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DogShoe13 reacted to Black Jesus in Church in Pennsylvania with AR 15 rifles in a blessing Ceremony March 5, 20188 yr

Just a heads up. I'm American, and a libertarian (mostly) . So this gonna be a heavy read lol

They're "hiding" behind a 200 year old book, because it's literally the only thing that's stopping the government from taking away their guns. It is "government over reach". The 2nd amendment is part of the bill rights. Those 10 amendments, in theory, are not supposed to be touched. I think the two different society bandwagon is a valid point. I just think it's used poorly in arguments, which is why you probably have that apathy(I think that's the right word) towards it. Unlike Australia, firearms are a big part of our culture. One can surmise that your mandatory buybacks and laws only happened not because you guys listen to voices of reason, but because guns aren't a large part of your culture. At the time of your ban, 16% of your households had firearms, and it was trending down beforehand. And it continued to go down years after the ban. US is currently at about 25%, our all time low. And you guys don't have a bill of rights like us. Even though our firearm ownership is at an all time low, a quarter of the population still owns guns. Banning guns/ or restricting the hell out of them is kinda taking a hot piss on the 80 million or so people who aren't doing much wrong, yet are having a civil liberty taken away from them, because of small and loud minority.

In my opinion, banning guns is putting a band-aid on the root causes. Which are much larger and complex issues. Mental health and crime. The 2 largest contributors to the US's gun problem. 60% of our gun violence deaths are simply suicides, and the events sparking all this gun debate are done by crazy people. A large portion of the remainder is simply criminals shooting each other. Many of these criminals get the guns illegally. Ban guns? Cool. Still millions of stolen guns on the streets in the hands of criminals, due to the black market pipeline down south (and irresponsible gun owners who don't lock their shit). We can't rely on the police in most places, because they're understaffed, and people want cops to have more training. Those two issues can't be addressed without money, which people don't want to pay. And there's still the people out there who want to cause mass amounts of damage to other human beings. Those people will simply get the gun illegally, or they'll read a book and learn how to make bombs. The sheer number of gun owners is reason enough to dismiss a complete ban, or heavy restrictions that will ban most guns.

It's a shitty world. Shouldn't take away a right because of the crazies. Crazy people spout awful garbage all the time in public, doesn't mean you should take away one's right to free speech (within reason of course lol). We shouldn't throw away the 4th amendment and let police storm into people's houses any time they want because someone is shady. It may turn out they're a serial killer chopping bodies in their basement, but that shouldn't mean we should disregard a civil right. These are obviously extreme examples, but you get my point.

I feel the true gun nuts, the ones that want NO gun control at all are the problem. They're clouding the debate. The other side of the spectrum is also clouding the debate. But general guns owners support reasonable laws like the ones that were being discussed in our congress. But too many gun rights (stuff that wouldn't increase violence at all) were being proposed so the bill took a backseat.

DogShoe13 reacted to TaylorSwift in Non-ELS Carcols cars? December 5, 20178 yr

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lol who cares about monroe pd

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