• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    I think what is left out of this post and needs to be shared is the amount of Americans who support common sense gun control.

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/24/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/

    Point 5 says 61 percent think it’s too easy to get a gun. I tend to agree. If you can’t pass a background check and demonstrate proficiency I don’t think you should have it. Now, if you can have it, I agree you should be able to carry it. Concealed.

    If you gotta strap a gun on your chest and walk in Walmart that’s either intimidation OR you’re too dumb to be carrying in the first place… But that’s another topic for sure.

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      4 months ago

      “Common sense” comments imply that your take is reasonable and the opposition’s is not. Automatic argument winner! Think on that.

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        4 months ago

        I mean, as long as your “common sense” argument isn’t “ShALl nOT bE iNFriNGeD!”, no matter what it’s a step in the right direction.

        Passing a background check and even a proficiency check is not exactly a high bar. I’d prefer both but I’d settle for the former. It’s pants on head stupid that to get my lifetime concealed carry permit all I had to do is give money to get finger printed and then I’m in. That’s borderline negligent IMO.