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in most states someone who has multiple assault violations and a history of mental health problems can walk into a gun show with $700 and 15 minutes later walk
by micromacrofoot 3y ago
in most states someone who has multiple assault violations and a history of mental health problems can walk into a gun show with $700 and 15 minutes later walk out with a semi-automatic AR-15
- oaththrowaway 3y ago[flagged]
- micromacrofoot 3y agonot necessarily gun shows of course, that's just where it's easy to find private sellers - private sales don't require background checks
- oaththrowaway 3y agoDepending on the state yeah
- defrost 3y agoI hear the US has more than one state and open inter state borders though ... Kind of undercuts the whole some states have really good gun laws argument.
- oaththrowaway 3y agoWhy do the states with "good" gun laws have worse gun violence?
- defrost 3y agoYou'd want to direct that to whoever was claiming some laws better than others. It's moot when the inter state borders are leaky - the genius of Australia wasn't that guns were banned (they weren't) but that national gun laws were unified across all states so that all sales are registered and all buyers are vetted for criminal | domestic violence backgrounds.
- psunavy03 3y agoThat's not an assault rifle, first and foremost. Second, selling to someone with multiple assault convictions is itself a Federal felony, and not every gun owner is so careless as to want to take that risk and get pilloried in the press. You're generalizing a worst-case scenario based on a stereotype.
- micromacrofoot 3y agoit's not a worst-case scenario, it's a very obvious loophole that should be closed — private gun purchases should require waiting times and background checks "not technically an assault rifle" doesn't matter in the slightest, no one's impressed by this constant pedantry... yes, yes, it's an ArmaLite 15 and isn't technically an assault rifle because it's only semi-automatic. This changes absolutely nothing, mass shooters are essentially cosplaying during mass shootings with this thing because it looks like an assault rifle and it's easily accessible. the proliferation of modern small arms is one of the worst things to happen in human history
- psunavy03 3y agoYou can't misrepresent important facts and then claim someone correcting you is engaging in pedantry. That's flat-out gaslighting.
- micromacrofoot 3y agothe facts being "looks like an assault rifle but isn't technically an assault rifle"? that's immaterial to the point, and it's clear you have no desire to engage in a good faith conversation, see ya
- psunavy03 3y agoContinue believing propaganda lies. You do you, boo.