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Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2026
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The vast majority of shootings aren't related to schools, and could be solved by the following measures to make society less hostile, pushing less people to violence:
These two would help cut-down on domestic abuse and kids finding guns:
Furthermore, most school shooters are dudes under 30 buying way more guns than they can afford via credit card knowing they won't have to pay the debt. So don't allow people under 30 to buy rifles with credit cards.
Assault rifle bans make no sense. Most states with bans consider a standard AR-15 build to be an assault rifle but not a mini-14.
They both shoot the same bullets, just as fast, with the same magazine capacities available. But one looks like an old hunting rifle, while the other looks modern and scary.
The things that make a gun considered an assault rifle have nothing to do with how powerful it is, and more to do with how easily you can clean and repair it, or how nice the ergonomics are.
Its literally a giant waste of political clout designed to piss off the right people.
I believe netherlands or somewhere also do a thing where ammo is only available at ranges and places where you use guns, you can't bring the ammo home with you.
Sure, there will always be some guys who break the rules but I'm sure that will prevent a lot of school shootings having ammo readily available.
But really, the very core issue is conditions for the children and the family are just terrible right now.
Fantastic way to address the issues and the explanation of what makes a lot of the so called "common sense" gun legislation so problematic.
Ty for writing this up!