• TunaCowboy@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Gun control, especially banning the most popular and utilitarian platform, is a massive political loser. This is incredibly poor timing for a struggling campaign.

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        5 months ago

        It’s good for shooting small, very fast bullets. May that be hunting, target shooting or self-defense.

        If they want to ban AR-15s, they should ban all semi-automatic rifles otherwise it would be ridiculous. The would-be assassin could have done the same thing with a whole assortment of mostly equivalently performing rifles. Some just as “scary looking” black rifles, some with wooden parts.

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          5 months ago

          If they want to ban AR-15s, they should ban all semi-automatic rifles otherwise it would be ridiculous.

          And if they ban all those guns they should finish the job while they’re at it and just ban guns, glad we agree.

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            5 months ago

            Indeed, they would have to go down the route Australia went. But I don’t see this happening in America any time soon.

            If piles of murdered kids didn’t do much to move the needle, shooting an inflammatory politician isn’t going to do it. We’ll see how the MAGA respond to this event or hopefully when they lose the elections. Maybe (but hopefully not) they’ll act violently enough to force facing America’s relationship with guns.