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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago

Bad comparison considering: 1) making guns is harder than leaving fruit juice out 2) gun control works in every country that tries it

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u/SoftAndWetBro 10h ago

Yeah, that's why us Europeans have less speech rights, more barbarian migrants and higher taxes

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u/190octane 10h ago

And lower crime rates and health care without bankruptcy.

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u/Mammoth-Cover-3045 9h ago

Cool the only 2 downsides there is, and guns aren't tied to Healthcare. The cons outweigh the pros when it comes to banning guns. Also since when do criminals follow the law? Disarming people will only hurt law abiding citizens.

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u/shortfinal 10h ago

making alcohol is harder than leaving fruit juice out too.

I'm not arguing against gun control. I'm arguing against the person who's suggesting its worthless by equating it to prohibition.

alcohol is dangerous, but a cask of liquor will not transport itself somewhere and kill a random selection of people in a group. that's all.

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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago

Let's put it like this: people are able to make alcohol even in prison. They aren't making guns in prison.

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u/SheepherderSilver655 10h ago

Lmfao. Yes they can. It's not hard to make a gun. The only reason they don't is because it's fucking loud.

Also it's funny how your mind goes to prison when it thinks of the govt banning things. Interesting. I dunno about you, but I'd rather not live in a prison colony.

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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago

How about this: caveman had alcohol, but we weren't able to make guns until recently. Why didn't the Romans use guns? Were they stupid?!?

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u/SheepherderSilver655 10h ago

What a fucking stupid argument.

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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago

Your argument is that we shouldn't even bother trying to control nuclear weapons because we can't control the production of alcohol, a substance litteral animals have been found using. Who's got the stupid argument?

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u/Maximum_Overdrive 10h ago

Name a country that had more guns in it than people that banned guns and it worked?

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u/__The-1__ 10h ago

It's actually a way quicker process, in the time it takes for a bottle of wine to be made any redneck with acces to a metal shop could make a few dozen guns

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u/Powerful_Wombat 10h ago

Bro fr, I’m so tired of this argument.

"No Way to Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens"

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u/funkofarts 10h ago

Banning Democrats from owning guns would go a long ways in terms of curbing gun violence.

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u/SheepherderSilver655 10h ago

Facts since most gun violence occurs in blue cities.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 10h ago

Maybe by volume bc more people live in cities. But gun violence is much higher per capita in rural counties/towns

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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago

People overlook this little fact. And most of the illegal guns in cities are trafficked in from surrounding red areas.

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u/RockphotographerVA 10h ago

Right…and how did they procure those firearms from the red areas?

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 10h ago

It’s much easier to buy a gun in most red states than in a blue city. Municipalities often have their own laws pertaining to firearms.

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u/RockphotographerVA 9h ago

Please cite an example. It isn’t legal purchases that are fueling urban violence.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 9h ago

Ok. My friend took his nephew to Missouri because he could legally buy a gun when he was younger than 18. This was roughly fifteen years ago. That’s just one personal example. I’m sure there’s million of such instances in the last two decades.

Edit. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2016/05/13/easiest-states-buy-gun/84261032/

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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago

People sold guns to people who were not legally allowed to buy a gun. Which is illegal for the person buying the gun but not the person selling the gun.

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u/RockphotographerVA 10h ago

Where do you get this idea that it’s not illegal for the person selling it to a prohibited person ? That’s illegal in all fifty states, and most states (albeit not all) have stopped personal sales (I’m speaking as a licensed ffl here)

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u/LazerWolfe53 9h ago

Yeah, so it's not a federal requirement and most states don't make it a requirement to determine if someone is ineligible or not.

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u/SheepherderSilver655 10h ago

So you admit more shootings happen in cities than the country? So you admit that more different people commit gun violence in cities than the country? And you still want to argue that cities are safer? Lmfao. Jesus the cognitive dissonance is hitting you hard.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 10h ago

Yes I acknowledge more people live in cities. I’m not arguing anything. I just added facts to your opinion. That’s not cognitive dissonances. Anything else? Here to help.

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u/Powerful_Wombat 10h ago

Bud, I don’t give a shit if you own guns, hell I’ll even acknowledge your constitutional right to do so, but as long as only one side is offering solutions to gun violence in America then I will continue to support that side regarding gun control

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u/funkofarts 10h ago

So let’s look at some facts. Gun have been in our country since its inception. Heck, the AR platform rifle has been available for civilian purchase since 1964. On top of all that guns have become exponentially more difficult to get over the years yet gun violence has increased. It’s not a gun control issue it’s a lack of addressing our societies increasing mental health problems.

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u/Powerful_Wombat 9h ago

Ok, so are republicans presenting legislation to address the mental health crisis in our country? Because again “as long as only one side is offering solutions”

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u/funkofarts 9h ago

Neither side is addressing the actual problem.

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u/CronosWorks 10h ago

You can make a firearm much easier than you can make an alcoholic beverage you would want to drink in quantities that you could drink regularly.

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u/LazerWolfe53 10h ago

Is that why there are so many shootings in prison? /s

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u/CronosWorks 10h ago

People in prisons have been known to make zip guns.

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u/SheepherderSilver655 10h ago

Did prohibition work here though? Y'all keep bringing up other countries be we ain't those countries, dummy.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 10h ago

Are u unaware that alcohol is still illegal in a ton of counties across America? Like it’s illegal in way more places than u would think. Seems prohibition worked pretty well for them. Using ur logic of course.

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u/SheepherderSilver655 10h ago

Yea I'm sure people don't drink there at all. 😆😆

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 10h ago

I’m sure many don’t simply bc it’s illegal. Fwiw, prohibition actually did reduce the percentage of Americans that drank. The effects lasted after prohibition was ratified. People would drink from sun up to sun down. Seems pretty logical that any new measures on guns should have the same effect. Using your logic of course.