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briandmyers  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How would you stop mass shootings?

    No seriously, without an authoritarian crackdown the likes of which our society will never survive, you can't do it.

There's your problem right here. It's deeply ingrained that Americans need handguns for protection, and I don't see that changing, in spite of the fact that statistically, you are much more likely to be harmed than protected by your gun. I don't know the answer, but I can tell you that here in NZ, if you say you want to get a gun for self-defense or protection, you will be declined, because that's not seen as a valid reason to have one here.





OftenBen  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not just talking about guns. I'm talking about substances and tools with high potentials for weaponization. If suddenly guys from /r9k/ were dropping chlorine bombs everywhere, we'd see bleach become a controlled substance.

GodOfAtheism  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Correct. Banning guns in the UK has lead to bats and knives being used to perpetrate violence instead. Britain has a higher, or at least on par, violent crime rate than the U.S.... though it has a far lower murder rate. What can we glean from that? I dunno.