The Illinois Supreme Court found the state's assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3049053

The Illinois State Supreme Court found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Friday.

    • @ExtraMedicatedEnglish
      -3•1 year ago

      What would they do if someone they care about was gunned down? How many more shootings must there be until we find out?

      • @surewhynotlem
        9•1 year ago

        Bold of you to think they care about anyone other than themselves

      • @PsychedSy
        2•1 year ago

        Honestly? They’d want to kill the murderer. For people with principled pro-gun stances the answer to the “how many x have to get shot” is all of them. All of x have to get shot. Because the argument is about a right to self defense and very few rights come without potential downsides or externalities of some sort.

      • @Guest_User
        1•1 year ago

        Ive lost more people to car accidents sadly.

          • @SupraMario
            -4•1 year ago

            Neither is acting like the USA is the wild West and that guns just magically cause people to kill each other

            • @SEND_BUTTPLUG_PICS
              2•1 year ago

              Comparing firearms to cars is a bad argument because cars are designed for transportation and guns are designed to kill. America tests and licenses drivers because driving is a privilege. Bearing arms is a right. Comparing guns to cars weakens your argument and makes all firearms owners (myself included) look bad because they are very different things.

              I get where you’re coming from. Traffic accidents and gun violence both cause death but comparing them does not help our cause.