• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Sorry if you’re being sarcastic, but why then do the workers with the guns have the least rights?

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        What rights do you think we don’t have in the USA? I can do whatever I want, and I do every day in the USA.

  • empireOfLove@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Being from a very rural area: guns are tools. They provide self defense against wildlife and crazy humans when you’re miles outside of law enforcement coverage, they are pest control, and they are a humane way of euthanasia when a farm animal is suffering.

    And like most other tools, such as drills, post hole augers, machine lathes, tractors, cars, etc… they can maim and kill indiscriminately when used incorrectly or maliciously. But you cannot simply ban or remove the tool from everywhere because it is still serves a very important purpose. Can they be more controlled, education made mandatory, more stringent confiscation rules in the case of people with mental illness? Yes, and probably should. But you will never eliminate the firearm completely.

    I am prepared to recieve the hate and downvotes for providing a measured, reasonable response.

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    Gun laws give control of guns to the government. The government is not made up of people better than us, arguably the government is comprised of the worst of us, specifically the least empathetic, most greedy, and most power hungry.

    Guns are tools, tools don’t do things on their own. Of course fewer guns means fewer people killed by guns, the same way fewer saws mean fewer boards cut by saws. But if cutting boards is a goal, new methods will be found. If accidental board sawing is a problem, don’t ban saws, be more careful.

    It’s the community’s job to keep guns from dangerous people (like people who would be cops), not the state’s. Giving up rights is never the answer to any problem.

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      1 year ago

      Why is the #1 cause of death for children in the US firearms then? Countries with stricter gun control don’t have these issues.