• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    If national gun control eventually happens because of CEOs getting shot it will tell us what the exchange rate of dead children to dead CEOs is at getting legislation to happen.

    • MizuTama [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      That gun control will be ableist and racist mental health checks as well as a massive fee so only our best and brightest (read: richest and whitest) can crash out and shoot people.

      • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        That’s most gun control laws in the US. There’s never anything that stops mass shooters, only fees and a reactionary gun culture. Even stuff like automatics or RPGs can be bought if you pass a background check and pay a ginormous fee for the permits.

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      2 months ago

      They applied gun control in California after the Black Panthers started arming themselves