The FBI previously said the Nov. 20 shooting may have been at least partly inspired by violent, racist ideology based on evidence collected.

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    I claim that banning Fox News (and others devoted to blaming social ills on minorities) would do 10x as much to solve our gun problem than any attempts at banning guns. And it would be far more practical and could be done with far less collateral damage.

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        They forget that many of the old western towns had pretty strict rules about checking your guns with the sheriff and they’d come at you guns drawn to ensure your compliance

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        They think all of America was like some parts of the unincorporated, lawless west, where people really did open carry all the time.

        Pretty much every town in the Old West with more than a dozen people had gun control. No “open carry” bullshit. You had to leave your gun with the sheriff when you entered town. Or you would be arrested / fined / whatever.

        These are people who knew exactly what guns were and how to use them as tools. There’s zero reason to walk around town with a gun, unless you want to shoot someone. Outside of town: go nuts.