Today, in Monterey Park, California, President Biden will announce an Executive Order with the goal of increasing the number of background checks conducted before firearm sales, moving the U.S. as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation. The Executive Order wi...
Tldr: going after guns, not violence. Remember its the tool not the action
Tldr: going after guns, not violence. Remember its the tool not the action
Complaining is easy. Do you have an actual solution in mind that addresses the root cause?
In the end, all conservative complaints about gun control make a joke of the "protect the kids" arguments you guys use. You care more about guns and their unrestricted access than the lives of children.
Oh absolutely. But even if they were correct on the "going after guns not violence" part, it's still a terrible take.
Guns are just a tool? Cool, then they should be regulated just the same way other dangerous tools are, through required safety training/licensing, and prevention of ownership for people who are likely to misuse it.
No, I'm just to the right of most lemmy users, which is a very low bar. All karma says is that people disagree with me, nothing more. You know that, so why act differently?
Can we not be super pedantic? A lot of violence is fueled by systemic racism, happy?
You've made a huge, sweeping claim with zero support or explanation of the causal link. Asking for evidence is reasonable.
Thats the million dollar question, isn’t it?
So you criticize those trying to do something about the problem, those trying to protect children from getting shot, all without even offering a single alternative? How is that reasonable?