jeremy_sylvis

@jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, the data shows that the assault weapons ban of 1994 was associated with a decrease in mass shooting deaths and the number of incidents

  Correlation from causation aside, for this to have any real significance, there would need to be a drop in mass shooting counts.

  That aside, your own citation shows any change in deaths is questionable at best - it looks as if the average may have even increased, by the included graph.

  It also seems to pretend that _merely banning the sales of more “assault weapons” would have nullified the impact of existing assault weapons.

  However, after the ban expired in 2004, there was an almost immediate and steep rise in mass shooting deaths.

  Again, correlation from causation aside, for this to have any real meaning there would have to be only one changing factor… and the trend would have had to been consistent with a near-elimination of the count of events.

  Can you truly think of no other changes? No, say, incredible spike in the media glorifying and sensationalizing such events, inadvertently promoting them as a means of getting violent retribution as one commits suicide?

  It boils down to this: was there any direct scaling of such values with the actual count of owned “assault weapons”? Of course not.

  It is important to note that many additional factors may contribute to the shifting frequency of these shootings, such as changes in domestic violence rates, political extremism, psychiatric illness, firearm availability and a surge in sales, and the recent rise in hate groups

  Wow. So, you dilute the value of your own correlation by highlighting factors known to be common underlying issues, yet double-down on “suggest” and “decrease”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost entirely that.

  When you have nearly no-one who wishes to commit such atrocities as a violent suicide, it doesn’t matter what tools are available for the job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you considered any of the underlying factors to such and how Canada might differ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also unlikely the US Military, being citizens of the United States themselves, would have a high degree of adherence to such orders to bomb and destroy their fellow man.

  That anyone thinks such is realistic is indicative of the depth of delusion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “decent” seems to be doing some heavy lifting here. A linguistic analysis of writings of the Framers cross-referenced against era culture and stats highlights the depth of your misunderstanding.

  right there in the text

  Ah - I see we’re not only cherry-picking, but we’re depending on a preamble e.g. a preparatory or introductory statement as somehow limiting of scope or indicative of audience to which a right was granted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That, and obviously the proliferation of weapons has made mass murder accessible, and in the minds of some people as described above.

  Are you under the impression such things were ever not accessible?

  At what point did we start regularly testing and proving out water? When did we start ensuring school bake sale food must be store-bought? You seem incredibly short-sighted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what you’re referring to as a “fetish” or an “unregulated” lobby. If you were referring to nonsense like the NRA and their fundraising efforts, you’d be obligated to highlight Everytown etc. and their blue-aligned fundraising. You can’t point out a wedge issue and one side without recognizing the other side and its equivalent benefit.

  If one has a clean criminal history, is a legal adult, and - in most states - has undergone some additional scrutiny or proof of proficiency, then sure - they can buy a firearm.

  Given how Afghanistan turned out, I’m not sure how you think the concept of resisting the armed forces of a government as a distributed and well-armed populace is somehow unthinkable.

  It’s fair to say we’ve a cesspool of stupidity - but only due to our politicians continued neglect of actual underlying issues in favor of partisan wedge-driving and profiteering of the ad revenue of sensationalized violence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hyper-sensationalism of the violence and its impact gave those seeking revenge and suicide a convenient two-in-one option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tarkov not allowed email change...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be several steps up from where BSG is.