The increase in shootings is not because of the availability of AR-15s, it’s because of a downward spiral of our society, and a government that has turned its back on the people. It’s obviously far more complicated, but I’m sure you are keenly aware of the issues that contribute to the type of mental health issues that produce mass shooters.
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BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 3 months agoYes. We had an AR-15 ban until George W Bush and after it was repealed shootings have become much more common.
But because the 2nd amendment says “the right to keep and bear arms shall no be infringed” we’re supposed to just be ok with it, Americans not brainwashed by the NRA are sick of it.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 3 months ago
The increase in deaths per shooting is due to the gun used, which in my examples were AR-15s.
They were designed to kill many people quickly at a high rate of effectiveness. You don’t need one to protect yourself or hunt, you only need one to kill people.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Funnily enough, the overall homicide rate went down. Only mass shootings went up, and they are microscopic compared to the overall rate.
This is mainly because the AWB was about cosmetic features and not functionality.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 3 months ago
What you’re leaving out is that after AWB expired the average number of deaths per shooting went way up, in some cases over 3x compared to the deadliest shootings before AWB.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 months ago
So what? To literally all of that?
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 3 months ago
So what? So you’re wrong hahahahaha