• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    2 months ago

    I definitely feel some kind of way about this because dead children seems to be the primary issue from an outside perspective and ending easy access to weapons would be the single most effective way to fix that.

    but without proper mental healthcare these people will then just have a knife party and take slightly less people with them … so there’s also that.

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      2 months ago

      Or a car or a bomb…guns are just the tool being used currently.

      The systematic issues our society faces are the root cause and until we resolve those, this will continue to happen.

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        2 months 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.

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          2 months 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.