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[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Well it is hard from a "cat out of the bag" reason.

To be clear I agree, there's way to many guns around and the best time to plant a tree is before today, but today is better than tomorrow. So let's start.

But there's millions of absolutely unknown guns here and banning them would create a black market with no end in sight

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't say ban them, I said restrict them. Heavily. Tax them. Increase bullet prices. Kinda like that black comedian, forgot his name, said: make every bullet 5000 dollars. Im gonna save up, I'm going to get an extra job, imma get me a bank loan, and then you're a dead man!

It was funny, but I think there is a realistic point to it. Make it all most expensive and people will use it less, have it least, cause less casualties

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

Also to be honest I'm not sure I'm cool with the "rich white people that are friends with some congressman are the only ones who deserve the right to protect themselves" attitude most of the anti gun crowd seems to default to. Sure, they tell you that isn't what they want and frankly I believe them, but they still advocate for policies that will in effect criminalize gun ownership for especially the poor and disenfranchised, and also the vanishing "middle class." Especially considering our tendancy to enforce things like this in overpoliced marginalized neighborhoods, you think they're rolling into gated communities talking about some guns? Nope, they'll be just fine, after all, they "need it to protect their lives from those who seek their property," you are "too poor to have to worry about that, just die."

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