• @Blooper
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    1412 days ago

    This thread seems to be downplaying the effectiveness of guns. Obviously, given the cancerous gun culture being what it is, there’s no way I’ll be able to convince anyone who’s already decided that guns aren’t a problem.

    Just for the rest of the world, I’m just going to point out that there are sane folks here in the US who fully recognize that guns are definitely the problem and aren’t going to point to the ludicrous notion of “a car or a bomb” as the next obvious substitute for firearms mowing down children in classrooms across the country.

    • @[email protected]
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      512 days ago

      You must be blind if you think that other weapons aren’t used. Our society needs to be fixed, Pandoras box is opened, you can’t fix an issue if you don’t focus on the underlying issues that are the true cause.

      • Pandantic [none/username]
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        312 days ago

        But, like, let’s be real - if we had no guns, less kids would die.

        You know, Not banning guns would be an interesting stance from the Pro-Life party if Carlin hadn’t already pointed out how duplicitous they are on that front.

        • @[email protected]
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          312 days ago

          If I could snap my fingers and all the guns vanished, I would, because it would mean no one would ever need to defend themselves ever again, but we don’t exist in that world.

          • @Blooper
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            312 days ago

            Well gosh golly I guess we just can’t do anything then. Throw more kids on the pile.

            • @[email protected]
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              211 days ago

              Tons of stuff we can do, but trying to magically make the guns vanish is like putting a bandaid on a cancer patient. That’s the logic coming from the anti-2a crowd.