• GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
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    16 days ago

    It’s perfectly preventable in other countries. In the western world, this is pretty much a uniquely American experience.

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      You can’t undo the 2nd amendment, there are over 400 million guns in the country.

      The fact that there are only 11 deaths per year on a population of 400 million guns shows just how insignificant the problem is.

      It’s not even a “1 in a million” kind of thing.

      It’s a 1 in 36 million kind of thing.

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        16 days ago

        It seems Trump has no problem advocating for undoing the 14th Amendment to ban birthright citizenship. If he does that, I see no problem undoing the 2nd Amendment.

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          Yeah, no amendment can be undone in the current climate.

          Doing it requires 290 votes in the House, a body that last needed 15 tries to get a 218 vote simple majority to decide who their own leader will be.

          Then you need a 67 vote majority in the Senate, a body that’s blocked from doing anything by a 60 vote majority to break a filibuster.

          If by some miracle, both of those things happen, then the change needs to be ratified by 38 states.

          In the last election, Trump won 31 states, so he’d need 7 Harris states to back him on repealing an amendment. Aint happening.

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      16 days ago

      We should ban seat belts, then. Theres a non-zero chance that they could trap you in a car in a crash leading to your death. Never mind that the chance is statistically insignificant.

      Also, do other countries mandate this safety feature?

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        Seat belts are designed specifically to save people’s lives. In action, they prevent a lot more deaths than they cause. Firearms are designed specifically to take people’s lives. In action, they cause a lot more deaths than they prevent.