• @PapaStevesy
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    101 month ago

    I never understood this logic.

    FTFY

    It’s already illegal to break traffic laws, why do I need a license?

    • @[email protected]
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      -141 month ago

      Tens of thousands of people drive cars without a license every day. Thanks for solidifying my point.

      • @PapaStevesy
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        91 month ago

        So you think driving in America would be objectively safer without the licensing system?

        • @[email protected]
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          No not at all. I’m saying despite that, there’s still nothing stopping someone from taking a car or a gun and killing someone with it.

          Edit: Downvoting this comment won’t make it untrue. There’s an example in the very article you just read.

          • @[email protected]OP
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            71 month ago

            by the “LaWs DoNt StoP cRiMiNaLs” logic, then we don’t need any laws at all, because whoever wants to is going to break them anyway. oh but of course the same chuds bleating this nonsense are also fighting tooth and nail to ram through bathroom laws. “only harming law abiding citizens” indeed

            • @[email protected]
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              -51 month ago

              Don’t lump me in with the trumptards. I voted Harris. I’m just stating facts.

              I have no doubt “the good christian” parents would have passed any gun laws or background checks you could throw at them.

              That little girl needed better parenting, mental healthcare and to not find a gun laying around.

              What new enforceable law could have prevented this?

              • @PapaStevesy
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                51 month ago

                Guns are harder to buy = fewer guns sold = fewer guns made = fewer guns available for psychopaths, it’s really not hard at all

                You assuming these people would get around a background check based on absolutely nothing is not the rock-solid argument you think it is and it’s certainly not justification to continue to do nothing to stop people slaughtering toddlers.

                • @[email protected]
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                  030 days ago

                  I’m not making an assumption about how criminals obtain guns. That’s just statistics. They either buy them before they have a record or they steal them. I suppose some percentage is private sales done on the DL.

                  Take guns away from psychopaths and they’ll switch to explosives. I think we should focus on the psychopaths instead of the tools that they’re using.

                  • @PapaStevesy
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                    330 days ago

                    Why does it have to be one or the other? What makes you think there’s only one solution to this very complex problem?

              • @[email protected]OP
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                41 month ago

                it’s astounding to me, that there are still people well aware that there are many many countries without a severe constant school shooting problem because of gun control laws, and it’s still basically “we’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas!!!”

          • @PapaStevesy
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            31 month ago

            Do you think there’d be more or fewer accidental deaths on our roads without the licensing system?

            • @[email protected]
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              230 days ago

              Our current licensing system is a joke but I agree it helps. Cars and guns should require some demonstration of competence with those things.

              • @PapaStevesy
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                330 days ago

                Then stop arguing against gun control, duh