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The state will protect you.

by Zhenya 6y ago

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
I wonder if the other poster had feelings about the police protests? That person aside... What a time for some people to hate guns and recommend how only the evil racist police should have them.
- wongarsu 6y ago
  The wide availability of guns seems to be one of the major underlying reasons for the evil police. Taking them away wouldn't magically fix things, but it would help keep things from regressing after fixing the more direct problems
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    >The wide availability of guns seems to be one of the major underlying reasons for the evil police. What? Wrongful police shootings may dominate the headlines but they are a rounding error compared to asset forfeiture abuse, discriminatory enforcement, lesser forms of police violence and good ol' influence peddling. For everyone that's shot for no good reason there's hundreds of people who are unnecessarily roughed up, tazed or just have their money taken under color of law (I consider a fishing stop that ends in a BS ticket instead of a warning to be in the latter category).
    - baby 6y ago
      That's because the police is scared of everyone, as anyone could be holding a gun in this country
  - SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
    Show me a gun control law that doesn’t explicitly exempt police.
    - ashtonkem 6y ago
      My favorite is how cops in CA are allowed to buy off-roster guns[0]. Apparently a Glock 19 Gen 5 is just too dangerous for citizens (but a Gen 3 is fine), however cops are allowed to own them personally because ... reasons. 0 - CA has a roster of handguns legal for private purchase and ownership. The list includes every gun that was for sale when the roster was created, plus any gun that meets CA's microstamping law. The second list is exactly 0 guns long; both because it's not clear if it's technically possible, and because gun companies have no interest in playing along. The result is that there are all kinds of arbitrary restrictions on guns based on the date, not anything even vaguely related to public safety. Oh, and guns eventually fall off the roster after a certain grace period, so eventually there will be no handguns legally for sale in CA barring a change to the law or a court case.
      - SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
        Ha, yea. CA gun roster is a classic example. Don’t think the over-time defacto ban isn’t entirely intentional. Peak California.
    - baby 6y ago
      Europe?

The state will protect you.

by Zhenya 6y ago

The state will protect you.

I wonder if the other poster had feelings about the police protests? That person aside... What a time for some people to hate guns and recommend how only the evil racist police should have them.

wongarsu 6y ago
The wide availability of guns seems to be one of the major underlying reasons for the evil police. Taking them away wouldn't magically fix things, but it would help keep things from regressing after fixing the more direct problems
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  >The wide availability of guns seems to be one of the major underlying reasons for the evil police. What? Wrongful police shootings may dominate the headlines but they are a rounding error compared to asset forfeiture abuse, discriminatory enforcement, lesser forms of police violence and good ol' influence peddling. For everyone that's shot for no good reason there's hundreds of people who are unnecessarily roughed up, tazed or just have their money taken under color of law (I consider a fishing stop that ends in a BS ticket instead of a warning to be in the latter category).
  - baby 6y ago
    That's because the police is scared of everyone, as anyone could be holding a gun in this country
- SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
  Show me a gun control law that doesn’t explicitly exempt police.
  - ashtonkem 6y ago
    My favorite is how cops in CA are allowed to buy off-roster guns[0]. Apparently a Glock 19 Gen 5 is just too dangerous for citizens (but a Gen 3 is fine), however cops are allowed to own them personally because ... reasons. 0 - CA has a roster of handguns legal for private purchase and ownership. The list includes every gun that was for sale when the roster was created, plus any gun that meets CA's microstamping law. The second list is exactly 0 guns long; both because it's not clear if it's technically possible, and because gun companies have no interest in playing along. The result is that there are all kinds of arbitrary restrictions on guns based on the date, not anything even vaguely related to public safety. Oh, and guns eventually fall off the roster after a certain grace period, so eventually there will be no handguns legally for sale in CA barring a change to the law or a court case.
    - SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
      Ha, yea. CA gun roster is a classic example. Don’t think the over-time defacto ban isn’t entirely intentional. Peak California.
  - baby 6y ago
    Europe?