, you'll trigger someone.
(I got one!)
The best way to be taken seriously is to show how misinformed you are about the subject you're pontificating on
The people don't need to be taken seriously, the issue does. Arguing over semantics isn't helpful unless it's "Legislating against assault rifles won't do anything because that's not a thing. We need to ..." And the words after the ellipsis can't be "..do nothing."
The point of the right to bear arms is to have some defense against an oppressive government if needed.
Yes it is, but you do you and your history changing...gun control is rooted in racism btw.
Want to get Republicans to jump on gun control? Just have minorities show up exercising their right to bear arms.
Ask Reagan.
This is who we are.
A garbage, labor camp of a country filled with selfish people who'd literally rather have the option to buy whatever they want than protect children from a continuous stream of violent death, when they aren't calling to further defund their schools to cut the taxes an actual society would require to function.
Oh, but I better root for the home team like its a fucking game, amirite? At this point, I'm rooting for climate change, AI, and all our other for profit monuments to greed to eat us and wipe the board clean.
The GOP are a bunch of rinos who support the second amendment but.
They instantly support gun control the moment a group they don't like gets interested in guns.
I know so many people who think they are helping by critiquing like this when they are not. And also expect a “thank you” for their destructive distraction. If there were a hell I hope they are the first to burn or freeze in it.
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