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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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Sounds great, but all drugs should be legal and regulated
Hard pass. You think access to guns trumps someone's right to freedom? That's crazy to me.
The fact that you never once said “attack poverty since its reduction directly and drastically drops crime rates and improves mental health conditions” is pretty telling. Always about reactive punishment with you weirdos, never about proactive targetting of the underlying issues, and certainly never in any of the ways that we’ve seen to be actually helpful and productive.
I used to have my license here in Canada, I think guns are really cool and a day on the range is lovely, but they aren’t at all worth the damage and lives lost. Most people who really want them use the same kinda logic as I did when I was a child to try to get my mom to buy me a Wii, thinking I was clever.
At least point 5 is on the money, even if 3 and 4 are insane.
That’s literally number 1 on their comment…
“Target all levels for prosecution” is not “address the root causes of poverty” you fucking twat. Jesus tap-dancing Christ you’re thick.
A gang selling drugs on every corner and intimidating anyone who doesn't like it is a pretty good cause of poverty though.
The government has tried to eliminate poverty since the 60s there hasn't been meaningful gains in my lifetime despite increasing efforts.
I’m sorry, did you just say that the US government has been putting real effort into eliminating poverty?
What an incredibly stupid thing to say. Absolutely mind-boggling, though you probably didn’t notice as there’s clearly not much of a mind to boggle in that nigh empty cavity betwixt your ears.
Which world government has actually attempted to end poverty but then failed spontaneously without undermining the goal?
In the US all success stories that actually address poverty are super small in scale, or cut as soon as some private well-connected business can redirect public funds to their private accounts. For example the constant "welfare reforms" that have been passed over the years and of course the limiting of social security and various food assistance. Healthcare in the form of medicare is constantly redirected for administration costs of private care providers that have record profits since covid.
Sure they've tried touching more and more people into poverty.
Much of that is utterly unhinged. No wonder they’re called gun nuts. Increase children’s exposure to guns? Reduce gun-free zones?
Many countries have proven the best course is to put heavy penal sentences on gun violence and negligence, to severely limit the people allowed to handle guns, the quantity of guns they can have, and to tightly restrict the places and times they can handle them.
Not to spread them around more.
Teaching and exposure is the only thing that makes sense for things you expect children to find that can be dangerous. It's why Australian children are taught differently about spiders than other countries. Guns are going to be out there in the US.
Why expect children to find guns? That sounds more like a matter for removing the child from irresponsible parenting rather than education.
It happens, we already preach safe storage and include gun locks. Exposure can make guns something that isn't as exciting, and safe handling lessons would save lives.
The concept is that guns are so common and safety is so relaxed that finding an unlocked and loaded gun is common for a child on the US.
Obviously that is why we need to train them to shoot the commies. /s
What is your specific objection in teaching age-appropriate safe handling and use? It significantly reduces accidents.
Being against such basic gun safety training is a very, very confusing position.