• CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al
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      4 hours ago

      Sad thing is that I don’t think gun restrictions would work cos criminals get their guns unlawfully

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        You can’t make concentrated firearms to smuggle into a country. They’re bulky, expensive and made from metal. They’re not heroin. Also, most of those illegal guns were legally purchased in another US state with looser laws, not smuggled in from another country.

      • shrodes@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        Which other countries with stricter gun restrictions than the US regularly have school shootings?

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          I don’t feel countries can be compared like that. School shootings are often carried out by juveniles who can’t lawfully get a gun. They’re committing mass murder showing they’re not law abiding. Realistically there’s so many guns in America that even making guns illegal wouldn’t prevent guns in the country.

          Instead there’s other things that could help, such as training professionals to identify perpetrators and warning signs they’re going to attack. PSAs could be done so people can ID people around them.

          • notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
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            1 hour ago

            ^OP, here’s the answer to your question

            (Intellectual laziness and uncritical acceptance of propaganda).

            School shootings are often carried out by juveniles who can’t lawfully get a gun.

            Cut this crap, this isn’t reddit. Most kids them get the guns from a relative or friend who obtained it legally and adequate storage laws reduce both suicides and homicides in kids. BTW, guns kill more kids now than cancer or car accidents, but only in the US. Your take is the best example of americans being unconcerned about preventable deaths.

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            Sure, the shootings won’t stop the day legislation changes. But it prevents more guns from entering the US, making it more difficult to get one, even illegally.

            I get that some people in the states need guns. Some communities have a real danger from bears etc. But those people can get a license to own a gun, the way it works in most countries.