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[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sources for gun bans passing?

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://www.atg.wa.gov/firearms

I legally own and possess one or more firearms that I cannot sell or buy more of in Washington State due to changes in the law in the past five years. They “grandfather” you when they write these laws because they know it causes less uproar when they blatantly violate the Constitution. Which means all those guns are still around.

I vote Democrat because I’m not a Nazi but sometimes they make it hard, like when over half of ALL gun deaths in the US are from suicide (sOuRCe: gunviolencearchive.org) and all they can come up with is ban, ban, ban, and they just don’t give a shit that all those people wanted to die and maybe we should be trying to help people want to be alive.

Meanwhile, suicide by gun doesn’t require an assault rifle or a standard capacity magazine to accomplish. They don’t care about that, either, even though it literally accounts for most gun deaths.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok. You mean the ban of specific guns or types of guns. I do agree that assault weapons bans are troublesome, mostly because the people deciding what makes a gun an “assault” weapon don’t really know what they’re talking about. That said, I do think there are weapons that the average person should absolutely not be able to purchase. At least, not without formal training. Beyond this, guns in general are still available, and if legislatures pass these kinds of laws, they can be rescinded with the next election if the population wants that. While it’s not ideal for gun enthusiasts, it’s not like they don’t have all sorts of alternative options.

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 5 points 1 month ago

if the police can legally use a weapon on my dog, I shouldn't be barred by any laws from owning that weapon too. this is the wrong direction to approach gun violence from