#gun laws

[jukeboxgirl]

For the billionth time-

No one wants to take your fucking guns.

We just want you and your guns to be licensed and registered, same as driving a car.

It’s common sense. It keeps 5yr olds from driving down the street. I’m epileptic, so the state won’t give me a driver’s license…. does that upset u or does it make you feel safer that I’m not behind the wheel?

Stop the stupidity. It’s getting old.

[happytxcowman]

"UNBELIEVABLE"!

Share if you do not agree with this sh!t.

[politijohn]

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More of this!

[whatthehelloh]

We should treat every young man who wants to buy a gun like every woman who wants to get an abortion - mandatory 48 hour waiting period, parental permission, a note from his doctor proving he understands what he's about to do, a video he has to watch about the effects of gun violence, and a mandatory invasive ultrasound procedure. Let's close down all but one gun shop in every state and make him travel hundreds of miles, take time off work, and stay overnight in a strange town to get a gun. Make him walk through a gauntlet of people holding photos of loved ones who were shot to death, with people shouting at him that he's a murderer, begging him not to buy a gun.

It makes more sense to do this with young men and guns than with women and healthcare, right? I mean, no woman getting an abortion has killed a room full of people in seconds.

[queerism1969]

[tenth-sentence]

In 2005, Rodriguez made a video of himself calmly loading a gun and preparing other weapons, praising the Republicans for their lax gun laws and explaining to the camera that he was abused as a child, had contemplated suicide ever since, and that his mother must pay for the things she'd done.

"Zealot: A Book About Cults" - Jo Thornely

[beardedmrbean]

Was just gonna post this but, the rest of the exchange I've got here is just a great setup for showcasing the ignorance of this dude

guy responding was nicer than I would have been, as soon as the guy said that bit about the 1920's I would have launched into a history lesson about the city of Chicago and certain parts of NYC, rum runners too.

Glad they got to the bit about all guns being legal with no restrictions till 1934 part.

[contemplatingoutlander]

The Conservative Supreme Court Vision That Means Inequality for Women

“I'm trying to understand if there’s a flaw in the history and traditions kind of framework to the extent that when we're looking at history and tradition, we're not considering the history and tradition of all of the people but only some of the people, as per the government's articulation of the test?”

--Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, regarding United States v. Rahimi

This is a gift🎁link that anyone can use to get past the NY Times paywall to read this entire column about how the championing of "a history-and-tradition-bound method of constitutional interpretation" by the conservative SCOTUS justices will most likely limit women's rights. As the authors Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw point out, at the time the Constitution was written, "the principle of 'coverture' [that] gave husbands legal authority over their wives" was part of common law. So (perhaps by design) an originalist constitutional interpretation will result in second-class status for women.

The requirement that present-day gun laws resemble gun laws of the distant past prioritizes history and tradition in much the same way the Dobbs court looked to the historic regulation of abortion, pregnancy and birth to support the view that the Constitution did not protect a right to abortion. [...] The history-and-tradition methodology privileges laws enacted in eras like the 1780s, when the original Constitution was ratified, and the 1860s, when the 14th Amendment was drafted and ratified — moments in time when neither women nor people of color were able to fully join the political community and played no official role in enacting laws. Should a method that privileges eras of extreme democratic deficit be relied upon to determine contemporary constitutional meaning? [...] As an amicus brief...explains, in common law, the principle of “coverture” gave husbands legal authority over their wives, including the prerogative to “correct” or “chastise” through force or violence. There is active debate regarding how domestic violence was perceived in the 18th and 19th centuries. But arguing on these terms still embraces a fundamentally antidemocratic principle — that history alone, at whatever level of generality, can determine whether contemporary laws are constitutional. Although the history of domestic violence enforcement was extensively discussed and debated in the briefs, it was only glancingly referred to in oral argument. This too is notable. If the terms of the debate are history and tradition, whose history and traditions will get priority? [color emphasis added]

[knowledgeableknees]

Maybe I’m not qualified to speak about gun control or gun laws but I can say with 100% honestly that I know what it’s like to look around a classroom and wonder. Wonder where I would hide, wonder if I could fit my friend next to me, wonder what I would text my parents and siblings and friends in different parts of the building. Wonder if fighting would be worth the risk, wonder where I would run if I could escape, wonder if there’s anyway for me to escape from the 3rd story window without accidentally snapping my neck. I am a sophomore in Highschool. I am sixteen. I haven’t got my drivers license, haven’t even got my permit. And the thing is I’m not even scared anymore. I’m just numb

[tendie-defender]

“don’t worry if you comply they won’t try and take out guns”

[nickelkeep]

Texas just passed HB2744 out of committee to raise the age to buy a gun to 21. I had to look out my window to make sure it wasn't snowing.

[queerism1969]

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death among children in the USA.

Every developed nation has people with mental illness, video games, disgruntled ex-employees, alienated people, homicidal and suicidal persons, etc. Why does the U.S. have the problem it

does?

It's the same things it always has - the number of firearms, access to them, fetishism surrounding the 2nd Amendment, and the immense political power of the firearms industry.

Not a single politician has the courage to step up.

[wildfeather5002]

An American gun fanatic: If you don't support guns, then post a sign in your front yard that says; "Proudly gun free house." and see how that goes over.

Me: I'm literally a Finnish person whose neighborhood consists of a few pensioners and a family with little kids and virtually nobody in my home city owns a gun. Try again lol