The shooter was 12 when Trump was first elected. archive

  • Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    There are insurance/registration issues that can address that. Of course there endless possible hypotheticals. I’m personally in favor of some sort of “drivers license” equivalent for guns.

    But a 21 year old age limit almost certainly would have prevented Uvalde.

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      5 months ago

      I am highly skeptical of registration because there is a 99.99% certainty that it will be the GOP to use it and strip away weapons from anyone who is not a registered Republican.

      • Bgugi@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Aside from the rather extreme criticisms (genocide stuff), universal registration is a bad idea for everyone because these things keep getting hacked/leaked:

        If you are on the registry, it’s an invitation to descrimination or careful/skilled burglary.

        If you aren’t on the registry, it’s an invitation for violent crime with little/no resistance.

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      disagree. if people want to do something, terrible or not, they will find a way illegally.

      I’m going to go very basic here and say look at piracy.

      • Tom_Hanx_Hail_Satan@lemmy.ca
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        5 months ago

        Piracy bro lol there’s apples and oranges but that’s skateboards and dinosaurs.

        Even with your point being valid there’s tremendous value for society for making somethings as hard as possible.