• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    court records did not show any previous charges against the alleged suspect

    Which is the problem when you use the argument that “law-abiding citizens” should be allowed to own guns. Everybody is law-abiding before they are caught committing a crime. Their first offence could be a murder using a gun.

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      1 year ago

      honestly, their first offence will be negligent homicide for leaving a gun around. Show me someone who needs a pistol just laying around and I’ll show you someone with unresolved control issues.

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      How do we know that he legally owned the gun?

      I didn’t see anything saying he had it legally.

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        I’m saying the same argument applies to everyone. Legal gun owners with no criminal record also shoot and kill innocent people. You cannot predict who will and who won’t use a gun in a crime.