Zoboomafoo @ Zoboomafoo @lemmy.world

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I think I saw a documentary about that recently

I'm sure a judge would agree that extreme of a change is outside the Governor's power

That's one ugly baby

As another person commented somewhere in this thread, the availability of weapons is at a low point historically. Back in the 1930s, a person could order a machine gun in the mail and have it shipped to their house. Until 1986, people could purchase new machine guns at their local shop after a good amount of paperwork.

You're correct that banning semi-autos would lead to reduced deaths in mass shootings, but it's just putting a bandaid over a greivous societal wound. I don't feel that enough thought is put into why people are going on suicidal rampages against children or minorities, there's just a "people be cray" attitude then they push for disarmament.

Without addressing that societal problem, I just see weapon control becoming more and more stringent in response to the unsolved problems in society. Banning Semi-autos today may reduce deaths, but it'll be lever-actions tomorrow, then bolt-actions, then knives, then vehicles.

If I were dictator, I would temporarily add semi-autos to the NFA list (along with giving them the resources to process applications promptly) to stop new sales and transfers without stricter checks. Then I would put effort into determining the causes of those rampages and fixing them.

Male socialization, political radicalization, and media contagion are three factors I think lead to these rampages, and to merely remove guns from the situation is the societal equivalent of locking someone in a padded room and declaring the problem solved.

I won't disagree with that

They are a party of doing as much as they are able and not promising what they can't do.

You'd complain twice as hard if they said they would try to implement the above then failed to get the votes

Just need to prove a basic knowledge of gun safety

So you would have no problem with the government requiring proof of literacy before you can vote? After all, every child is taught how to read in school, so it's just a basic check to see if a person can comprehend the ballot.

And clearly you don't see why that's necessary on a farm, which is exactly my point

Looks like OP accidentally posted a video from the page instead of the link, here it is:

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/rashida-tlaib-michigan-senate-candidate-nasser-beydoun-offered-20-million-to-run-against/

Have I ever mentioned that I want to be a senator and love the taste of boots?

Guns are useful on farms for pest control, euthanizing livestock, and self defense.

All of those could be accomplished through other means, therefore guns are ok, according to your logic

How does a gun being a singular purpose tool exclude it from being farm equipment? Do you think a thresher does anything else but thresh?

There's no legal or philosophical right to a car in the Constitution

What do you mean, from the 90s?

Says someone who's never used either on a farm

Gunowners don't like licenses because if the goverment can decide who owns guns, then they'll use it to keep guns out of the hands of people they don't like.

New York City abuses its may-issue system to prevent anyone from obtaining a license to carry concealed, unless you pay high bribes to the police (or are police).

Most gun laws disproportionately affect the poor. Polities such as New York State require people undergo a certified training course before they can purchase a handgun (police excepted of course). I see people complaining that a single day of voting is insufficent, that their hourly job doesn't leave them a window to go vote. This is much worse with a carry course, where you have to perfectly attend multiple classes that you're paying hundreds of dollars to attend. It's a steep cost to exercise a right.

These are addressable problems: all handgun licenses should be shall-issue if you meet the requirements, mandated training courses should be free and people should be compensated for their time like jury duty.

As for the "you shouldn't even talk about gun laws unless you can tell a .45 from a 9 mm in the dark" part/is that really so unreasonable, minus the hyperbole? When Republicans use phrases like "If it's a legitimate rape, the body has ways of shutting it down" and then try to claim that life starts when the heart does, is it OK that they are wildly wrong about the human body and are trying to legislate it?

I'm not uselessly complaining, I'm simmering

I heard POIs even had identical journal logs

The judge said that the goverment didn't have the power to keep him off a primary ballot, since that's not an election to an office. The actual election is up in the air

Harry was that generation's sacrificial anode, absorbing all the danger so the other students dont have to.

150 years ago it was the lunatic that is the Hogwarts Legacy protagonist

Starlink satellites are in a low enough orbit that a Kessler event would be short-lived