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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.
– Event organized by TPUSA Faith, the religious arm of Kirk’s conservative group Turning Point USA, on 5 April 2023
Snatchdaddy@hilariouschaos.com 2 days ago
I agree with him on that however I would say that leaving schools in universities as soft targets is idiotic, with so many veterans in America why not just pay a couple veterans per school ,university etc. And give them like a spare room with a decent camera system and arm them to only respond to violent threats to the school. Just my suggestion.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So you’re saying one death on Wednesday is a small price to pay for 2a?
Snatchdaddy@hilariouschaos.com 2 days ago
Sorry for the long comment, I’m saying that the second amendment is worth keeping but at the same time we could stop school shootings very easily with veterans in school, if we’re talking gang violence in the streets like how every weekend 20 people die in Chicago, maybe if the local mayors and DAs actually gave a fuck and cracked down on crime putting away the most violent offenders for long sentences. Maybe this shit would stop. I want sauce stat that if you take out the major cities and go to the Republican areas in the country sides in the suburbs and such the crime rate in America is much lower. I truly believe it’s time to crack down on crime in major cities and it’s not like the good people in those cities don’t want help from the police to stop all the bad behavior from what is most likely a very small percentage of the city.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 days ago
20 people die in a weekend in Chicago because there are millions of people in Chicago. As a percent, you’re far safer there than in any red area. E.g. 3.2/100,000 gun deaths in Massachusetts, ten times that in blood red Mississippi.
300 cops in Uvalde couldn’t do anything against a teen with a rifle except wet themselves. What’s a Korean War vet with a M1 garand going to do that hundreds of currently employed tacticool police couldn’t do?
Every other country has figured this out. Sorry if you don’t like the solution to the problem, but we’ve tried everything else. Especially ignoring it.