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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why all the side issues. Is it true, or not?

If it is true, and I believe that it is, it may explain why you are triggered?

[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think it's lying to try to get people to do a good thing.

Deception destroys credibility.

And it makes fun of people who disagree with it.

It alienates, not converts.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Well, it's nuanced for one thing.

The USA has a violence issue, and legal civilian gun ownership is at most an exacerbating factor. The current regulatory climate towards guns likely causes the most harm in accidents and suicides. But it certainly causes some harm.

Criminals are using illegally sourced guns already, so bans will have no effect there.

Firearms safety courses before you get a license and access to mental health services would be far more effective than yet another weapons ban and more politically palatable to the population. But that doesn't make for a good wedge issue to rally the faithful behind.

Or an actual social safety net and a living wage, because violence is far more strongly correlated with poverty and income inequality.