• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Having mingled with the gun community for some time, there are a lot of level-headed people among gun owners but there are also a worrying amount of terminally fearful people with violent ideation. Many are likely one bad life event, one half-cocked response to an uncertain situation from being a mugshot on a news story like this prick.

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      7 months ago

      Having mingled with the gun community for some time, there are a lot of level-headed people among gun owners

      This is why US has so much gun violence. Like rabid dog owners assuring you theyre safe. You just havent seen them when theyre not level headed, we’re all emotional apes.

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      there are a lot of level-headed people among gun owners but there are also a worrying amount of terminally fearful people with violent ideation.

      The problem is that both groups have the same ease of access to weapons.

      Until there are a lot more reliable ways to tell the 2 groups apart, weapons need to be a lot more difficult to get your hands on.