• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You nailed it. I’ve said over and over again, America doesn’t have a gun problem. American has a culture problem.

    Same liberals saying prohibition doesn’t work in other legal arenas, scream prohibition. Fuck me. When we were college kids in the 90s, we were always saying, “You can’t legislate morality.” And here we are.

    We had AR-15s when I was a kid, in the 70s. AR-15s didn’t become popular until after the ban was repealed. My fellow libs, how did that work out for you? Still want to do this dance?

    Know what we didn’t have? School shootings. That shit came after Columbine. If the pipe bomb those assholes brought would have functioned, maybe that would be the “cool” thing?

    In some way, we have to make guns “uncool”. Make them seen as a thing that only practiced and trained users are capable of owning responsibly. Not talking laws like that! We’re already talking about backfiring laws. But socially speaking, a gun owner should be held to a higher responsibility. Hollywood ain’t helping.

    Sorry, but the 2A exists and prevents such laws, and the courts uphold it. But FFS, take away the ignorance and fetishization. I’m rambling, but I think you get me.