Questions for our American friends

Why when there is a mass shooting does it seem like a lot of people's solution is more guns?
As outsiders looking in how exactly would that help?
And why is the suggestion of reducing guns such a sore topic?

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Bc the American right takes pride in being obstinate, and Americans in general tend to be terrified to burglars breaking in while we're at home, even though that's rare. We also have fantasies of fighting off the government if it turns tyrannical.

Gun control isn't the solution to extreme violence; solving the social problems which motivate it is. But it would serve as a decent band aid fix.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@BlueVeins Gun control worked for Nazi Germany.

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@BlueVeins

We also have fantasies of fighting off the government if it turns tyrannical.

Fantasies? That's how the country was created and founded.

Every time you try to look down on what's decent and right you make yourself look foolish

Rizzle420 · M

@MrBrownstone ooooo...one example to try and make ur point....SOP for the right wing... why don't you try a modern example like Australia

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@Rizzle420 All it takes is one.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@SW-User He would not know tyranny if it forced he to wear a mask,stay in his home,don't get within 6 feet of another person.

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@MrBrownstone but he'd gladly wear the vinyl gimp suit!

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BlueVeins · 22-25

@LvChris I'm bigly in favor of leftists owning and training with firearms, but yeah fighting the government, itself seems ill-fated. They could come in handy on our end if a Republican president throws a giant wrench into domestic security and these fascist militias start rolling into minority-majority areas. It's just a shame that most liberals & socialists just haven't caught on to that.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@LvChris Yes, just like somebody who talks trash on the internet when they get an invite to say it to the other guy's face.

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@BlueVeins Good. Now let's get those militias in