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minus-square@UnpluggedFridgelinkEnglish2•7 months agoWhat do you mean by work? Do they stop everyone from doing stupid things? No. Do they have a measurable effect on behavior? Yes.
minus-square@UnpluggedFridgelinkEnglish2•7 months agoWe probably don’t want to use the current leader in cause of death for kids as a template for good policy.
minus-square@afraid_of_zombieslinkEnglish-2•7 months agoNot at all what I was suggesting. If warning labels save lives why are they not on guns?
minus-square@rekorselinkEnglish1•7 months agoMy guess is gun advocates think its a restriction on the 2nd amendment?
minus-square@afraid_of_zombieslinkEnglish-1•7 months agoI see. Well as long as opinions matter more than data now. Might as well criminalize Tik Tok with one hand and give out free AR-15s to mentally ill 18 year olds with the other.
What do you mean by work? Do they stop everyone from doing stupid things? No. Do they have a measurable effect on behavior? Yes.
So why don’t we put them on guns?
We probably don’t want to use the current leader in cause of death for kids as a template for good policy.
Not at all what I was suggesting. If warning labels save lives why are they not on guns?
My guess is gun advocates think its a restriction on the 2nd amendment?
I see.
Well as long as opinions matter more than data now. Might as well criminalize Tik Tok with one hand and give out free AR-15s to mentally ill 18 year olds with the other.