• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Pretty sure that the point OP is trying to make is that the equal rights of LGBTQ+ people should be as unassailable if not moreso than the right to ursine limbs.

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      Dismissing other rights isn’t the way to go though. It’s not a zero sum thing, giving up guns doesn’t get you other rights.

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        giving up guns doesn’t get you other rights.

        Except for the rights of a shitload of people to LIVE…

        To the shock of absolutely nobody approaching the matter rationally, it turns out that flooding a country with legally obtainable death tools with little to no safety regulations leads to an overabundance of murders and accidental deaths involving said tools.

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          there are a lot of rules and regulations regarding buying guns… definitely not effective enough, but not “little to no” regulations….

          and i know you’ll hate me for saying this buuuut: 3D printing gun technology has advanced a lot in recent years.
          a motivated killer will definitely be able to make one for a few hundred bucks.
          we could definitely do a lot more with kids getting access to their parents guns, but it’s a cultural problem that makes americans shoot each other.
          btw, the sandy hook shooter killed his mom in her sleep and took the keys to her gun safe…

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          True, but banning said tools doesn’t end the problem.

          I’m not a 2A nut. I do have guns, but they’re locked up on my mom’s farm so I can target shoot for fun. I think gun control needs to happen, but legislation alone won’t fix the issue.