@raymondpert As much as I'm not a fan of any restrictions, I do think that demanding people to have at least shown sufficient proficiency and gun etiquette, knowledge of safety rules and not being known for domestic violence or convicted of violent crimes is reasonable to demand.
Still the overlooked Propblem nationwide is the #ViolenceCulture that spreads #PropagandaOfTheDeed and supports #StochasticTerrorism in the form of #AdvancedSuicides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390
@kkarhan @raymondpert While I won't entirely fight the stochastic terrorist arguments...I'd point to every other country having much fewer mass shootings than the U.S. (Short of maybe active warzones?).
Like, they cited some websites, but...every other country also has access to those same websites.
@AT1ST @raymondpert depends.
By sheer numbers, tue #WarOnDrugs in #Mexico and the #USA is more lethal than the wars in #Iraq and #Afghanistan were.
Again: The problem are people harming people, not that they use a firearm in lieu of a bladed weapon or explosives or whatever.
@kkarhan @raymondpert The problem you're ignoring is the effectiveness of a given weapon.
It's not that you *can't* use a bladed weapon, but it's that they're less likely to be reached with one, nor less likely to be more fatal.
And there's a reason that the U.S. put in security measures after one day of people using passenger airplanes as their weapon of choice; now it happens significantly less.
@AT1ST @raymondpert would you retract that moot point if the most successful attacker was with an axe in Germany and not the person with a Glock and 300+ rounds?
Not to mention that in the post-#Luty & post-#FGC9 era any gun orohibition is not effectively enforceable, thus only resulting #SecurityTheater aka. false sense of security...
@AT1ST @raymondpert It's very obvious that there are reasons to deny ownership / access to guns to certain individuals, just like there are reasoms to suspend driving licenses.
But you can only confiscate stuff successfully if you know of it's existance and location.
https://mstdn.social/@brosandprose/110764512992697180
I do obey the laws of my jurostiction, but statistically that makes me part if a minority.
"Between January 2020 and June 2023, the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office received more than 10,000 protection-from-abuse orders that required sheriffs to retrieve firearms and other weapons from alleged abusers or obtain an affidavit claiming that none are owned. Only 13% of those orders have been completed, a rate far lower than in surrounding suburban counties. Sheriff Rochelle Bilal has set a firearm-relinquishment goal of 70%." https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/domestic-violence-philadelphia-protective-order-act-79-sheriffs-office-20230723.html
Kevin Karhan 
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