• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    14 days 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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      14 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.

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        14 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.

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          14 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.

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            14 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.

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              14 days ago

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

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                13 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.