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Instead of guns, why not regulate ammo? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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So yeah you can fire a bullet so many different ways, a rusty nail and hammer will do the trick. Isn't the real problem the frickin bullet?

I swear in Sweden or something, you can take a gun home but ammo is only sold and consumed at the range and not for taking home.

Sure, you can make this a hollistic approach regulating guns and ammo, but the ammo seems to be the bigger issue here. You can make guns easy peasy, but ammo is much harder to manufacture and easier to regulate.

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[โ€“] 1 point 14 hours ago

Sure, and you can walk down the road and get struck by lightning with the same odds of a bullet randomly firing on its own and injuring or killing you.

On the flip side, the reality (to the significant digit) is that a person with a gun but no bullets can hurt you. A person with bullets but no gun can also hurt you. In fact, a person with neither a bullet nor a gun can hurt you too! It happens all the time.

But you know what doesn't happen all the time?

A loaded gun discharging itself without a person attached.

The common theme is not the guns, it's the people. Let's fix that part.

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